ship.energy

Portugal Shipping Week 2024

06 May - 10 May

Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon, Portugal

Portugal Shipping Week 2024 will showcase Portugal as a global shipping and maritime logistics centre and offer foreign shipowners and representatives from every maritime discipline a unique and exciting opportunity to meet, network and develop important new commercial relationships with the leaders of the Portuguese maritime sector.

Ended 774 days ago

8:30 am

PSW Conference Registration & Exhibition Opens

9:00 am

Welcome Coffee

10:00 am

Welcome Remarks

Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, Petrospot

Keynote
Dra. Lídia Bulcão, The Secretary of State for Maritime Affairs

10:10 am

Session One: The Big Issues in Maritime

The opening session of PSW24 will examine how different countries approach the maritime sector.

Welcome to the Port of Lisbon
Carlos Correia, CEO, Ports of Lisbon, Setubal & Sesimbra 

Geopolitics and Shipping
Ambassador Vassilis Papadopoulos, Greek Ambassador to Portugal 

Decarbonising Shipping
Ambassador Lars Steen Nielsen, Danish Ambassador to Portugal

Shipping as a conduit to international trade 
Jakob Jurczyk-Bäumer, Head of Economic Affairs, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

11:30 am

Networking Coffee Break

Silver Sponsor

12:00 pm

Session Two: Regulation and Compliance

This session will look at environmental regulation from a global and European perspective.

Keynote: Protecting Europe’s Maritime Environment
Manuela Tomassini, Head of Department Sustainability and Technical Assistance, EMSA

Emissions regulation – market implications
Martin Crawford-Brunt, CEO, Lookout Maritime

Why EU flags matter
Albrecht Gundermann, Managing Partner, European Mar (EUROMAR)

Promoting the Blue Economy
Gonçalo Santos, Internationalisation Coordinator, Forum Oceano

1:00 pm

Networking Lunch

Gold Sponsor

2:00 pm

Session Three: Education and Training

This session will look at Portugal’s leading role in maritime education, from a historical and current viewpoint, and will also examine the challenges, opportunities, and skill requirements of shipping’s transition towards a zero-carbon future.

A Century of Leadership in Maritime Education
Rui Reis, ALUMNI President, Escola Superior Nautica Infante D. Henrique

Future Steps in Education and Training
Vitor Franco Correia, President, Escola Superior Nautica Infante D. Henrique

Addressing a Growing Skills Deficit in the Maritime Sector  
Nigel Draffin, Consultant, Hon. Treasurer, International Bunker Industry Association

TBC

2:45 pm

Session Four: The Perspective of the Ports

This session will examine what measures ports are taking as they gear up to meet the increasing demands and challenges of the energy transition.

The Roles and Responsibilities of Portuguese Ports in the Energy Transition
Eduardo Feio, President, Port Authority of Aveiro / Member of the Board of the Portuguese Ports Association (APP)

The Port of Lisbon and Setúbal 
Isabel Moura Ramos, Executive Board Member,  Lisbon Port Authority and Setúbal Port Authority

The Ports of Sines and Algarve
Eduardo Bandeira, Head of the Energy Transition Unit, Port of Sines Authority

The Port of Tenerife
Miguel Ángel Bonnet Hodgson, Responsable de Comercial y Marketing/Commercial, Autoridad Portuaria de S.C. de Tenerife

A study about the Greater Port of Houston (Houston, Texas City, Galveston Freeport), authored by
Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory and commissioned by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Sofia Fürstenberg Stott, Partner, Furstenberg Maritime Advisory

4:00 pm

Networking Coffee Break

Silver Sponsor

4:30 pm

Session Five: Terminal Operators and Users

This session will look at how terminal operators, shipyards and energy suppliers are adapting to environmental requirements and preparing for the future.

Building and Operating Environmentally Positive Container Terminals
Nuno David Silva, Regional General Manager, Yilport Iberia

Ship Building and Repair  
Nuno Santos, CEO, Lisnave Estaleiros Navais S.A.

Offshore Strategy of Setubal. 
Pedro Ponte, Head of Infrastructures and Energy, Port of Setúbal 

The Sustainability Obligations of a Leading Cruise Terminal
Duarte Cabral, General Manager, Lisbon Cruise Terminal

The Responsibilities of a Major Energy Supplier
Sérgio Almeida, Head of Assets, Galp

17:30

Closing remarks
Pedro Rebelo de Sousa, Senior Partner, SRS Legal