RIYADH: The Kingdom will host 20 experts from the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Asia and the Gulf countries to discuss development of the maritime sector in Saudi Arabia at the 12th edition of the International Conference on Transport and Logistics in Jeddah on Tuesday.
The conference will also show the world investment opportunities and challenges of the marine transport and ports sector in the Kingdom.
The conference is the largest annual event held in the Middle East in the field of ports, maritime transport and logistics, and is organized by Ports Authority in partnership with Expo Horizon, and in cooperation with the TRANS PORTS Company of Malaysia.
The accompanying Transport and Logistics Expo presents business opportunities for 60 exhibitors and sponsors to communicate directly with delegations participating in the conference.
Focusing on the Middle East, participants will present their vision to address issues and challenges of international transportation and logistics, in the presence of 400 senior executives of ports, top port engineers and maintenance supervisors, procurement decision makers, leading freight companies, importers, exporters and shipping lines, freight forwarders, logistics companies, ports, corporate operations, rail operators, and port equipment and service suppliers in the Gulf countries.
General Director of the Jeddah Islamic Port Capt. Abdullah Al-Zami pointed out that the three-day conference will host seven worthwhile sessions. The first session highlights adapting to global financial and economic fluctuations and their impact on marine activities, and the future of transport in the Middle East. Speakers of this first session are English experts Ray Tefan and Royal Haskoning, and Paul Van, director of maritime transport in the Netherlands.
The second session hosts Hong Kong experts in the Gulf ports Chris Powell and Riley Parsons, legal counsel James Bremen and expert Herbert Smith from Qatar ports.
Al-Zami said the third session focuses on financing infrastructure construction in ports and international experiences. The fourth session reviews innovations in multimedia communications and challenges facing the transport sector in the Middle East, and their influence on commercial shipping. Speakers are experts Shailesh Chandran and Paul Stevens from UAE ports, and senior adviser at British customs John Walden.
The fifth session will discuss transport, logistics and opportunities for global maritime transport development, reviewing a range of experiences, including the experience of the Port of Aqaba in Jordan by Tariq Al-Dajani, board member of Jordanian Shipping Lines, Michal Delern, vice president of the shipping lines at Doha Port, and Kim Winter CEO of Logistics Group UAE.
The sixth session is on improving container terminals in ports and introducing latest technologies.
The seventh session is on the best strategic and operational practices in ports and container terminals with working papers on global economic transformations and their impact on ports.
The conference will also show the world investment opportunities and challenges of the marine transport and ports sector in the Kingdom.
The conference is the largest annual event held in the Middle East in the field of ports, maritime transport and logistics, and is organized by Ports Authority in partnership with Expo Horizon, and in cooperation with the TRANS PORTS Company of Malaysia.
The accompanying Transport and Logistics Expo presents business opportunities for 60 exhibitors and sponsors to communicate directly with delegations participating in the conference.
Focusing on the Middle East, participants will present their vision to address issues and challenges of international transportation and logistics, in the presence of 400 senior executives of ports, top port engineers and maintenance supervisors, procurement decision makers, leading freight companies, importers, exporters and shipping lines, freight forwarders, logistics companies, ports, corporate operations, rail operators, and port equipment and service suppliers in the Gulf countries.
General Director of the Jeddah Islamic Port Capt. Abdullah Al-Zami pointed out that the three-day conference will host seven worthwhile sessions. The first session highlights adapting to global financial and economic fluctuations and their impact on marine activities, and the future of transport in the Middle East. Speakers of this first session are English experts Ray Tefan and Royal Haskoning, and Paul Van, director of maritime transport in the Netherlands.
The second session hosts Hong Kong experts in the Gulf ports Chris Powell and Riley Parsons, legal counsel James Bremen and expert Herbert Smith from Qatar ports.
Al-Zami said the third session focuses on financing infrastructure construction in ports and international experiences. The fourth session reviews innovations in multimedia communications and challenges facing the transport sector in the Middle East, and their influence on commercial shipping. Speakers are experts Shailesh Chandran and Paul Stevens from UAE ports, and senior adviser at British customs John Walden.
The fifth session will discuss transport, logistics and opportunities for global maritime transport development, reviewing a range of experiences, including the experience of the Port of Aqaba in Jordan by Tariq Al-Dajani, board member of Jordanian Shipping Lines, Michal Delern, vice president of the shipping lines at Doha Port, and Kim Winter CEO of Logistics Group UAE.
The sixth session is on improving container terminals in ports and introducing latest technologies.
The seventh session is on the best strategic and operational practices in ports and container terminals with working papers on global economic transformations and their impact on ports.
