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Conference Black Sea Freight Market & Ports to take place in Odessa in May

BC, Riga, 12.01.2015.Print version
The international conference Black Sea Freight Market & Ports to take place in Odessa on May 29th, 2015.

Conference program

Session 1: Main Dry and Break Bulk Cargoes Freight Flows (Black and MED Sea regions)

- Main dry bulk cargo freight flows: export/import redistribution forecast in the Black Sea region for 2015/16

- Grains and oilseeds: demand on the traditional markets, potential to increase export volumes from the CIS region

- Regional grain export structure by countries (Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan): dynamics and forecasts

- Partial metallurgical and coal cargoes replacement by grains, oilseeds, imported steam coal and industrial minerals

in the Black Sea region: opportunities and prospects for fleet operators and carriers

- Coal export from Russia (anthracite, steam and sized coal) to consumers in Eastern Europe and Turkey

- Coal import into Ukraine – supplies diversification, infrastructure issues

- Transit of exported cargoes from the CIS region via Turkey – plans for the freight flow increase

- General cargoes shipping, opportunities to increase freight flow (steel products, pipes, rebar, cement, ores and nonferrous concentrates, timber products, sawn-wood & veneer)

 

Session 2: Fleet and Freight Rates – Sea & River Shipping

- Dry bulk fleet overview: newbuilds orderbook and fleet modernization, freight rates forecast for River-Sea, Coaster and Handy/Supramax vessels

- Dry bulk tonnage oversupply in the region: redirecting for the new routes or new types of cargoes – choice of carrier

- River shipping/barging (Danube, Dnepr, Volga, Don): main cargoes, volumes, freight rates

- Infrastructure, legislation and investments into the river shipping: ports, berths, terminals and their role in the different cargo handlings

- Benefits of the river transportation on Danube – compared to transport by trucks and trains, economy and ecology

- Restrictions for sailing on Danube River – locks, critical sectors, requirements to convoys and crews

- Challenges in Ukrainian inland waterways shipping: availability vs. deficit of small-tonnage vessels, transshipment in the road

- Cabotage shipping within Ukraine – supplies of industrial raw materials to Eastern Ukraine vs. railway transportation restrictions

 

Special Topic:

- Shipping to the Caspian Sea and CIS with shallow draft vessels: forecasts for developments in 2015

 

DISCUSSION #1

- Prospects for Ukrainian grain and oilseeds export: is it possible to compensate the decline of ore and coal exports by the increasing of grain exports

- «Bottlenecks» in the grain and oilseeds export from the CIS

- Outlook for the river shipping of grain and oilseeds development

 

Session 3: Cargo Transshipment on the Main Routes

- Main transshipment hubs on the way from the Black Sea to the MED Sea region, export/import dynamics, infrastructural projects (grain and bulk terminals)*

* Ports: Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Yuzhny, Batumi, Novorossiysk, Rostov-on-Don, Varna, Burgas, Konstanta, Istanbul

 

Special Topic:

- Ports development in Georgia: handling of dry bulk and break-bulk cargoes, construction of new deep-water terminals

 

An exhibition devoted to the sea shipping will be presented as a separate product of the conference for more efficient work of the participants.

 

The workplace of an exhibitor will create individual negotiation conditions in order to establish strategic contacts, improve competitiveness and strengthen the company’s image in the market. The variety of exhibition opportunities may be estimated only in case of direct participation in it.

 

The further information is available here.






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