Program of the 3-rd International ports and shipping conference of Russia at TRANSTEC-2012

APPLICATION FORM FOR PORTS AND SHIPPING CONFERENCE AT TRANSTEC-2012

TOPICS OF EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE BY INDUSTRY

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT                                    November 2011

The competitiveness between the sea, river, and dry ports – creating the positive conditions to attract serious investments in the development of ports infrastructure and superstructure

·         Possibilities to create free economic zones

·         Attracting investments for port infrastructure and superstructure

·         Improving port management

·         Increasing the efficiency of Port Authorities: their operation and the management of Customs and Border-Crossing Control

·         Increasing the speed and efficiency to process cargoes

·         Cutting the red tape: the challenge to improve effective port legislation

·         The role of state control of port activity- price regulation of port tariffs including the application of anti-monopoly and anti-trust legislation

Facing the current state and perspectives of national and global shipping – the Port Users

·         International and domestic shipping-their influence and demands on the global transport market

·         National shipping policies: supporting or impeding commercial shipping?

·         Finding the balance between global and national flags for commercial shipping to maximise the cargo volumes of domestic trades, import-export trades and transit operations

·         Creating positive conditions to establish the balanced development of commercial shipping

·         Opportunities for the unified development of inland, sea-river and short sea shipping to advance their integration with global shipping

·         Shipping and Shippers requirements for improved inland waterways infrastructure and superstructure

Current State and Perspectives for the Development of the Cruise and Ferry Market for the Sea and Inland Waterways of Russia

·         Current trends in the world cruise industry – where does Russia stand?

·         The opportunities to increase cruise passengers flows as an influence on the development of Russian Maritime Policy

·         The Priorities for construction and reconstruction of passenger sea and inland waterways ports

·         The great opportunities to develop the cruise and passenger traffic flows on the inland waterways

·         The next generation of sea-going and inland waterways cruise, passenger ships and ferries – meeting the demands of tourists, business and the economy

·         “World With No Limits” - a basis for successful development of sea and cruise tourism

*GREATER ECONOMY, GREATER EFFICIENCY–THE NEXT GENERATION OF SHIPS

Meeting the demands to lower costs, improve safety and respect the environment

·         Concepts and projects for the new generation of the sea and inland waterway State Service Fleet – ships to service the ports, fairways and inland waterways:

·         nuclear and conventional sea-going ice-breakers

·         floating energy stations

·         port dry and floating docks and repair facilities

·         port ice-breakers for sea and river port operations

·         rescue and fire-fighting vessels

·         tugs and navigation/buoy service ships

·         coast-guard and ecology monitoring vessels

·         supply and bunkering vessels

·         pollution-elimination vessels

·         Maritime Clusters and other methods to improve development of ship building at national shipyards and equipment manufacturers

*FACING THE ARCTIC

             Providing the Port Network and Shipping Routes in Arctic conditions  

·         Nuclear ice-breaking fleet operations as a basic fundamental for Arctic shipping operations

·         Arctic shipping as a principal foundation for cross-trading and transit transportation

·         Perspectives for the development of a national and global Arctic sea transport system

·         Navigation and Hydrographic services for the Arctic and Northern Sea Route

·         Ports and Shipping working together to ensure efficient and safe exploration, extraction and transportation of hydrocarbons from the Arctic and Northern deposits

*WATCHING THE ENVIRONMENT, WATCHING THE NEIGHBOURS,      WATCHING THE CLIMATE

·         Ecological requirements to improve ports and ship equipment

·         The target to create the modern ecology-friendly fleet

·         Effective systems to process and recycle rubbish, waste and spillage in ports

·         Staff training and education to improve ecology-friendly port operations

·         The Ports and their neighbours – City Ports and Green-Field Ports

     *ACCELERATE PORT EQUIPMENT MODERNISATION AND TECHNOLOGY

     The Green Light for Innovations in Port Equipment and Technologies

·         Energy saving equipment and technologies

·         Innovations in port reconstruction and construction of new ports facilities

·         Global experience and technologies in development of port equipment

·         New management and technical systems for port operation

 Information and IT-facilities in Ports and Shipping

·         Global information systems to improve ports and shipping operations,

·         Integration of local and Regional information systems with the global system of world ocean monitoring (ÅXIMO)

·         Safety and security of global and local maritime IT-resources

·         Intellectual support systems to improve decision-making in ports and shipping operations

·         Technologies and issues to create the global transport and shipping virtual space