A total of 115 delegates participated at the 16th COA General Meeting, Shanghai, on Monday 23 March 2015.
Conference Sessions covered:
Introduction and update on COA developments
Patrick Hicks – Secretary, Container Owners Association
Global Economy and Trends in Trade Development
Renzo Hoefnagels – Executive Director, Head of Intermodal Finance, ABN AMRO
Container Rail-Waterway Intermodal Transport System Development
Deng Yanjie – Vice Chief Engineer, China Waterborne Transport Research Institute
Waterborne Coatings – Legislation update for VOC Control in Guangdong province
Mrs. Huang Kai – Chairman, Guangdong Province Coating Industry Association
Steps for Greener Containers
Sam Zhu – Production General Manager, Maersk Container Industry Dongguan
The application process study of container waterborne coatings
Pan Zuo – Senior Coating Engineer, CIMC Containers
Container Flooring: IICL Initiatives
IICL
Container Flooring: Development of Flat Bamboo Floor
Dick Deng – Deputy General Manager, CIMC Wood Development
Freight containers manufacturing serial number issue in China
Li Jichun – Standardization Engineer, China Waterborne Transport Research Institute
COA IT Division: Proposed Protocols for Exchanging Digital Images and for Repair Cycle Messaging
Mark North – Director, Centtra Ltd
Non-Operating Reefers: Developing standard protocols for NOR operation
Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen – Head of Cargo Management, Maersk Line
Internal Reefer Corrosion
Brian Darnowski – Vice-President Operations, Triton Container