Conference Overview

As the longest running event in the market, TOC brings together senior level decision makers from major cargo owners, shippers, logistics, liner shipping, ports, terminals, inland transport, finance and other stakeholder groups to discuss challenges and opportunities for maritime container trade.

The conference was a good opportunity to meet most of our port and terminal vendors at one place over a couple of days.

Poul Hestbaek, Senior Vice President, Latin America West Coast & Caribbean, Hamburg Süd

The panel discussions, networking opportunities and the fantastic reception held right at the canal were all top-notch. Thanks to TOC for inviting me to history in the making. 

Howard Finkel, Executive Vice President Trade Division, COSCO Container Lines Americas

Set over 3 days; senior executives discussed and debated major industry topics including:

 Economic drivers & market outlook for the Americas container trades

 Liner service strategies to enable regional & global trade

 Routes to market - port gateways, transshipment & next generation port infrastructure

 Challenges & opportunities for Latin American ports

 The evolution of the container supply chain in the Americas

 Shipper-carrier relations: moving blame from gain

 Americas container supply chain case studies

 Terminal planning & operations: driving new cost & performance efficiences

 Energy & environmental efficiency: rising to the sustainability challenge