June 26-28, 2019 at @Fira de Barcelona Montjuic Exhibition Center

Session: ‘The Waves of Container Terminal Concessions in the Mediterranean Region’ on the 27th of June 2019 at 10:00am.

10-15 min available to speak

Cover the following key topics:

• Context and background for container terminal concessions in Mediterranean countries
• Forecast container traffic growth will require developing new terminal capacity
• How economic growth translates into container traffic
• Current existing capacity rate
• New capacity to develop Greenfield investments
• Private Group will invest in the terminals, but public institutions will need to invest in the infrastructure
• Criteria and rationale for investing in a port or terminal in the Mediterranean region. What are the incentives, and how to avoid the pitfalls
• Who has invested or has been investing? What did this investment mean and what challenges were overcome on the way
• Innovative financing solutions and discuss the future of global port investments
• Investment Challenges for a Container Terminal in Mediterranean countries

Speakers:

• Jérome Verny | Director, International Institute for Transport and Innovative Supply Chain (MOBIS)
• Jordi Torrent | Strategy Director, Port de Barcelona
• Joris Claeys, Sr consultant, PortExpertise
• Vittorio Torbianelli | Internationals Relations, Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea