Funding Short Sea Shipping 7

ONLINE ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
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Thursday, 9 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME 

Mare Forum and Rotterdam Maritime Capital of Europe

The planned follow-up of the previous successfully held online round tables discussions series on “Funding Short Sea Shipping” will address the following questions about various aspects, including shipbuilding, short sea shipping, ports, capital and finance, energy security and energy transition, fuels, people, digitalisation and ai, tech industries, regulations, infrastructure development, strategic initiatives, technological advancements, and geopolitical factors, all of which are relevant to assessing who will design and build the zero-carbon short sea ship of the future and were the money will come from.

The Mare Forum online roundtables are dynamic arenas for exchanging ideas and lively debate.
They attract a high-level audience of executives from the shipping, trade, banking, and maritime services sectors, who value the open format and candid discussions.

These events bring together top decision-makers and leaders who actively engage in forward-looking dialogues about the future of shipping, trade patterns, logistics, geopolitics, the energy transition and security, decarbonization, investments and ship finance, human capital needs, and more.

The upcoming 7th edition on Funding Short Sea Shipping will adopt a holistic roundtable approach, featuring a diverse group of prominent local and international maritime industry leaders. They will share insights, exchange ideas, and work collaboratively to address pressing questions and shape future strategies.

THE DISCUSSION PANELLISTS
[The final list of panellists will be published soon. Stay tuned.]

- Gilbèrt de Bock Managing Director, De Bock Maritime
- Frederik Lytzen Head of Operations, Baltic Shipping Company A/S
- Phrixos Papachristidis Chief Executive Officer Hellespont Group
- Pieter van der Burg Managing Director, NESEC Fund Management
- Geert Dokter CEO, CONOSHIP International
- Vincent Guerre Director for Trade and Competitiveness, SEA Europe
- Peter Molloy Managing Director, Sea3R
- Alexander Amundrud, Investment Manager, NRP Maritime Asset Management AS
- Michael de Visser Managing Director, SEAHORSE Consulting & Invest [MODERATOR]
- more panellists to be announced soon. Stay tuned

AGENDA:
➤ What are the owners' requirements?
➤ Who will design the zero-carbon short sea ship of the future?
➤ Who will build the zero-carbon short sea ship of the future?
➤ What do we do until the zero-carbon-future short sea ships are ready?
➤ Can we build a series of short-sea ship types depending on European trade patterns?
➤ Are there consolidations and acquisitions imperatives towards fleet sustainable modernisation?
➤ What insights do we have into the commercial viability of future ship designs?
➤Who will take the investment risk on these technologies?
➤ Can short sea shipping be considered sufficiently comparable to other types of logistics physical infrastructures (highways, trains) and worthy of being recognised with the same support guaranteed by governments, EIB, MDBs?
➤ How can capital providers and shipowners create strategic alliances and joint ventures sharing the investment risks in new ships and new technologies?
➤ Is alternative ship finance interested in investing in short sea ships?
➤ Is alternative finance mainstream?
➤ Do shipowners consider the provenance of funds, i.e. can the geopolitical origin of funding play a role in the future
➤ Is insourcing of shipbuilding a feasible possibility in the future. Suitable regions?
➤ Short-sea and deep-sea shipping and differences in funding sources and pricing
➤ Is financing crude carriers at risk in the future, does this stand to reason?
➤ Will alternative finance focus more on new-build financing or on second-hand?
➤ How to convince the capital providers to fund short sea ships?
➤ What is the role of governments and charterers?
➤ Is there a synergy or competition between banks and alternative capital providers?
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More discussion themes to be announced

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