2012 Shifting International Trade Routes

January 19, 2012
Tampa, FL

AAPA and the U.S. Maritime Administration co-sponsor this special one and a half day workshop, hosted by the Tampa Port Authority. The program addresses shifting international trade routes and how the various players in the transportation industry view the fallout of the recent economic recession. Speakers address the international economic outlook and shifts in global trade; discuss infrastructure needs from the perspective of cargo owners, ocean carriers, ports, terminal operators, warehouse and distribution centers, and rail interests; the significant changes in worldwide trade lanes expected in the next few years; and provide an update on the project to expand the Panama Canal.

01/19/2012
Welcoming Remarks

• Kurt J. Nagle, President & CEO, AAPA
• Jerry Bridges, Executive Director, Virginia Port Authority, AAPA Chairman of the Board
• Richard Wainio, Port Director and CEO, Tampa Port Authority

01/19/2012
International Economic Outlook

Introduction

• William L. Ralph, President, R.K. Johns & Associates, Inc.

Speakers

• Robert West, Principal Strategist -- Ports, Coastal & Maritime, Latin America & the Caribbean
• Julián Villalba, Ejecutivo Principal/Direccion de Analisis y Programacion Sectorial, CAF Banco de Desarrollo de America Latina

 

 

 

01/19/2012
The View of the Customer

Moderator

• Bruce Carlton, President, National Industrial Transportation League

Speakers

• Terry L. Bunch, Director, Logistics & Customer Service, Rayonier
• Rick Gabrielson, Director, International Transportation, Target

01/19/2012
U.S. East and Gulf Coast Perspectives

Moderator

• Chris Smith, Intermodal Policy and Program Manager, AASHTO

Speakers

• Jerry Bridges, Executive Director, Virginia Port Authority, AAPA Chairman of the Board
• Robert Landry, Director of Marketing, Port of New Orleans
• Bruce E. Cashon, Senior Vice President & COO, Ceres Terminals Inc.
• Steven A. Evans, Assistant VP, Ports and International, NOrfolk Southern Railway Company

01/19/2012
U.S. West Coast Perspectives

Discussion Leader

• Anne Kappel, Vice President, World Shipping Council

Speakers

• Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Seattle
• Omar R. Benjamin, Executive Director, Port of Oakland
• Dean Wise, Vice President Network Development, BNSF Railway Co.

01/19/2012
The View from Outside the United States

Speakers

• C.P. Alejandro Couttolenc Villar, Director of Business Development, Administración Portuaria Integral de Veracruz, Mexico
• Don Krusel, President & CEO, Prince Rupert Port Authority, Canada

01/20/2012
Update on the Panama Canal Expansion

Speaker

• Rodolfo Sabonge, Vice President, Market Research & Analysis, Panama Canal Authority

01/20/2012
Looking to the Future

Speakers

• Carlos Urriola, General Manager, Manzanillo International Terminal - Panama, President, Caribbean Shipping Association
• Paulo André Holanda, Diretor Presidente, Companhia Docas do Ceará (Port of Fortaleza), Brazil

01/20/2012
Logistics, Distribution and Warehousing

Discussion Leader

• Kevin F. Smith, President and CEO, Sustainable Supply Chain Consulting, Windermere, FL

Speakers

• Richard H. Thompson, Executive Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle
• Thomas C. Scorsune, Vice President, Business Development, Yusen Logistics (Americas), Inc.

01/20/2012
Summary, Roundtable Discussion and Closing Remarks

• Mr. Ralph
• Mr. Wainio