Over 60 participants attended the COA North America Meeting, which took place at Le Meridien Hotel, San Francisco, on Thursday 25 September 2014.
Presentations made at the Meeting covered a wide range of container shipping and related topics, as well as focusing on current COA activities and projects.
The Agenda and Speakers were as follows:
Introduction and update on COA developments
Patrick Hicks, Container Owners Association
2015 Economic Outlook
Ross Briggs, Vice-President – Intermodal Finance, ABN AMRO
US West Coast Ports/Shipping: Port of Oakland
Ron Brown, Port of Oakland, Maritime Marketing
Container Re-Sale in the USA: Developments, Trends and Challenges
Phil Herndon, Principal, Container Solutions / Portable Cold Storage
Anders Norlin, Managing Member, Box Credit LLC
CINS Update and Developments
Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen, Head of Cargo Management – Maersk Line
Chairman, Cargo Incident Notification System
Flexitank Market, Future Industry Growth, Development of Industry Standards
Andrew Watson, Director, Braid Group
Container Standards: Update on NWIP (New Work Item Proposal) proposing an increase of Container Maximum Gross Mass to 34 tonnes
Jørn Heerulff, Convener, TC104/SC4/WG3
Update on Chinese Regulations for Solvent Emissions
Martin Vlak, Business Director Industrial Coatings, DSM Coating Resins
Waterborne coatings in the container industry
Paul McCrory, Global Business Director – Container, Valspar
Environmental Impact of Stormwater Run-offs for Container Depots and Owners
Jeffrey Loucks, National Accounts Manager, ConGlobal Industries
Flexitank Round Table
Moderator: Andrew Watson, Director, Braid Group
Proposed COA IT Division
Mark North, Director, Centtra