Capital Link’s 14th Annual New York Maritime Forum will take place on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at the Metropolitan Club in New York City from 8:00am – 6:00pm (followed by a networking cocktail reception).

The event is held in partnership with DNB, and in cooperation with Nasdaq, NYSE, and the Port Authority of NY/NJ.

In parallel to the main sessions, where shipping company CEOs from all over the world will be discussing their sectors’ developments and outlook addressing mainly an investor audience, the agenda program sessions will be focusing on specific topics such as bank finance, equity and fixed income capital raising, M&A and consolidation, maritime finance and law, securities law, New York as operational center for shipping companies, as well the role of the Port of New York and New Jersey as a logistics hub for shipping and cargoes.

Investor Meetings
1×1 meetings with Executives of Shipping Companies are available upon request for institutional investors.

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Agenda Topics | INDUSTRY TOPICS

GLOBAL COMMERCE & GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES
9:00 – 9:40 AM

Moderator: Mr. John Bradley, Shareholder – VedderPrice

Panelists:

• Mrs. Sarah Spray, Head of IR – A.P. Moller Maersk (MAERSKB)
• Mr. Andreas Hadjipetrou, Managing Director – Columbia Shipmanagement
• Mr. Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy and Government Affairs – MSC Group
• Mrs. Bethann Rooney, Director, Port Department – Port Authority of NY/NJ
• Mr. Mario Cordero, Executive Director – Port of Long Beach, California

THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF SHIP FINANCE
9:45 – 10:25 AM

Moderator: Mr. Kurt Plankl, Counsel – Seward & Kissel

Panelists:

• Mr. Philipp Wünschmann, Head of Shipping – Berenberg
• Mr. Michael Parker, Chairman, Global Shipping, Logistics & Offshore – Citi
• Mr. Evan Cohen, Managing Director & Group Head of Maritime Finance – CIT
• Mr. Christos Tsakonas, Global Head of Shipping – DNB
• Mr. Erlend Sommerfelt Hauge, Co-Founder / Managing Director – Oceanis GmbH

M&A AND INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
10:30 – 11:10 AM

Moderator: Mr. Panos Katsambas, Partner- ReedSmith

Panelists:

• Mr. Jeffrey Pribor, CFO – International Seaways (INSW)
• Mr. Stratos Desypris, COO – Navios Maritime Partners L.P
• Mr. Michael Kirk, Managing Director – RMK Maritime
• Mr. Paulo Almeida, CIO – Tufton Investment Management

UPDATE ON US SANCTIONS
11:15 – 11:55 AM

Moderator: Mr. Joseph E.M. Hughes, Chairman – The American Club

Panelists:

• Ms. Jennifer Chalmers, Maritime Sanctions Advisor, Bureau of International Security & Nonproliferation, Office of Counterproliferation Initiatives – U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Tanner Johnson, Policy Desk Team Leader – Office of Russia, Ukraine & Eurasia, Global Markets-U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration – U.S. Department of Commerce

THE ECONOMICS & IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE RUSSIAN OIL PRICE CAP
12:25 – 1:00 PM

• Mr. Michael Lieberman, Assistant Director for Enforcement, Office of Foreign Assets Control – US Dept. of the Treasury
• Mr. Eric VanNostrand – US Dept. of the Treasury

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Mrs. Karrie Trauth
Senior Vice President and Global Head of Shipping & Maritime
Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited

Shipping Companies Available for 1×1 Meetings
(with institutional investors only)

Who Should Attend?
The audience will include the senior executives of global shipping, energy and commodity companies listed on US exchanges, commercial and investment bankers, institutional investors and financial advisors as well as a broader spectrum of industry participants such as shipping and liner companies, container leasing companies and operators, ship managers, ship brokers, ship agents, ship charterers, port terminal operators, port security, naval architects and engineers, classification societies, marine insurers and underwriters, marine arbitrators, maritime lawyers, marine mediators, marine advisors and consultants, maritime technology and marine educators.

Contacts

For further information, contact Eleni Bej at ebej@capitallink.com or call +1 (212) 661-7566.

For sponsorship and speaking opportunities, contact Nicolas Bornozis, Olga Bornozis, or Anny Zhu at forum@capitallink.com or call +1 (212) 661-7566.