SMI Ports & Terminals Group present the Annual Current Trends in Shipping Review 2021 - The Green Transition

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This annual symposium, brought to you by the SMI Ports & Terminals Group, will provide vital market intelligence, analysis and insight on an unprecedented year in shipping and takes place on 24th November 2021, 11:00 - 13:00.

More than a year on from peak Covid-19 disruption to seaborne trade, the shipping market has made a strong overall recovery with some individual sectors experiencing exceptional market conditions, often seeing positive impact from major ‘disruption upside’.

Meanwhile, shipping’s ‘Green Transition’ has accelerated as stakeholders embed “green” and “tech” in their post Covid-19 planning, though uncertainties remain around technology, timing and environmental regulation, targets and policies continue to intensify. The future fuel transition is in its very early days but a start has been made. Changes in the energy mix and the transition of offshore energy towards renewables also remain important considerations.

Join us for this free-to-attend online review which provides maritime professionals with expert opinion, analysis and intelligence on the market conditions and dynamics that are shaping the outlook of the shipping sector. 

Hear from our expert panel of speakers:

·         Richard Greiner – Partner, Shipping & Transport, BDO, will present the highly regarded BDO shipping confidence survey, compiled from the views of industry professionals, covering confidence, investment intention and market expectations. Richard will explore other important business issues including forecast for finance costs and the main drivers of business performance such as demand trends, competition and tonnage supply.

·         Trevor Crowe – Director, Clarksons Research, will present a review and analysis of the shipping markets, profiling their strong overall recovery since the peak impacts of Covid-19, along with challenges that stakeholders across the industry continue to face in managing disruption and facilitating shipping’s Green Transition.

·         Ian Palacio – Business Development Manager, Portsmouth International Port will provide a specialist perspective on how ports are being reinvented for the green transition and assesses the issues needed to de-risk projects and help meet decarbonisation ambitions.

Participants will also have the opportunity to contribute to an interactive Question and Answer session to address further questions and provide comments to the panel of speakers.

Programme Outline at this stage:

11.00 - 11.10     Welcome and introductions – Han Ozturk, Chairman SMI PTG Council

11.10 - 11.40     BDO Shipping Confidence Survey, presented by Richard Greiner, Partner, Shipping & Transport, BDO (including Q&A)

11.40 - 12.25     The Shipping Markets - View and Outlook – Trevor Crowe Presented by Trevor Crowe, Director, Clarksons Research, (including Q&A)

12.25 - 12.50     Port Operator’s Perspective, Ian Palacio, Business Development Manager, Portsmouth International Port

12.50 – 12.58 Panel Q&A

12.58 – 13.00 Closing remarks

Speakers

Han Ozturk, Chair SMI PTG and Director, Nectar Group

Han joined the Group in 1999 and his main responsibilities are focused on the Operational and Terminal part of the Business. He has been instrumental in the Group’s expansion in Mozambique. In addition, Han also co-ordinates the Group’s consultancy service, directs the operations and technical departments, as well as developing the equipment maintenance services.

Han is the Executive Committee Chairman of the Dry Bulk Terminals Contact Group (DBTG) which provides a forum for the global dry bulk terminal industry and also serves as Chairman on the Council of the Ports and Terminals Group (PTG), who are the voice of the UK’s maritime engineering and business sector.

Han has extensive knowledge of shipping and dry bulk handling. Prior to joining Nectar he has spent 6 years at sea and held operational roles in a number of ship management and broking companies.

Trevor Crowe, Director, Clarksons Research

Trevor Crowe is a Director of Clarksons Research, a leading provider of market intelligence on shipping and trade and offshore and energy markets and part of the Clarksons Group. Trevor joined Clarksons Research in 1997 as a shipping market analyst, later becoming both the senior editor of a range of market intelligence reports as well as the Clarksons group senior containership market analyst.

Trevor is today the Director of the Market Research Group within Clarksons Research, managing a wide range of research activity and products, including the market-leading Clarksons Research intelligence reports and websites. Prior to joining Clarksons he held a postgraduate position in the Oxford University economics department focussing on commodity and international trade research.

Richard Greiner, Partner, BDO LLP

Richard Greiner is a partner in the shipping and transport team and has more than 35 years’ experience in providing assurance and advisory services to the shipping industry. Working principally in the European Union, the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East, Richard’s work has covered due diligence investigations, audits and financial reporting to local and international standards, business planning, tax structures, privatisations, and shipping finance transactions, including both newbuildings and second-hand vessels. He leads the ship operating costs benchmarking study, OpCost, is a trustee of the Maritime London Officer Cadet Scholarship, chair of the Taxation & Economics Committee of the UK Chamber of Shipping, a director of Maritime London and a board member of the OSCAR campaign.

Joining BDO (Moore Stephens) in 1982 as a student-chartered accountant and qualifying in 1985. Resident Director of Moore Stephens, Warsaw (1991-1993) and resident Partner of Moore Stephens, Limassol (1993-1996). Since returning to the United Kingdom in 1996, he has worked in the shipping and transport team at BDO in London and is now a Partner with responsibility for consultancy, research and business development.

Ian Palacio, Business Development Manager, Portsmouth International Port

Ian Palacio is Portsmouth International Port’s business development manager. With years of experience within the maritime industry, Ian has been working with customers old and new at the Port to drive new business, across both ferry and cruise. He also works closely with the commercial team at Portico, Portsmouth’s international cargo terminal to assist with the continued diversification of cargoes that they handle.

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