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The Seventh Annual International Conference ’Practice of Maritime Business: Sharing Experience. Cargo’ was held in Odessa ( Ukraine), on 2-3 June 2011. The conference place was the luxury business-hotel Grand Pettine.
The organizers of the Conference were International Law Offices (Interlegal), Ukraine, and Remedy Law Firm (Russia).
The General Partners of the Conference were ROSGOSSTRAKH (Russia), VTB Leasing (Russia), Insurance Company Soglassye (Russia), Insurance Company Groupama Transport (Latvia) and Odessa Commercial Sea Port (Ukraine).
The Conference was supported by the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA), International Bar Association (IBA), Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and Nautical Institute of Ukraine (NIU).
The issues discussed at the conference were dedicated to cargo and were focused on transshipment and carriages by sea. The Conference audience this year included all the participants of transportation chain: cargo owners, traders, ship owners, forwarders, insurers, banks, representatives of container and shipping lines and terminals.
This year more than 130 delegates from different countries came to Odessa. The Conference became a good opportunity for them to establish new relationships and to feel the Black Sea market.
On the first day of the Conference, namely, on the 1st of June, the attendees had a sea journey on m/v Khadsibey in the water area of the port of Odessa. It was a beautiful journey in the course of which the guests had a chance to meet one another and admire Odessa big harbor view.
The main day of the Conference was June 2. The delegates attended the sections, case studies, round table, business events and Expo Area. Special Gala Dinner was devoted to the 15th anniversary of Interlegal. The social program of the Conference covered the 3rd day. The participants had options to attend the football tournament, pool, barbeque and Odessa Opera House.
This year the Conference was honored with their presentations and speeches by famous speakers:
Lai Chan Rasti, EBRD (UK), Andrey Kuzmenko, Transinvestservice (Ukraine), Alexander Abuzyarov, Groupama Transport(Latvia), Vladimir Torskiy, Nautical Institute of Ukraine (Ukraine), Andrew Bicknell, Clyde & Co (UK), Alberto Batini, BB&Partners (Italy), Andrey Suprunenko, Law Firm Remedy (Russia), Arthur Nitsevych, International Law Offices/ Interlegal (Ukraine), Nikolay Melnykov, International Law Offices/ Interlegal (Ukraine), Jose Alcantara, AMYA Abogados (Spain), Andrew Narayevskiy, Global Container Services (Russia), Jesper Rishoej Pedersen, General Manager of Maersk Ukraine Ltd. (Ukraine), Sergey Smolyakov, VTB-Leasing (Russia), Natalya Myroshnychenko, Interlegal (Ukraine), Artem Skorobogatov, Interlegal (Ukraine), Sergey Derevyankin, IC Soglassye (Russia), Ivan Movlyak, Interlegal (Ukraine), Olena Losevska, Interlegal (Ukraine).
The Partner of the law Firm Remedy, Russia, Andrey Suprunenko made a welcome speech and noted the importance of such professional events for the maritime sector development.
The speech of the partners of International Law Offices (Interlegal) - Arthur Nitsevych and Nikolay Melnykov ‘Modern Risks: Post-Crisis Period’ caused a great interest of the audience as their presentation concerned the key issues and problems of modern shipping and transport. The speech was enlivened by the interactive discussion between the participants and speakers in the course of the presentation.
Alexanders Abuzyarovs, Director of Groupama Transport, highlighted the insurance issues connected with non-delivery, damage or loss of cargo during transportation, especially, in the regions of high risks such as Middle East and Northern Africa.
In her speech ‘Successful Projects in Financing the Industry by EBRD’ Mrs. Lai Chan Rasti, EBRD (UK) dwelled upon the progress and development of the EBRD participation in transport industry of Ukraine and told about EBRD main projects in this sphere.
The presentation ‘Obstacles in Competition in Stevedore Sector’ by Andrey Kuzmenko, Transinvestservice (Ukraine) was very informative. Mr. Kuzmenko analyzed modern tendencies and problems in the Ukrainian stevedore state and private sectors.
The presentations of the conference regular speakers Alberto Batini, BB&Partners (Italy), and Andrew Bicknell, Clyde & Co (UK), were as always practical, useful, basing on the actual practice and real cases.
The speakers Sergey Smolyakov, from VTB-Leasing, Russia, and Sergey Derevyankin, IC Soglassye presented activities of their companies through practical issues that made their presentations very interesting for the audience.
The 3rd section of the Conference was interactive. It was divided according to the audience business activities and preferences. Partners from Interlegal, Nikolay Melnykov and Arthur Nitsevych, moderated the most popular Case Study – ‘Sea. Sea Leg of Transportation’. The interactive section was based on real cases from practice of Interlegal and its partners – Remedy, Russia (represented by Andrey Shashorin) and Marine Legal Services, Latvia (represented by Julia Kazmina), well recognized law firms that are fully involved in shipping.
Natalya Myroshnychenko and Artem Skorobogatov (Interlegal) moderated the Case Study ‘Land. Bill of Lading and FCR as the Key to Money’. The Case Study called Land was based on the practical cases of Interlegal, mainly focused on problems with the cargo during transportation: shortage, loss, misdelivery and damages caused by such issues, as well as the role of transport documents in resolving disputable situation.
Round table of Jose Alcantara (AMYA Abogados) gathered delegates for the Round Table for the Lawyers ‘The Survival of the Freedom of Contract in Shipping Transport’.
Vivid discussions of the participants at all interactive events showed their great interest related to the studied cases.
A special option – Expo Area - was organized and worked in the course of the whole Conference. Expo Zone became the peculiarity of the conference as the organizers and guests placed their expositions there. The types of activity of the Conference’ organizers were presented in details.
The brilliant Gala Dinner after the Conference devoted to the 15th anniversary of Interlegal finalized the Event. Many guests, partners and clients, used that chance to express the respect to the jubilees, congratulate and say a lot of warm words.
The football tournament for the Shipping Law Cup was held the next day after the conference, on the 3rd of June. The sponsor of that tournament was the insurance company ‘Groupama Transport’ (Latvia). Four teams took part in the tournament: World Team, Veterans, Nortrop and Varamar. Varamar became the winner of the tournament.
'Interlegal’ thanks all the sponsors of the conference, ROSGOSSTRAKH (Russia), VTB Leasing (Russia), Insurance Company 'Soglassye’ (Russia) and Odessa Commercial Sea Port (Ukraine) and invites them to support the next year's conference.
All the attendees expressed the hopes to get together next year summer 2012 on the 8th Conference ’Practice of Maritime Business& rsquo;.
Interlegal thanks all the financial partners of the Conference: ROSGOSSTRAKH (Russia), VTB Leasing (Russia), Insurance Company Soglassye (Russia), Insurance Company Groupama Transport (Latvia) and Odessa Commercial Sea Port (Ukraine).
Interlegal thanks all the informational partners of the Conference:
Weekly News Journal ‘Transport’, ‘Ports of Ukraine’ Journal, Logistic Platform, Ukrainian Logistics Association, APK-Inform Agency, Distribution & Logistics Journal, Propozytsiya Journal, Maritime Risk International, Informa Law, Sea Review etc.
The main goal of the conference aimed for the optimal decisions on the leg of transshipment and carriages by sea, analysis of the Ukrainian and foreign practice as well as establishment of new business contacts was successfully achieved.
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Odessa, 65014, Ukraine, 1 а, Gretska St
