Transestonia 2013

The 9th International Transit Conference TRANSESTONIA 2013: Oil. Gas. Chemicals takes place on April 17 in Muuga Harbour, Port of Tallinn

Subject of the TRANSESTONIA 2013 conference is liquid bulk. More precisely three major categories of liquid bulk: oil & oil products, gas (both LPG and LNG), and liquid chemicals. Besides Estonian best practices ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp will introduce their oil and chemical clusters. European biggest LNG terminal will be introduced by Royal Vopak.

The conference will be opened by the Estonian Foreign Minister Mr Urmas Paet, followed by the welcoming speech from the Chairperson of the Economic Committe of the Pariament of Estonia, Mrs Kaja Kallas. Conference brings together 150 transit industry representatives, politicians, bankers, legal advisors and media.

Program of the transit conference TRANSESTONIA 2013:  Oil. Gas. Chemicals

09:00 Registration and morning coffee 

09:30 Opening speech – Urmas Paet, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

10:00 Greetings of the Parliament of Estonia - Kaja Kallas, Chair of the Economic Committee of the Parliament of Estonia

10:15 Dynamics of the transit of liquid bulk – Ahto Altjõe, Chairman of the Board, EVR Cargo

10:30 Transit of oil products, gases and chemicals yesterday, today and tomorrow - Ain Kaljurand, Chairman of the Board, Port of Tallinn

10:45 Up to seven million tons in seven years - Tiit Vähi, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Silport 

11:00 Coffee Break 30 minutes

11:30 Panel of Oil and Oil Products is opened by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Estonia, His Excellency Jos Schellaars

11:40 Best practices of the Oil Cluster in the Port of Rotterdam – Roland van Assche, Director of Bulk Cargo & Shipping, Port of Rotterdam

12:10 High value added transit of oil products - Arnout Lugtmeijer, Chairman of the Board, Vopak E.O.S.

12:40 Future perspectives of the oil production, trade and global economy - Raul Markus, Partner, CC Advisors

13:00 Lunch hosted by DANSKE BANK

14:00 Global LNG market overview, infrastructure, bunkering – Anatoli Belov, Chairman of the Board, Bominflot Estonia

14:30 Experiences in gas logistics and future plans - Heiti Hääl, Chairman of the Board, Alexela Group

15:00 Presentation of the European biggest LNG terminal – Joop Jonkers, Royal Vopak LNG Terminal Rotterdam  

15:30 Coffee Break 30 min

16:00 Panel of Chemicals is opened by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Estonia, His Excellency Marc Thunus

16:10 Presentation of the European biggest Chemical Cluster in the Port of Antwerp – Frank Van Eynde, Economic and Commercial Counsellor, Flanders Investment and Trade

16:30 First liquid chemicals transhipment terminal in Estonia – Igor Rozhinov, Chairman of the Board, TankChem (EuroChem Group)(TBC)

16:50 Modal shift of liquid chemicals: from multimodal to intermodal – Dmitri Kamyshnikov, Member of the Board, Eesti Chem (HAVILA Group)

17:10 Summary of the Conference - Moderator Raivo Vare    

18:30 Reception in downtown Tallinn

Information about participation
Registration

The Conference is sponsored by Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonian Logistics Cluster, Port of Tallinn, Vopak E.O.S., EVR Cargo, Danske Bank and Tallinn Enterprise Board.