📍 Business Intelligence Theatre
With about 90% of cargoes brought to Western Europe coming from the Far East (Asia), the need to reassure clients and end-users becomes ever more pressing as we navigate through a new era where global supply chains are challenged by unpredictability.Whether caused by a global pandemic, the growth of e-commerce, lockdowns and factory closures, international conflict or economic interests clashing, the key players in today’s global trade scenario face the need to adapt their business models in search of resilience. As such, supply chains seem to be mixing globalisation with regionalisation, which presents opportunities for new manufacturing centres closer to bigger present and future consuming markets. Additionally, the integration of ports with railway networks presents a new level of interregional and intraregional multimodal trade lanes with the potential for faster and more sustainable cargo flows. In attempt to capitalize on this ever-changing landscape for maritime trade, industry leaders are pursuing different strategies that aim at end-to-end logistics integration, including infrastructure investment, the development of new logistics corridors, or even the dissolution of shipping line alliances.Amidst such a dynamic scenario, resilience will be determined by the adaptability and predictability of supply chain management systems.
What are current & future trade routes for Europe? How are these likely to evolve?
Can diversification across the supply chain lead to the evolution of global trade routes?
Are supply chains moving from globalisation to regionalisation? What opportunities could this present for alternative manufacturing centres?
How can ports remain competitive amidst an ever-changing network of shipping corridors?
Can the modernization of port & terminal infrastructure effectively reshape the landscape for current trade routes?
Integrating intra-European trade lanes & inland waterways to major maritime trade routes
Analysing consumption trends and e-commerce in a post-covid world
SPEAKERS
THE STATE-OF-PLAY OF APPLIED MARITIME LOGISTICS RESEARCH IN THE LAST DECENNIUMHercules Haralambides, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam & Editor-in-Chief, Maritime Economics and Logistics
DIVERSIFYING GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS: WHAT ABOUT SOUTHERN AFRICADarren Fraser, Transport Economist, HPC Hamburg Port Consulting
NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE SUPPLY CHAIN: GLOBAL DECOUPLING, DECARBONIZATION, DIVERSIFICATION AND DISRUPTIONSJordi Torrent, Head of Strategy, Port of Barcelona & Secretary General, MEDPorts
THE POTENTIAL ROLE OF BALTIC PORTS AS A CORRIDOR FOR INTRA-EUROPEAN TRADEBogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General, Baltic Ports Organization (BPO)
PRESENTATION TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCEDPeter Slootweg, Chief Executive Officer, Long AnInternational Port
