Conference delegates
consisted of CEOs and
top managers of shipping
lines, freight forwarding
companies, terminal
operators, and other
third-party logistics
providers
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World trade specialist
Atty. Agaton Teodoro
Uvero (left) listens
to a comment from panelist
Rey Lacson, managing
director of Filogistics
Consultancy. With them
are Dr. Hussein Lidasan,
director of Research
and Publication, School
of Urban Planning at
the University of the
Philippines (second
from right), and panelist
Francis Lopez, managing
director of InterCommerce
Network Services.
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The presentation
of Charles Brewer, DHL
Express Phils. country
manager, centered on
global logistics trends.
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Panelists Mario
Pangan, president of
Global Cargo Carriers,
Inc. (second from left)
and Philippine International
Seafreight Forwarder
Association (PISFA)
president Erich Lingad
(right) field questions
to speakers (from left)
ASEAN Federation of
Freight Forwarder Associations
Lito Colona, Aircargo
Forwarders of the Phils.
Inc. president Eduardo
de Guzman II, and PISFA
director Atty. Romero
Sto. Tomas during the
track on logistics.
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Cargo
Economics Conference tackles key trends,
provides hard-to-source statistics (November
5, 2003)
THE PortCalls-organized Cargo Economics
Conference last week was attended by about
150 top managers from the transportation
sector.
Conference speakers detailed key transport
industry trends and provided hard-to-source
statistics during the whole-day event.
The track on the global economy (speaker:
Asian Development Bank lead economist
Dr. Ernesto Pernia) and the local economy
(National Economic and Development Authority
assistant director for National Planning
and Policy Staff Scholastica Cororaton)
generated the most number of questions.
Other conference speakers were Dr. Hussein
Lidasan, transport expert from the University
of the Philippines (topic: The Philippine
transportation sector); Edgar Milla, regional
sales director for global shipping line
APL (key trends in international container
shipping); Atty. Agaton Teodoro O. Uvero,
partner in The Law Firm of David Leabres
Uvero Gaticales Sto. Tomas and PortCalls
columnist (World Trade: The Changing Landscape);
Charles Brewer, DHL Express country manager
(prospects for international air cargo);
Angelito Colona, ASEAN Federation of Freight
Forwarder Associations president (the
future of logistics in the Philippines);
Sean Perez, Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI)
vice president for marketing and commercial
(terminal operations); Atty. Romeo Sto.
Tomas, Philippine International Seafreight
Forwarders Association director or PISFA
(seafreight forwarding); Eduardo de Guzman
II, Aircargo Forwarders of the Phils.
Inc. president or AFPI (airfreight forwarding);
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) deputy executive
director Atty. Carmelo Arcilla (CAB directions
for 2004); and Philippine Ports Authority
Port District Manager-Port District Office
Manila Leopoldo Bungubung (investment
opportunities in ports.)
A panel of private and public sector
cargo industry experts fielded questions
to the speakers after their presentation.
The panelists were PortCalls columnist
Leo Morada, an expert on information technology
and its application to transport and the
ports; Francis Lopez, managing director
of InterCommerce Network Services; Erich
Lingad, president of the Philippine International
Seafreight Forwarders Association and
president of International Consolidated
Phils. Inc.; Modesto Ramos, senior vice
president of Hanjin Shipping; Virgilio
Angeles, general manager of COSCO Phils.,;
Cecille Reyes, Transport and Communications
assistant secretary; Mario Pangan, president
of the Global Cargo Carriers, Inc.,; Herman
Tuguigui, acting manager of the Port Marketing
Division, Philippine Ports Authority;
Atty. Oscar Brillo, former Customs deputy
commissioner; Atty. Francis Egenias, president
of the Maritime Law Association; and Col.
Leonardo Odo–o, executive director
of the Philippine Liner Shipping Association.
The conference was sponsored by ATI,
International Container Terminal Services,
Inc., Pilipinas Shell, WG&A Philippines,
Air 21, DHL Express Phils., Negros Navigation,
and Smart Communications, and endorsed
by the AFPI, Association of International
Shipping Lines, Global Cargo Carriers,
Inc., and PISFA.
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