Organised by CBI Events, the event will gather leading industrial players, tanker ship owners and logistics service providers from the US, Russia, Singapore, Japan, Korea and China.
The conference will highlight four themes: “Headstream of Shipping & Storage: Digging the macro-economy and petrochemical market to grasp the essence of bulk liquid chemicals shipping and storage”; “Soul of Shipping: Studying the shipping freight and fleet capacity trends”; “Ways of Efficiency: Utilising third party services to maximize efficiency”; and “Road for Terminals: Keys to the bottleneck of terminals and seeking the way for their future”.
The four themes will be discussed through a variety activities like CDI workshop, vis-à-vis networking, business matching, panel discussion, and networking luncheons.
This year’s conference is sponsored by the Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI), and supported by the China Association of Warehouses and Storage (CAWS).
Soo Tan of Celanese Chemical Company said of last year’s conference: “Keynote speeches, panel discussions and one-to-one meetings are very helpful. I look forward to the next conference.”
Previous speakers and panelists included Martin A Whittle, general manager, Chemical Distribution Institute (CDI); Capt Luc Cassan, global vetting manager, BASF Antwerp; Zhang Yunliang, senior project manager, Sinochem International Corporation; Jonathan Xu, business development vice president, Vopak China Management Co; Chen Chuan Hsien, deputy director of storage and transportation, CPC Corporation, Taiwan; Chua Chye Poh, executive director, Eastport Maritime; and Michele Francioni, general manager for Asia Pacific, Registro Italiano Navale (RINA).