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EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
INCORPORATING COLD CHAIN
Upcoming TOC to discuss
modernising supply chains
As cargo supply chains across the Americas continue to modernise, what are the challenges
and opportunities this creates? This will be a key focus at this year’s TOC Americas
conference and exhibition, taking place in Panama from 13 to 15 November.
After the ultimate low of 2017’s Hanjin
collapse, ocean carriers are coming out
of some very lean years. The region’s
leading shipping lines will be represented
at TOC Americas, with Lars Oestergaard
Nielsen, president: Latin America and
Caribbean at Maersk Line, and Howard
Finkel, EVP at COSCO Container Lines,
both confirmed to speak.
TOC Americas attracts ports and
terminals from across the Americas
This year’s TOC Americas will focus on the modernising of supply chains and the pros and cons of this.
as both delegates and speakers, with
APM Terminals, TC Mariel, PSA, Terminal
Portuario de Manta, and Hutchison Ports
all confirmed, and with several US port
operators soon to be announced.
Analysts and consultants will be
represented by companies including
Development Bank of Latin America,
Hofstra University, S&P Global, Drewry,
BSI Group, and the United Nations –
Economic Commission for Latin America
& the Caribbean.
TOC AMERICAS FORMAT
The event will feature a two-track
conference programme: Container
Supply Chain (which includes a session
on cold chain) and Tech TOC – Terminal
Operations (which includes a session on
bulk).
There will also be a technical tour
organised and a comprehensive
networking programme for delegates to
look forward to.
The TOC Americas Conference App:
Participants at the conference will benefit
from a bespoke conference app that
allows attendees to put questions directly
to panels (anonymously if preferred), as
well as create bespoke agendas and
meeting lists of exhibitors.
The TOC Americas port technology
exhibition will feature suppliers from
across the globe, including Camco
Technologies, Phoenix Terminal Solutions,
Terberg Tractors Americas, ABB, Liebherr,
and Prysmian. CLA
Correction: the real
winning project
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n page 36 of Cold Link
Africa’s June edition, in the
article “WorldSkills — what is
it all about”, we incorrectly labelled a
picture as 2015 national winner Marko
Combrinck’s project. This was in fact a
picture from one of the other competitors
who didn’t complete their project
successfully.
We apologise for the error.
Here is the actual photo of
Combrinck’s completed project … CLA
GLOBAL REPRESENTATION
A
gainst the backdrop of the
uncompromising US trade
agenda and the industry’s
embrace of the newly expanded
Panama Canal, the TOC Americas
event will return to Panama for a series
of global and regional discussions and
debates. Since TOC was last in Panama
— just prior to the official inauguration
— the new Canal locks are now open
for business, facilitating record transits
and making this the ideal time for TOC
Americas to return to Panama.
As Jorge L Quijano, CEO of the
Panama Canal Authority, predicted in his
keynote address in 2015, the expansion
of the Panama Canal has radically
altered how goods are moved, not only
in the region but across the world. “Less
than one year in, and the impact of
the expanded Canal is already evident
across the world,” says Quijano speaking
earlier this year. He continues, “As
liners continue to reroute services and
consolidate cargo on larger vessels, we
look forward to welcoming the increase
of Neopanamax traffic with the same
safe, reliable service our customers have
come to expect.”
Quijano has just been confirmed
to return to TOC Americas and deliver
the keynote address at this year’s TOC
Americas and will officially welcome the
audience back to Panama for the first time
in three years.
Talking points in the Container Supply
Chain Conference at TOC Americas will
include:
• Economic and trade outlook for the
Americas
• New alliance structure and impact on
the industry
• Updates on blockchain and related
technologies
• Digitalisation: developing a digital
infrastructure
• Challenges for the chilled logistics
trade
• Investment and infrastructure.
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