'Greening the role of ports in the logistics chain'

The programme will comprise a mix of discussion sessions with keynote presentations, working groups and plenary presentations. Highlights include:

Discussion session: Global versus regional regulations on shipping related aspects and impacts on ports

Keynote presentation: Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit Ports & Inland Navigation, DG Move Panellists include: Niels Bjørn Mortensen, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Maersk Maritime Technology; Dr Martin Kröger, Managing Director, VDR – German Shipowners‘ Association, Martin John, Director of Survey and Certification, Danish Maritime Authority

Discussion session: Changing expectations of a ‘green’ port: the view of the stakeholders Keynote address: Antonis Michail, ESPO Sustainable Development Committee

Moderator: Bjarne Loef Henriksen, Commercial and Political Adviser, EU Affairs and Relations, Danish Ports

Panellists: Niels Bjørn Mortensen, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Maersk Maritime Technology, Claire Bryant, Global Head of Environment & Sustainability, APM Terminals Management, Bill Hemmings, Policy Team, Programme Manager - Aviation & Shipping, NGO Transport & Environment

Working Groups: Fuel options for SECA Compliance, Port Reception Facilities, Improving efficiency in terminal operations, Port City development, sustainability co-operation projects, New port initiatives, concrete challenges and solutions, Port planning and expansion

Plenary session: Inland logistics, multimodal solutions and traffic management
• Multimodal solutions
• Connectivity of ports via rail investments
• Efficiency and boosting port capacity
• Making sustainability walk hand in hand with efficiency and competition

Moderator: Fabien Becquelin, Policy Manager, Maritime Transport Council, European Shippers Council

Presentations:
The Clean Trucks Program in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Alex H. Cherin, Englander, Knabe & Allen
Inland ports looking seaward and towards the hinterland for sustainable development, Xavier Seguí, Martí Puig, Rosa Mari Darbra, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Chris Wooldridge, Cardiff University
Is the corridor approach of EU Commission really target-aimed? Malte Siegert, Head of Environmental Policy, NABU Hamburg

Read the full GreenPort Congress programme here.

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