Over 200 delegates participated at the 12th COA Members Meeting in Shanghai on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 May 2013. Presentations can be downloaded by COA Members.
Introduction and COA Report: Update on COA’s current activities, future strategy and development plans
Patrick Hicks
Secretary
Container Owners Association
Session 1: Keynote Presentations
Container Shipping Industry: Prospects for 2013 and 2014
Shipping Line perspective
David Williams
Managing Director
Maersk China Shipping Company
Shanghai, China
Leasing Company perspective
Paul Merritt
Chief Operating Officer
Seaco
Container Manufacturing perspective
Cathy Gao
Overseas Marketing Director
CXIC Group
Session 2: Shipping Containers and the Environment
China’s Environmental Policy Trends
Julie Walton
Chief Representative, The US-China Business Council
Shanghai
Session 3: Container Management and Cargo Safety
New ACEP rules and the Global ACEP Database Pilot
Douglas Owen
Deputy Secretary General
Bureau International des Containers (BIC)
COA Depot Division: Current Status, Future Activities
Michael Callus
Chairman
Container Owners Association
Update and Progress on CINS – the Cargo Incident Notification System
Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen
Head of Cargo Management
Maersk Line
Parallel Session A: Counterfeit Refrigerants
Update on Current Status regarding Counterfeit Refrigerants and Contaminated Refrigeration Machinery
Mark Bennett
Senior Vice-President, Triton Container
Moderator, COA Reefer Forum
DuPont Initiatives to investigate and halt counterfeit refrigerants
Joyce Zhang
DuPont China
Parallel Session B: Flexitanks
Update on the COA Flexitank Programme, Code of Practice and PAS 1008
Chris Thornton
COA Flexitank Manager
