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CSA 38th AGM
38th Annual General Meeting, Conference and
Exhibition
October 13, 14 and 15, 2008
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Hyatt Regency Trinidad
AGENDA
6.30 p.m. Official opening of CSA Business Exposition "Shipping Insight
2009"
8:00-8:00pm
Shipping Insight 2009
8:00-8:30am Final
Registration
8:30-8:45am
Greetings & Opening Remarks
OPENING CEREMONY
8:45-9:25 am
Opening Ceremony:
Clive Forbes, General Manager Caribbean Shipping Association
Arrival of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,
Hon. Patrick Manning
National Anthem of Trinidad and Tobago
CSA President's Address: Fernando Rivera President CSA
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Vote of Thanks:
Carlos Urriola, Vice President, CSA
Identification of
Delegates
9:30-10:00am
Coffee Break
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
10:00-11:30am
Confirmation of Minutes – 37th AGM
Matters Arising
Approval of
Accounts
Appointment of
Auditors
Report on
Training - CSA
11:30-12:00am Election
of President and Vice President 2008/2009
12:00- 2:00pm
Lunch and Presentation by the Port of Port of Spain
GROUP MEETINGS - CSA MEMBERS
2:00-4:30pm:
Closed - Concurrent Sessions
Group A: The Ships Agent & Private Stevedores
Agency Operations, Protecting Business & Profit
Margins
Group B: The Port Owners & Operators
The
Rising Cost of Transportation: Effective & Efficient Partnerships
Group C:
The Ship Owners & Operators
The International Health Regulations Requirements
for Ship Sanitation
7:00 –10:00pm
Culture Extravaganza, Crew's Inn
8:00-5:00pm
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Shipping Insight 2009
8:30-9:30am Paper 1:
Wall Street Financial Crisis - Likely Impact on National
Economies of the Region and the Maritime industry
Speaker: Sir Courtney Blackman, former Governor , Central
Bank of Barbados.
9:30-10:00am
Coffee Break
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(contd.)
10:00 am: Signing of Memorandum of Understanding, CIP-OAS
and the Caribbean Shipping Association
10:10 -11:00am
Annual Report by President,
Fernando Rivera
Report by Group Chairman
Group A, Robert Foster
Group B, Grantley
Stephenson
Group C,
Capt. Johan Bjorksten
11:00-12:00pm
Paper 2: Occupational Safety &
Security: Priority
for the Region
Speakers: Twan
Tilburg, General Manager, Dutch Caribbean Training Centre
Jose Carpena, Director, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Puerto Rico.
12:00 -1:00pm Lunch
1:00-2:00pm Paper 3:
Port Security - Implementation Best Practices
and the Latest
Technology.
Speaker: Rand Brinkman, Port
Security Specialist, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)
2:00-3:00pm
Paper 4:
The Impact of Oil Price Increases on Transportation Costs and Globalization
Speaker:
Andrew Jupiter, Acting President, National Energy
Corporation (NEC), Trinidad and Tobago
3:30pm
Tour of the industrial port at Point Lisas (PLIPDECO)
7:00pm
Entertainment
8:30- 4:00pm - Shipping Insight 2009
8:30- 9:30am Paper 5:
Investing in Port Development & Infrastructure
Speakers: Robert Bosman, General
Manager, APM Central & South America, Panama
Juan Carlos Croston,
Vice President Marketing, Manzanillo International
Terminal, Panama
9:30-10:00am
Coffee Break
10:00-11:00am
Paper 6:
Caribbean Logistics: The Poor
Performance
Speaker: Anton
Edmunds, President, Caribbean Central American Action
11:00-12:00pm
Paper 7:
Handling and Transportation of Hazardous Materials
Speaker:
Cliff Bartley, Manager Hazardous
materials, Horizon Lines, Florida, USA
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(contd.)
12:00-12:30pm
(1) Report
– Chairman, Board of Trustees
(2) Report – Chairman,
Port Award Competition
(3) Discussion on
Territorial Reports
(4) Outgoing
President’s Remarks
(5) Installation of
General Council 2008/2009
(6) Incoming
President’s Remarks
(7) Future Meetings:
12:30-2:00pm
Lunch
2:00-3:00pm
Paper 8:
Container Damages Detention & Demurrage
Speakers: Frances Yeo, General
Manager,
Assessment Recoveries Limited, Jamaica;
Cindy
Lou Valentine,
Chief Operations Officer, Container Recovery & Billing, Trinidad
3:00-4:00pm Paper 9:
Waterfront & Port Real Estate
Development –
Necessary for Sustainable Development
Speaker: John
Tercek, Vice President, Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines, Florida, USA
ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING (contd.)
4:00pm: Any Other Business
Closing Remarks
7:00pm
CSA’s
Gala Banquet * Port of the Year
Awards
See
also Spouses Programme
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