{"id":2162,"date":"2025-11-11T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2025\/11\/11\/all-eyes-on-hull-coastlink-2026-line-up-announced\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T13:42:00","slug":"all-eyes-on-hull-coastlink-2026-line-up-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2025\/11\/11\/all-eyes-on-hull-coastlink-2026-line-up-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"All Eyes on Hull: Coastlink 2026 Line-Up Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Coastlink 2026 is the premier event for industry professionals to collaborate on the&nbsp;future of short sea shipping and logistics, address economic and environmental challenges, and forge partnerships for a sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Hosted by the Associated British Ports on The Humber, the conference will take place on&nbsp;<strong>6-7th&nbsp;May&nbsp;2026<\/strong>&nbsp;at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hull. Chaired by Nick Lambert of NLA International, the programme features a diverse array of presentations from leading experts, companies, and organisations across the short sea shipping and ports sector. Key topics will tackle pressing challenges, including the demand for growth, route expansion, and the increasing drive toward greener and more sustainable logistics networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot to showcase\u2014from our historic service capabilities to the upcoming uplift in infrastructure we\u2019re deploying<strong>.\u201d&nbsp;<br \/> \u2014 Andrew Dawes, Regional Director \u2013 Humber, ABP&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Dawes will open the conference on Day 1, to welcome delegates and share an update on the work being done at ABP on The Humber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Who else is speaking?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">We are thrilled to announce the following speakers have already confirmed for Coastlink 2026!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Richard Newton, Client Director, Integrated Sales, Automotive Maersk Logistics and Services UK&amp;I<br \/> Stephen Carr, Group Commercial Director, Peel Ports Group<br \/> Johan-Paul Verschuure, , Maritime Entrepeneur \u2013 Director\/Partner, Rebel Ports and Logistics<br \/> Tracy Jin, Business Development Manager, Port of Esbjerg<br \/> Chris Hicks, Managing Director, TBA Doncaster<br \/> Theresa Huang, Public Sector Account Manager, Amazon Web Services<br \/> George S Macleod, Managing Director, Highland Shipping Company<br \/> Matthew Lowes, Commercial Manager, PD Ports Humber Region<br \/> Graham Cross, Business Development Manager, Clarksons<br \/> Justin Atkin, UK &amp; Ireland Representative, Port of Antwerp-Bruges<br \/> Tim Morris, Principle Engineer, ARUP<br \/> Andre Mast, Commercial Director, A2B-online Container B.V<br \/> Nils Minor, Director Freight Sales, West &amp; Southern Europe,&nbsp;P&amp;O Ferrymasters<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Featured Topics at Coastlink 2025 Include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Securing Maritime &amp; Port Operations: Policy, Regulation and Technical Initiatives&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Sustainable &amp; Resilient Distribution for Supply Chain Requirements<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Growth and Transformation in RoRo Shipping, Infrastructure, and Service Models<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">AI, Digitalisation and Value Creation from Data&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Navigating Trade Policy &amp; Market Volatility: Managing Uncertainty in a Tariff Era<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Port-Centric Logistics &amp; Inland Waterway Distribution&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Join us at Coastlink 2026 to be part of shaping the future of short sea shipping and sustainable logistics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See full provisional programme&nbsp;<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/the-conference\/conference-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>&nbsp;<a title=\"Here\" href=\"https:\/\/d245ovzhixo1a2.cloudfront.net\/Uploads\/y\/g\/x\/coastlink26_prov_programme_823349.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"button\" title=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/book\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;for more information and to book, or contact our delegate team at&nbsp;<a title=\"mailto:sales@coastlink.co.uk\" href=\"mailto:sales@coastlink.co.uk\">sales@coastlink.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-width: 0px;border-style: initial;font-stretch: inherit;font-size: 12pt;line-height: 1.38;font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size-adjust: inherit;margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;padding: 0px;vertical-align: baseline;direction: ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trade, tech, and sustainability collide \u2014 here\u2019s who\u2019s leading the conversation in Hull.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,7],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastlink","category-news-coastlink"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2162"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}