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Setting the stage for what is
expected to become the largest
gathering at a maritime event in
Malaysia, the 1st Asia Maritime &
Logistics Conference 2002 will
trigger off week-long meetings of
some of the top leaders from the
global maritime industry.
Organised by the Malaysian
Shipowners Association (MASA), the
two-day Conference to be held 14-15
October 2002 and officiated by the
Minister of Transport, YB Dato Seri
Dr Ling Liong Sik, will feature a
distinguished faculty of speakers
making presentations on a number of
important and pressing issues facing
the global maritime transportation
industry
The conference, that has lined up 17
papers, a CEO's Forum and panel
discussions, will be preceded by a
gathering of about 200 worldwide
agents of Malaysia International
Shipping Corporation Bhd and who are
also expected to attend the landmark
conference.
The 1st Asia Maritime & Logistics
Conference 2002, that expects to
attract more than 400 participants
from 90 countries, will be followed
by meetings of world's leading
protection and indemnity (P&I)
clubs.
The UK P&I Club will hold its
meeting in Kuala Lumpur while the
first time in history, the London
P&I Club, which counts major
blue-chip shipping lines among its
clients, will hold its annual
general meeting outside London when
it meets in Kuala Lumpur after the
conference.
The chief executive of London P&I
Club, Paul S Hinton is among the
leading speakers
The chairman of the organizing
committee of the conference Datuk Hj
Mohd Ali Hj Yasin, who is also the
chairman of MASA, said growing
concern on global maritime security
and safety initiatives would be
among the papers that will provide
an insight into the vast and varied
challenges facing the global
maritime industry.
The session on maritime security
initiatives will hear directly from
the World Shipping Council as well
as the US Customs Service and this
will be followed by panel discussion
with representatives the Royal
Malaysian Customs and the Royal
Malaysian Navy.
Ali, who is the managing
director/CEO of MISC Bhd, said
highlight of the Conference would be
the CEO's Forum - the first such
event in a maritime conference to be
held in the region.
A top-level representation at the
CEO's Forum, that will be
coordinated by Ybhg Dato Hj Mohd Ali
Hj Yasin, Vice President (Logistics
& Maritime_ Petronas and Managing
Director/CEO MISC Bhd, will include
Mr F Jacobs from APL-NOL, Mr Jon
Chadwick, Chairman of Shell
Malaysia, Tsunerari Tokugawa,
Adviser to NYK of Japan and Mr
Eduard Blank of Nestle Global
Transportation (Switzerland).
The conference organizers have
invited several industry experts
from leading organizations such as
the International Maritime
Organistaion, Australian Maritime
Safety Authority, London P&I Club,
SAP Malaysia, Richards Butler
(London) and others.
Further details of the conference
are available on
www.portsworld.com
Ali said the conference, managed by
Ports World, would emerge as a
landmark event aimed at CEOs and
senior management of companies,
offering wealth of opportunity for
networking for practitioners in the
global maritime transportation
industry
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