THE 1st Cool Logistics Asia conference, bringing together producers, exporters and the logistics sectors all over Asia will be held on Wednesday September 2 at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.
CMA CGM vice president Lars Kastrup, will give a keynote speech on container shipping challenges in Asia, covering service reliability, port performance, direct calls and feeder services and reefer container investment.
Also on the programme is Thomas Lau, Head of SCM & Logistics, Metro Jin Jiang Cash & Carry Co whose keynote speech will discuss food safety compliance and first mile logistics in China.
It will coincide with the opening day of Asia Fruit Logistica, when MOL vice president Tsunemichi Mukai, will call on ports and terminals on the continent to improve their performance.
Cool Logistics Asia is aimed at bringing together perishable logistics experts and the fresh produce trade.
Port performance and last mile distribution of perishables are critical in terms of reducing time to market, which can make the difference between profit and loss for an exporter or importer.
If, according to Mr Mukai, Intra-Asia's perishable trade continues to cement its lead as a significant growth market, port access, not least for the rising fleet of bigger container vessels, will have to improve massively. This also means that hinterland connectivity will have to adapt.
"Intra-Asia will remain a challenging market place for cargo owners and multimodal transport service providers including feeder and barge operators in the Pearl River Delta," said managing director of Cool Logistics Resources, Alex von Stempel, in a company statement.
"This is due the perennial shortage of reefer container equipment and constant competition between different perishable commodities - not just fresh produce, but also protein and more lucrative food and pharmaceutical shipments entering the Chinese market."
By the same token, the dash for developing new coldstore capacity in China, India and Vietnam, puts the notorious oversupply of container ships into perspective, though not without raising new alarm bells.
China is poised to become the world's largest import market for fresh produce and protein, closely followed by India.
Challenges during first and last mile distribution loom large for traders seeking to capitalize on perishable market opportunities not just between India and China, but also on trades with Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.
One of the questions the speakers will approach is where should new coldstore capacity be deployed without engendering oversupply of capacity in newly developing logistics clusters, as trucks are still navigating around potholes, mud slides and other road traffic bottlenecks.
Key speakers will include Lars Kastrup - SVP at CMA CGM, Thomas Lau - Head of Supply Chain Management and Logistics at Metro JinJiang Cash & Carry Co. Ltd, Nigel Webster - Director, Refrigerated Containers, Seaco, Michel Looten - Director, Maritime, Seabury Group, Chetan Kumria - Vice President - Supply Chain, Pernod Ricard, Tarun Arora - Manager Fresh Import and Distribution, IG International, Tsunemichi Mukai - Senior Vice President, MOL Liner, Henrik Christensen - President Global Logistics, KTZ Express, as well as Jan Strassburg - Senior Manager Rail Logistics & Forwarding, DB Schenker, Jack Lo - Cargo Product & Marketing Manager, Cathay Pacific, Clement Lam - Director and General Manager, Swire Pacific Cold Storage, Hans-Willem Van der Waal - Managing Director, AgroFair and many others.
WORLD SHIPPING
02 August 2015 - 19:36
Hong Kong perishable conference at AsiaWorld-Expo September 2
THE 1st Cool Logistics Asia conference, bringing together producers, exporters and the logistics sectors all over Asia will be held on Wednesday September 2 at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.
WORLD SHIPPING
02 August 2015 - 19:36
Hong Kong perishable conference at AsiaWorld-Expo September 2
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