mariLOG 2011
6th International Conference for Maritime Logistics
Maritime logistics 2020 – The Discovery of Deliberate Slowness?
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
13:00 – 17.00
Forum Hall A4
The financial crisis and the economic downturn have shown that it’s not a good idea to feel too confident about any kind of prognoses. Nevertheless, it’s a well-known fact that today’s markets are changing faster and faster, and continuous careful decision making has become a necessity for companies and corporations who aim to cope with the challenges of a global competition. In the business world of today it’s mandatory to keep an eye on the latest trends and business developments in order to avoid wrong decisions.
What are the market dominating trends for maritime logistics and how will they affect the participants in the industry? The latest trends and the resulting challenges for the maritime logistics industry merit closer examination and shall be the main topic for discussion at 6th mariLOG – International Conference for Maritime Logistics
Moderator:
Björn Helmke, Chief Editor, DVZ Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung, Hamburg
Lectures 13:00 – 15.00
How will increasing energy costs, stricter environmental laws and demographic change affect the flow of commodities and supply chain management?
The following issues are going to be discussed:
- Which are the markets where growth can be anticipated?
- Can we expect a reversal of the globalisation trend? As labour costs are adapting worldwide and transport costs are increasing dramatically – can we even expect a regionalisation of production?
- Will transport costs increase so dramatically that for example secondary raw materials cannot be traded on a global scale any longer?
- The cost of oil is going up – are there alternative solutions for shipowners?
- Will environmentally sound transport concepts, which aim to protect the resources, be the determining cost- and competitive factors in the future?
- Will multimodal products gain in importance, if sea transport is integrated as an alternative to air freight?
- Can we expect a further concentration of supply chains on mega-carriers and in mega-hubs on the east-west-axes?
- Will western logisticians fall behind in global competition, because leading foreign trade nations such as China aim to influence the supply chains in order to enhance the expansion of their “national players”?
The panel members are:
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Blecker, TU Hamburg –Harburg PDF Download
Emile Hoogsteden, Director of Containers, Breakbulk & Logistics Port of Rotterdam
Torsten Westphal, CEO Arkon Shipping
Michael Korn, Vice-Chairman of the Management Board of Schenker Deutschland AG, Airfreight/Seafreight and Special Transport
Torsten Meyer, Leiter Vertrieb, Eurogate
Lectures 15.30 – 17.00
How can the supply chain be optimised?
German import flows 2010 – winners and losers
Results oft he transport seismograph Germany
Introductory note, Prof. Dr. Christian Kille, University of Würzburg
The following issues are going to be discussed:
- How are service providers and customers in the maritime industry going to prepare themselves concerning market fluctuations which can hardly be prognosticated?
- What can be done on the part of market participants in order to optimise the utilisation of their capacities and thus decrease their controlling expenses?
- How important is “speed” for the carriers decision making criteria?
- How much “service” do carriers expect – and for which aspects of services are they prepared to pay?
The panel members are:
Dr. Christian Kille, University of Würzburg (introductory note) PDF Download
Andrea Eck, General Manager Outbound Logistics Volkswagen Logistics
Alfred Manke, Management Board Kühne & Nagel (AG&Co.) KG
Heinrich Kerstgens, CEO Contargo GmbH & Co. KG
Frank Schuhholz, CEO ERS Railways B.V
Valid from: April 2011
Subject to alterations