For the first time, the European shortsea community will gather in Dublin to debate the many issues surrounding this demanding and hugely important maritime sector. Key themes for this conference will include:

Trends and opportunities - in depth analysis of current freight movements; growth cargoes; drivers for modal shift; changing cargo sources and emerging shortsea patterns
Intergration and intermodality - potential for greater integration with road, rail and inland shipping; transhipment issues; multimodal supply chains
What the customer wants - an insight into the needs and requirements of the transport buyer
Ports & terminals - shortsea friendly ports; port based RDCs, new developments
Promotion - encouraging shippers to use shortsea

Dual streams will allow specific focus on both bulk and unitised cargoes

A dinner at Dublin Castle, a drinks reception and a tour of the port are also on offer.

Speaker presentations not given on the memory stick are available below to download as pdf documents

Nigel Gardiner - Drewry Shipping Consultants
Fred Doll - Doll Shipping Consultancy
John Mangan - The Universtiy of Hull
Julio de Cuava - DG TREN
Clive Kessell - Imerys Minerals
Mark Harrison - HC Shipping & Chartering
Tim Lowry - Coastal Bulk Shipping
Michael Connelly - DFDS
Bill Burns - Consultant
Mike Elsom - Shortsea XML
Jonathan Packer - Consultant
Paul Packard - Bank of Ireland
Alfons Guinier - ECSA

There are one or two presentations missing from this list - they will be uploaded as soon as they become available.