13:30 MODERATOR’S OPENING REMARKS 

Steve Cameron, Principal, Cameron Maritime Resources, UK

13:35 WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Debate on practice and malpractice, risk management, mediation and settlement.
This session will look at a whole range of issues including:

• Claim rate on perishable shipments in comparison with dry cargo
• Claim sizes and values
• Reefer vessels vs container vessels
• Pre-stuffing sanitation
• Pre-cooling containers
• Stowage requirements
• Ventilation and air circulation
• Carriage temperatures
• Claim rate on perishable shipments in comparison with dry cargo
• Managing third party logistics service providers
• Exposure, mitigation and recovery
• Risk analysis tools

Luca Bussani, Risk Engineer, Zurich Risk Engineering, UK
Dr Malcolm Dodd, Innovation Manager, Fresh Produce Exporters Association, South Africa
Otto de Groot, CEO, Expertisebureau Harmsen & de Groot b.v., Netherlands
Harm de Haan, Nautical Cargo Surveyor, BMT De Beer, Netherlands

15:00 Conference closing remarks