PHILIPPINE PORTS AND SHIPPING 2002

Manila, 3-4 July 2002

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) commissioned the Transport Events Management Sdn Bhd of Malaysia to organize the Philippine Ports and Shipping 2002.  A high profile event, the two-day Conference and Exhibit took place at the Shangri-La Hotel in Manila, Philippines on 3-4 July 2002.  Hosted by PPA itself, the event was endorsed by the Department of Transportation and Communications of the host country, and supported by principal sponsors Association of International Shipping Lines (AISL), International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI), Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) and WG&A, Inc.

Philippine Ports and Shipping 2002 was aimed at promoting and highlighting Philippine ports, in time with the announcement by PPA that 4 on-going and 64 new port projects are being fast tracked in the Southern Philippines.  These projects are believed to help spur economic growth and at the same time as a preparatory move to revitalize bilateral agreements under Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).  Towards the attainment of the objective and the success of the event, Transport Events Management Sdn Berhad tapped local resource persons and invited foreign speakers from the United Kingdom, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Switzerland, Singapore and Australia for the 2-day Conference.

Over 200 senior executive and decision-makers attended the Conference coming from the world’s leading regional shippers, shipping lines, freight forwarders, logistics, port authorities, terminal operating companies, railway operating companies, haulage companies, container terminal equipment and services suppliers operating throughout Asia and Australia/New Zealand.

Concurrently taking place with the two-day conference was an exhibition of sixteen leading international shipping lines, ports, container terminal equipment and services suppliers.

PPA General Manager Alfonso G. Cusi graced the occasion with his welcome address and Secretary Pantaleon D. Alvarez of the Department of Transportation and Communications delivered the keynote address.

The topics, and the respective speakers, during the conference include the following:

Session One: Industry Trends in Shipping and Ports – A Global Perspective

·                    Opening Remarks by Barry Cable, Director-Transport, Communications, Tourism, and Infrastructure Development Division, United Nations ESCAP, Thailand

·                    Philippine Container Ports in a Global Context by Mike Mitchell, Project Manager, Halcrow Group Limited, UK

·                    Container Shipping in the Era of Size and Speed by Ken-ichi Kuroya, Assistant Director, Containership Business Group, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Japan

·                    Meeting the Challenges of Increasing Containerisation – Competing to Stay on Top by Enrico Sanchez, President and General Manager, OOCL (Philippines), Inc., Philippines

Session Two: New Challenges, Trends and Opportunities in Development of Ports within the Asean Region

·                    Port Development in the Philippines – Outlook and Prospects for Cargo Growth and Areas for Development by Raul T. Santos, Assistant to the GM for Corporate Affairs and Special Projects, Philippine Ports Authority

·                    Infrastructure Support by Simeon Datumanong, Secretary Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippines

·                    The Impact of AFTA on the Asean Region in 2002 – Implications and Benefits by Ramon Vincente T. Kabigting, Director, Bureau of International Trade Relations, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines

·                    Risks and Opportunities for Asian Container Ports – Evaluating the Viability or Port/Terminal Projects by Capt. Francis M. Andrews, Senior Vice President, Operations, General Manager, MICT, ICTSI, Philippines

·                    The Harbour Centre Port Terminal Project – A Palpable Showcase of Public and Private Sectors’ Co-operation by Vicente T. Suazo, President and CEO, Harbour Centre Port Terminal Services, Inc., Philippines

Session three: The Evolving Roles of Ports and Terminals

·                    Chairman’s Opening Remarks by Stephen Cork, Technical Director and Head of Ports and Terminal Planning, HR Wallingford, UK

·                    Ports Extending Their Role in the Logistics Chain by Richard D. Barclay, Chief Executive Officer, Asian Terminals Incorporated, Philippines

·                    Managing Growth: Challenges and Opportunities in Achieving a Profitable Capacity by Parry Shen, General Sales Manager, Asia, CSX World Terminals, Taiwan

·                    Managing a Port Serving the Hinterland and Transhipment Services by Datin Paduka OC Phang, General Manager, Port Klang Authority, Malaysia

Session Four:  Providing Logistics solutions in the Supply Chain

·                    Administrating and Managing Total Global Transportation – Improving Control and Visibility of Global Logistics by Tadgh Meaney, Kuehne and Nagel, Switzerland

·                    Building and Integrated Land, Sea and Air Hub Port by Captain Tan Hup-Cheng, Regional Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Singapore

·                    Intermodalism: The Challenge for a Government by Des Powell, Executive Director, Ports and Marine Division, Department of Infrastructure Victoria, Australia

Session Five:  Increasing Role of Information Technology in Ports and Shipping

·                    A Step Toward Paperless International Trade by Paul Garner, Marekting Manager, Tradegate ECA, Australia

·                    Building the e-Community with ASP by Christopher Chua, Chief Executive Officer, Portrade dotcom Berhad, Malaysia

·                    Achieving Efficiency Through e-Clearance – TMW Worldwide Express by Antonio Bautista, President, TMW Worldwide Express, Philippines

Session Six: Port Productivity and Life cycle Planning

·                    Terminal Design Advancement – A Glance at the Port of the Future by Tony Balian, Country Director, High Point Rendel, Philippines

Almost coinciding with the affair is the 28^th founding anniversary of the Philippine Ports Authority which would come one week later, on the 11^th of July 2002.