Short Sea Commodities 24
Containerized, Agribulk and Breakbulk Commodities 

Program of Short Sea Commodities 24

Date: January 25th, 2025

Location: Marriott Hotel Rotterdam


10.30 hrs: Arrival and Coffee


Opening

11.00 hrs: Opening and Introduction, Arnout Nuijt, Atlantico Business Development/Atlantico Group


Part One: Keynotes on Macro-Economic and Commodity Trends

11.05 hrs: State of the Eurozone, Maartje Wijffelaars, Senior Economist, Rabobank, the Netherlands

11.20 hrs: European Grain Markets, Jan Willem Baas, Chairman, The Royal Dutch Grain and Feed Trade Association 

11.33 hrs: The Global Steel Market, Reham Seoud, Head of Procurement and Risk Management, Kandil Steel, Egypt

11.47 hrs: The International Fruit Sector, Rafael Llerena, CEO, Easyfresh Logistics, Spain

12.00 hrs: Panel Discussion on the Latest Commodity Trends: Discussing among other things:

  • what are the biggest geopolitical and/or macro-economic risks/challenges in 2024/25?
  • and what can be the biggest geopolitical and/or macro-economic opportunities?
  • will the strong sustainability drive by governments and the European Commission continue or have we reached "peak sustainability"?
  • is Europe reshoring/nearshoring/friendshoring enough?
  • is Europe de- or reindustrialising?
  • does Europe have enough alternative trade partners?


12.30 hrs: Networking Lunch


Part Two: Future Proofing Maritime Logistics

13.30 hrs: Making Shipping Green, Jan Fransen, Executive Director, Green Award Foundation, the Netherlands

13.40 hrs: Port of Gothenburg: The Sustainable Gateway to Scandinavia, Jacob Minnhagen, Senior Market Development Manager, Port of Gothenburg, Sweden

13.50 hrs: Energy Transition in the Ports of Lisbon and Setúbal, Manuela Patrício, Director for Terminals, Port of Lisbon, Portugal

14.00 hrs: Are Europe's quays ready for the future? Remco Kok, Partner, Walhout Civil, the Netherlands

14.10 hrs: Panel Discussion on Smarter and Greener Maritime Logistics

with the above, and Nicolás Andión, Business Development Director, Port of Algeciras, Spain, discussing among other things:

  • will the strong sustainability drive by governments and the European Commission continue or have we reached "peak sustainability"? 
  • first experience with ETS, Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme in European ports;
  • how are European ports coping with the alternative fuels conundrum (the hard choices of preparing for LNG, Methanol, Ammonia, Hydrogen, etc)?



Part Three: Terminal Development and Port Logistics

14.30 hrs: Adapting to Changing Commodity Flows, Bokke Veltkamp, International Business Development, Steinweg Group, the Netherlands

14.40 hrs: The Baltic Container Terminal, Michał Kużajczyk, Chief Commercial Officer, Baltic Container Terminal, Gdynia, Poland

14.50 hrs: Cork's New Container Terminal, Brian Dooley, Business Development Manager, Port of Cork, Ireland

15.00 hrs: A New Breakbulk Terminal for Moerdijk, Matthijs van der Vlist, Managing Director, Van der Vlist Terminal Moerdijk B.V. and Marcel van der Hoeden, Commercial Director, Van der Vlist Transport Group, the Netherlands

15.10 hrs: Panel Discussion with the above, plus Vitor Caldeirinha, Business and Logistics Director, Port of Setúbal, Portugal and Kyra Lemmens, Commercial Manager Logistics, Port of Moerdijk, the Netherlands, on subjects like:

- the outlook for breakbulk and project cargo in and around Europe;

- offshore wind in Europe, opportunities in Poland, Ireland, Netherlands and Portugal;


15.30 hrs: Coffee Break


Part Four: Ports and the Future of European Commodity Shipping

15.45 hrs: Helena Gomes Fernandes, Commercial Director, Port of Leixões, Portugal

15.55 hrs: Nicolás Andión, Business Development Director, Port of Algeciras, Spain

16.05 hrs: Kesih van den Berg-Dominicus, Senior Business Manager Bulk Cargo and Shipping, Port of Rotterdam

16.15 hrs: Panel Discussion with the above, plus Jakub Koczara, Commercial Department Manager, Port of Gdynia, Poland, Jacob Minnhagen, Senior Market Development Manager, Port of Gothenburg, Sweden and Brian Dooley, Business Development Manager, Port of Cork, Ireland, on subjects like:

- new or future commodities;

- what to expect from the future: more geopolitical and supply chain upheaval?

- what if the Cape route becomes the norm?


16.55 hrs: Closing by Arnout Nuijt


17.00 hrs: Networking Cocktail


18.00 hrs: End of the Program