09:00 Moderator's opening remarks

Steve Cameron, Principal, Cameron Maritime Resources, UK

09:05 Airfreight and ocean freight capacity analysis and perishable trades

• Short-term and long-term trends for both air and sea: reviews and forecasts
• The impact of the velue density of perishable commodities on air and ocean trade
• Modal shift from air to sea - is this true, and if so, what are the drivers?

Mathijs Slangen, Senior Analyst, Seabury Cargo Advisory, Netherlands

09:20 Ocean carrier debate - oceanfreight capacity managment

• 2011 supply/demand projections for the global reefer trade
• New markets and existing markets
• Specialised versus container capacity
• Achieving sustainable profitability

Claus P. Ellemann-Jensen, Vice President, Reefer, CMA CGM, France
Eric Eng, Vice President, Global Reefer, APL Co Pte Ltd, Singapore
Andrew Ngan, Assistant Vice President, MOL Liner Global Reefer Management, Japan

10:00 Networking & refreshments

10:30 Air freight and Sea-Air debate: capacity allocation

• Volumes: how has the market deveoped in 2010? What is the outlook for 2011? New markets and existing markets
• Air freight capacity management and its effects on perishable sector and product categories
• When does shipment by sea make sense and when does air become the default option? 
• Sea/air 
• Freight operations vs belly cargo model 
• Block space agreements and perishables 
• Reviewing average length of contracts with forwarders - short-termism flexible rate adjustments?

Ruediger Kasper, Senior Sales Manager Airfreight, Kuehne + Nagel, Germany
Martin V Schlingensiepen, Vice President, Product Management, Lufthansa Cargo, Germany


11:15 Is there an environmental and efficiency case to be made for greater intermodal use of reefer containers?

• What needs to be done to increase intermodal use of reefer boxes? What is holding back this process?
• Savings for clients buyers of end2end solutions
• Savings for retailers sourcing direct

Ole Schack Petersen, Director and Head of Global Reefer Logistics, Damco, Denmark

11:40  Introducing efficiency gains – practical proposals and results

Malcolm Dodd, Innovation Manager, Fresh Produce Exporters Association, South Africa

12:05 Discussion