Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Opening Remarks
Ms. Mia Jensen, Marine Money - Greek Office
Mr. Jonathan Hill, Managing Director - Shipping Funds, Tufton Oceanic (Middle East) Ltd.

Keynote address
Ms. Nima Abu-Wardeh, Presenter of BBC's Middle East Business Report

Economic Outlook
Mr. Shady Shaher, Economist, Standard Chartered Bank

Overview of the wet and container shipping sectors
Tanker Market
Mr. Per Wistoft, CEO, Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC

Container Market
Mr. Ken Bloch Soerensen, Managing Partner, Econships Ltd.

Questions & Answers

Is the scarcity of finance good for the state of the shipping industry?
Panel Discussion
Mr. David Bonicel, Regional Head, Shipping & Land Transportation Finance, Middle East & India, Natixis
Mr. Knut Mathiassen, Regional Head, Shipping Finance, Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank
Mr. Oliver Ebner, Senior Manager, Project and Structured Finance, National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Mr. Vijay Kamath, Senior Vice President & Head of Sales, FSL Trust Management Pte. Ltd.
Mr. Simon Booth, Global Co-Head, Deutsche Shipping
Moderator: Mr. Kevin Oates, Marine Money – Greek Office

Offshore Support: growing pains in a growing industry
Introducion
Mr. Geir Sjurseth, Managing Director & Global Head Offshore Support Group, DvB Bank SE

Panel Discussion
Mr. Mustapha Boussaid, Director Maritime Investments, Waha Capital
Mr. Tom Henrik Sundby, CFO, Polarcus DMCC
Mr. Seraj Alali, Managing Director, Whitesea Shipping & Supply LLC
Moderator: Mr. Marcus Machin, Director, Tufton Oceanic (Middle East) Ltd.

UAE and Regional Shipowners panel
Panel Discussion
Mr. Ahmed Hareb Al Falahi, CEO, Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM)
Mr. Saleh Al-Shamekh, President, Oil & Gas, The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia
Mr. M. Aziz S. Ansari, General Manager, D&K Holdings LLC
Moderator: Mr. Erik Muthow, Partner, Head of Maritime, Transport & Trade, Hadef & Partners

Sanctions and their impact on Shipping?
Mr. Tony Rice, Ship Finance Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP

Private Equity and shipping: The Middle East and international
Introduction
Mr. John Sinders, Senior Executive Officer, Clarkson Investment Services (DIFC) Ltd.

Panel Discussion
Mr. Ahmed Badreldin, Senior Partner, Abraaj Capital Ltd.
Mr. Richard Dallas, Managing Director and Head of Private Equity, Gulf Capital
Mr. Cabell Fisher, VP-Maritime Investments, Waha Capital
Moderator: Mr. John Sinders, Senior Executive Officer, Clarkson Investment Services (DIFC) Ltd.

China: Friend or foe
Panel Discussion
Mr. Per Wistoft, CEO, Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC 
Mr. Harry Theochari, Partner, Norton Rose LLP
Mr. Simon M. Deefholts, Director Shipping, HSBC Bank plc
Mr. Scott Jones, CEO, Eships
Mr. Zefeng Gao, Deputy Director of Shipping Finance Division II, The Export-Import Bank of China Moderators: Mr. Jonathan Hill, Managing Director– Shipping Funds, Tufton Oceanic (Middle East) Ltd.
Mr. Nigel Anton, Managing Director & Head of Shipping Finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Closing Remarks

Afternoon Piracy Seminar, 8 March 2011

Opening Remarks

UKMTO
Lt. Cdr. Allan Eastham RN, Commanding Officer, UKMTO

Charterparty and legal issues
Mr. Stephen Askins - Ince & Co, London Mr. Graham Crane - Ince & Co, Dubai
Mr. Graham Crane - Ince & Co, Dubai

Practical Issues that arise from transit, hijack and release
Mr. Stephen Askins - Ince & Co, London

Insurance
Mr. Brian Boahene - Ince & Co, Dubai

Ship hardening
Mr. Tudor Ellis, Drum Cussac