News
- The End of Shipping Conferences
- 3/16/2009
The Canadian Industrial Transport Association
And
The UK Freight Transport Association
Present
The End of Shipping Conferences in Europe-Canada TradeOpportunities for Canadian Shippers
In these almost unparalleled troubled economic times the focus of businesses is rightly centred on improving efficiency, enhancing supply chain performance and in managing transportation costs.
Logistics managers are therefore more than ever before called upon to exercise their expertise in increasing the bargaining power of the company and providing valuable insight into how systems, procedures and ways of doing business can be improved to cut out waste and reduce costs.
Consequently, two of North America and Europe’s leading transport organisations (CITA and FTA) have joined forces to host a timely and topical seminar to help shippers and their supply chain partners to understand how important recent legal changes to liner and bulk shipping markets operating between Canada and Europe can, if appropriately managed, lead to real bottom line benefits.
Knowledge is the key to cost saving and other efficiency measures, so a prime objective of the seminar is to make sure you are fully informed on the new opportunities presented by the abolition of liner shipping conferences and the new pro-competition environment affecting bulk shipping in trades between Canada and Europe.
While the changes directly affect international trade between Canada and Europe, and key transportation and logistics interests which facilitate this trade, the seminar will be of interest to those involved in other deep sea trades between Canada and the rest of the world, not least because the changes in Canadian/European markets will have a considerable influence on the way business is conducted in wider global shipping markets.
This seminar will be of key interest to all those involved in overseas transportation markets and international trade including shippers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, logistics providers and ports as well as academics and government officials.
There will be a strong practical theme to the seminar with plenty of opportunities for discussion and exploring new approaches to what historically has been a very traditional industry and with limited innovation and change.
Seminar delegates will also receive a detailed best practice guide, as well as comprehensive seminar material providing practical information on how to re-shape their logistics purchasing strategies, on how to improve their processes and in establishing a more conducive business culture focused on performance enhancement and cost reductions to the benefit of all those engaged in the maritime supply chain.
Ottawa, ON
March 4, 2009