About the forum
The second international Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 was successfully held in Odesa!
The main event of the Ukrainian port industry - Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 was successfully held in Odesa on May 30-31st. The participants from 35 countries gathered to discuss a wide range of issues relevant for Ukrainian ports in the expert environment.
The key topics of the Forum are industry reform, joint projects with the EU on development of port and logistic infrastructure. The participants of the event - representatives of the government, the international community, Ukrainian and foreign investors, experts and market analysts - discussed within two days existing and prospective projects of public-private partnership in the port industry, the specifics of the handling of main types of cargo. In particular, agrarian, container, industrial cargo in Ukraine and in the world, various aspects of the implementation of investment projects.
"This year's Ukrainian Ports Forum has significantly surpassed itself, compared to last year, as a spectrum of topics proposed for discussion, as well as geography of the participants. Guests from 35 countries came to Odesa to discuss urgent issues of the port industry. We see a great interest to the Forum in the international and Ukrainian expert community and have ambitious plans to make the Ukrainian Ports Forum even larger - an important international event on the level not only of the Azov-Black Sea basin, but also for the countries of Europe and Asia." the Head of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority Raivis Veckagans said.
In his speech, Head of USPA outlined the key obstacles that are currently hampering the development and investments in Ukrainian ports. He called for the adoption by the Parliament of a law on concessions and other industry bills as soon as possible, as well as the resolution of issues of excessive deductions to the budget, which the state enterprises of the port industry are compelled to pay. What is also important is the issue of Ukrainian companies' access to EU grants for projects in the port industry.
Also, Raivis Veckagans solemnly presented members of the Supervisory Board of the State Enterprise "USPA", emphasizing the need for further reformation of the port industry and corporatization of the company. "The creation of the USPA Supervisory Board is only the first step in the long way of transformation. Our goal is to ensure absolute transparency of the entire administrative structure of the enterprise and help it become a modern progressive company" - said Dmytro Barinov, Head of the USPA Supervisory Board, the first deputy head of the Maritime Authority.
The program of this year's Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 was full of accompanying specialized events that took place in parallel to the Forum:
- EBA Conference on lobbying interests for port industry
- Traditional HR-conference
- A round table on Maritime Security in ports
- A detailed discussion of pilot concession projects in ports
- A series of B2B-meetings
The forum lasted for two days: May 30 and 31.
The Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 is traditionally organized jointly by Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and Centre for Transport Strategies.
Speakers
Volodymyr Groysman
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Volodymyr Omelyan
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine
Victor Sheremeta
Deputy Minister of agrarian policy and food of Ukraine
Raivis Veckāgans
CEO of the USPA
Stefan Schleuning
Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to Ukraine
Jean-Erik de Zagon
Head of EIB Representation for Ukraine
Serhii Vovk
Director of Centre for Transport Strategies
Philip Sweens
Managing Director, HHLA International
Massimo Dentice
Chairman of Clarksons Platou (Italy) S.r.l.
Yevgen Osypov
Chief Executive Officer, Kernel
Jason Brett Pellmar
IFC Regional Manager for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
Alexey Vadaturskyy
General Director of Nibulon Ltd.
Heo Sung Hyung
Vice President Posco International Corp.
Boris Even
Director ArcelorMittal Sheet Piling
Khaled Bayoumi
Managing Director at Albaharia Shipping Co.
Jingtao (Johnny) Chi
Chairman of VP COFCO Corp
Baher El-Hifnawi
Head of Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, World Bank
Suguru Uchida San
Director of NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) NV
Roy Van Eijsden
Service Line Director Advisory, WSP
Anthonie Versluis
Partner and Head of Global Ports Practice, Roland Berger
Boris Balev
CEO of BMF Port Burgas
Wolfgang Hurtienne
Port Management, Port Planning, Infrastructure Development, Germany
Daniel Rachman
Head of Industry EMEA & Asia, Louis Dreyfus Company
Irenea Villar Carrillo
Head of Procurement, South Europe Liner Operations Maersk Drilling A/S
Rachid Bouda
Managing Director of Mediterranean Shipping Company Ukraine
Oleksandr Oliynyk
Director of SE “Mariupol CSP”
Vladimir Pochotov
Martrade Shipping + Transport GmbH
Olga Kopiika
Cohead of the Logistics Committee of the EBA
- Port sector reform, port development strategy
- Ensuring freedom of navigation in the Black and Azov Seas and the Kerch Strait
- Azov initiatives. Implementation of joint projects with the EU and IFIs
- Ensuring sustainable development of the Black Sea Region
- Opportunities for specialized trans-shipment capacities
- Options for improving the logistics of exporting iron ore
- Consolidation of ship lots to enhance export competitiveness
- Prospective cargo flows
- Capacity loading of grain and oilseeds terminals
- New projects: directions, investments, specialization
- Port clusters for agricultural cargo processing
- New trans-shipment technologies: applicability in Ukraine
- Cargo flow development prognosis
- Container trains and ports: How to build efficient logistic solutions
- Trans-Baltic and Trans-Caspian routes: How to revive the transit
Gala Dinner
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