08:45            REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

09:15               Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks

Chairman: Richard Clarke, Port Planning Director, Halcrow, UK

09:25               Benchmarking container terminal performance

Speaker: Gordon Rankine, Director, Beckett Rankine Partnership, UK

09:50               Cash flow analysis of container transhipment terminals.

Speaker: UK Dr. Colin Dougall, Lecturer, TRi Maritime Research Group, Napier University, UK

10:15               Container terminals – A vision of the future

Speaker: Derek Smith, Business Development Manager, Southampton Container Terminals Ltd, UK

10:40            MORNING COFFEE BREAK

11:05               Container logistics in the extended port of Rotterdam

Speaker: Maurits van Schuylenburg, Senior Project Manager, Strategic Planning and Research, Logistics Department, Rotterdam Port Authority, Netherlands

11:30               Assessing demand and evaluating equipment requirements

Speaker: Michael Richter, Owner and Principal Consultant, INNOTECH System Engineering and Consultancy, Germany

11:55               A revolution in security inspection technology

Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Klaus-Peter Franke, Head of Container Handling Systems Department, Noell Crane Systems GmbH, Germany

12:25            LUNCH

14:00               Facing up to customer needs – a crane manufacturers perspective

Speaker: René Kleiss, Manager R&D, Kalmar Industries BV, Netherlands

 14:25               The Carrier Crane – A wide body crane concept for ship to shore container handling

Speaker: Ir. Evert Luttekes, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

14:50               Optimising the benefits of container crane automation

Speaker: Uno Bryfors, Vice President Crane systems, ABB Automation Technologies, Sweden

15:15               Active Load Control – A real boost for container handling performance

Speaker: Hannu Rossi, Marketing and Sales Director, Konecranes, Finland

15:45            AFTERNOON COFFEE

16:10               Key challenges for training and development of container
terminal staff

Speaker : Niek van de Merbel, Project Manager and Lecturer, Shipping and Transport College, Rotterdam, Netherlands

16:35               Terminal robotisation: An assessment of AGVs versus

(automated) Shuttle carriers

Speaker: Ir. Yvo A. Saanen, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

17:00               Terminal automation: benefits and risks

Speaker: Mathias Döbner, head of development, Gottwald Port Technology GmbH, Germany

17:25            Chairman’s closing remarks

17:35   Close of day one - Complementary Cocktail Reception

08:50            REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

09:15               Chairman’s welcome and opening remarks

Chairman: Richard Clarke, Port Planning Director, Halcrow, UK

09:25               Maximising the potential of your terminal management system

Speaker: Robert Inchausti, Director, Navis LLC, USA

09:50               The latest advancements in automated terminal gate technology

Speaker: Nico Berx, Sales Manager, Cosmos NV, Belgium

10:15               Enhancing the productivity of a terminal’s railway interface

Speaker: Phil Mortimer, Freight Logistics Research Fellow, Sheffield University, UK

10:40            MORNING COFFEE BREAK

11:10               An investigation of the Sprinter Carrier concept

Speaker: Björn Riechers, Director of Sales & Service, Noell Crane Systems GmbH, Germany

11:35               Lessons on straddle carrier automation

Ilkka Annala, Vice President Straddle Carriers, Kalmar Industries, Finland

12:00               A new container handling concept –

Experiences of ConTra SC45 and OPTI

Speaker: Urpo Kasurinen, Export Manger, Liftec Products Oy, Finland

12:25 LUNCH

14:00               Reach stackers or FLTs – Making the right choice

Speaker: Antoon Cooijmans. Product Manager – Big Trucks, Hyster, Netherlands

14:25               FLTs – the workhorse of the container terminal

Speaker:  Ben Siebels, Marketing Manager – Big Trucks, Hyster, Netherlands

14:50               The future role of terminal tractors in container terminals

Speaker: George Terberg, Director, Terberg Benschop B.V., Netherlands

15:15            AFTERNOON COFFEE

15:45               Choosing the right spreaders for your terminal’s needs

Speaker: Beat Zwygart, Director, Elme International, France

16:10               Maximising crane spreader productivity

Speaker: Kees Stinis, CEO, Stinis BV, Netherlands

16:35               Large-capacity spreaders – what does the future hold?

Speaker: Wilfred Simonsen, Director of International Key Account Management, Bromma Group, Sweden.

17:00               Spreaders, a hard look at soft specs

Speaker: Gosta Karlsson, President, Elme, Sweden

17:25            Chairman’s closing remarks

17:35   Close of conference