Overview
| With Key Contributions From Industry Experts: |
| Meet And Network With Industry Leaders To: |
Explore strategies and techniques for port and shipping growth
Apply innovative approaches to expansion and management
Develop your core competencies as a leader in ports and shipping
Streamline your operations with the latest techniques
Participate in interactive, in-depth full day workshops
And much more…
Representatives From 5 Ports In The Region
6 Dedicated International Industry Experts
4 Logistics And Freight Speakers
Interactive Voting
Formal And Informal Networking Opportunities
How will you and your peers take your port to the next level of competitiveness? Moreover, how will you attract investment into your port? Attract more shipping customers? Increase efficiency? Manage warehouses effectively? Comply with regulations with ease? Attract and develop port management talent?
No one person can answer all of these questions. That is why, at IIR’s Ports Management And Shipping Congress, we will gather leading international and regional professionals together under one roof to cover the issues most important to you and your peers and to answer these important questions.
To provide a platform for debate in the booming market, IIR is pleased to announce the Ports Management And Shipping Congress 2008.
The Ports Management And Shipping Congress, running alongside International Freight Week (www.internationalfreightweek.com) in the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, has already been lauded by industry experts as a forum with the potential to change the way ports management is executed throughout the Middle East, whose ripple effect will decrease costs and substantially increase quality and throughput for all participants.
| What is currently happening in the Ports Management And Shipping Industry? |
“Economic growth is driving seaport expansion in the Middle East valued at over US$33 billion in an attempt to handle record cargo levels, according to industry experts.”
“Jebel Ali expects to increase capacity from a current 11 million twenty-foot equivalent units to 80 million by 2030. The port is already expected to add a further five million units by early next year.”
“The biggest seaport being planned is Qatar's New Mesaieed Port (US$5.5 billion), heading a top ten of new or expansion port projects.”