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Asian Century of Shipping - Hong Kong
About This Webinar
With the spatial transformation of the global economic power from the West to the East, the rising power of Asian countries and, in particular, China's economy and its maritime sectors like ship-owning, ship management, ship finance, shipbuilding, commodity trading, etc. make Hong Kong, an excellent place for international maritime executives. At the same time, Hong Kong is looking forward to a bright maritime future by capturing the opportunities in high-end maritime services.
These themes will be discussed in a holistic approach in a roundtable consisting of leading local and International Executives of the maritime industry chair-holders (a maximum of 8 persons). They will exchange their thoughts, ideas, and visions and try to answer the following questions.
- Challenges, opportunities and risks in today's global trade, shipping, economy, and regulations.
- Energy transition status, geopolitics, tensions, wars, globalization and changing trade patterns.
- What's next to come?
- Are we moving into an era of decreased trade tensions and softer regionalism and protectionism?
- Or do we still expect a continuing rise of these phenomena as we have experienced in recent years?
- What are HKs' competitive advantages as an Asian and global shipping hub?
- How can HK increase its competitiveness by tapping into the mainland Chinese market?
- How can HK use its successful maritime cluster as a motor to profit from the ambitious Maritime Silk Road?
- Can the HK Maritime Cluster excellence and the development in the South China region create Asia's first nodal point and attract more global maritime business?
- What are the perspectives on Hong Kong’s position as a global shipping, financial, tax, legal and arbitration centre in relation to China’s views and global maritime business developments?
- Will Hong Kong be one of the Asian principal hubs for financing/funding the Green shipping industry and using alternative ship finance?
- What is the view of HK maritime Leaders?
- What is the view of Global maritime leaders, and what are their requirements from Hong Kong?
Who can view: Everyone
Webinar Price: Free
Featured Presenters
Partner, Ince
Rosita is a partner of the 150 years old international law firm Ince & Co. She has over 20 years of experience in transportation law (covering the sea, the land, and the air), specializing in all aspects of dry shipping, aviation, logistics, insurance, international trade, and personal injury law. She has won many awards and has been repeatedly voted by clients and commentaries as a leading lawyer.
She studied law in England and holds a Master of Law Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London with a Mark of Merits. She is admitted to practice in four jurisdictions, namely, England and Wales, Australia ACT, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
She acts for international shipowners, charterers, ship managers, P&I clubs, ports and terminal operators, freight forwarders, cargo interest, and logistic operators. She is an LMAA Support Member, advises and acts for clients in litigation at all levels of court and in international and domestic arbitration and mediation. Reported shipping cases include Fan Yun 203 (a Hong Kong High Court (Admiralty Court) case) which remains the authority on identification of Mainland China beneficial but not registered shipowners.
Awards and Accolades
Rosita is a litigation specialist in shipping, insurance, and aviation and well known for advising and acting for clients in multi-jurisdictional complex commercial disputes and resolving them in pragmatic ways. Particularly well-known for her shipping-related expertise, Rosita has been repeatedly ranked by legal directories as a lawyer of the highest tier and awarded numerous distinguished awards in the shipping and related practice.
The most recent accolade is that in early May this year, 2021, she was ranked as a ‘Litigation Star’ in Shipping by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific.
She has also been for consecutive years recognized as a Leading (Band 1) lawyer for shipping litigation and insurance by Chambers Asia Pacific and has been ranked by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for 20 consecutive years, since 2001 till now, as a Leading Individual in Shipping, which is a record.
In 2020, Legal 500 Asia Pacific launched its Fall of Fame accolade to recognize outstanding legal practitioners. Rosita was inducted into the Hall of Fame accolade, being one of the five (only) shipping lawyers so ranked. Earlier this year, 2021, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame accolade again, and she is one of the very few lawyers in the region who won this accolade for two consecutive years since its inception.
In 2019, she won the “Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector” Award presented by Seatrade Maritime Awards. She is the first outstanding female who received this award.
In 2019 and again in this year, 2021, she was ranked as one of the top 100 elite lawyers in “The A-List” by the China Business Law Journal.
She was ranked by Lloyd’s List twice as one of “The World’s Top Ten Shipping Lawyers” and one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Maritime Personnel in the World” in 2010 and 2016. To date, she remains the first and the only Chinese lawyer who obtained these awards twice.
In 2016, she won the Lloyd’s List Asia “Individual Maritime Lawyer of the Year” Award. She is also the first and hitherto the only Hong Kong and Chinese lawyer to win this award.
In 2014, she won the “Best in Shipping” Award by Euromoney at their Asia Women in Business Law Awards. She is also the first Hong Kong lawyer to win this Award.
Recognized by Asia Law & Practice since 2004 for 18 consecutive years till present as a Leading Lawyer in Aviation and Maritime.
Ranked by Who’s Who Legal – Transport for consecutive years since 2014 to present as a Leading Maritime Lawyer.
Ranked by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific - Hong Kong Guide for consecutive years as a “Disputes Star” for Commercial Disputes and Insurance Disputes.
She has been appointed to various public duties positions in her personal capacity, including, among others, the Maritime Development Council, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board. She is the honorable legal adviser of numerous maritime and logistics associations.
She had chaired, moderated, and spoken in international and regional conferences, forums, seminars, by invitation, in, among others, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
She studied law in England and holds a Master of Law Degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London with a Mark of Merits. She is admitted to practice in four jurisdictions, namely, England and Wales, Australia ACT, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
She acts for international shipowners, charterers, ship managers, P&I clubs, ports and terminal operators, freight forwarders, cargo interest, and logistic operators. She is an LMAA Support Member, advises and acts for clients in litigation at all levels of court and in international and domestic arbitration and mediation. Reported shipping cases include Fan Yun 203 (a Hong Kong High Court (Admiralty Court) case) which remains the authority on identification of Mainland China beneficial but not registered shipowners.
Awards and Accolades
Rosita is a litigation specialist in shipping, insurance, and aviation and well known for advising and acting for clients in multi-jurisdictional complex commercial disputes and resolving them in pragmatic ways. Particularly well-known for her shipping-related expertise, Rosita has been repeatedly ranked by legal directories as a lawyer of the highest tier and awarded numerous distinguished awards in the shipping and related practice.
The most recent accolade is that in early May this year, 2021, she was ranked as a ‘Litigation Star’ in Shipping by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific.
She has also been for consecutive years recognized as a Leading (Band 1) lawyer for shipping litigation and insurance by Chambers Asia Pacific and has been ranked by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for 20 consecutive years, since 2001 till now, as a Leading Individual in Shipping, which is a record.
In 2020, Legal 500 Asia Pacific launched its Fall of Fame accolade to recognize outstanding legal practitioners. Rosita was inducted into the Hall of Fame accolade, being one of the five (only) shipping lawyers so ranked. Earlier this year, 2021, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame accolade again, and she is one of the very few lawyers in the region who won this accolade for two consecutive years since its inception.
In 2019, she won the “Integration of Women in the Maritime Sector” Award presented by Seatrade Maritime Awards. She is the first outstanding female who received this award.
In 2019 and again in this year, 2021, she was ranked as one of the top 100 elite lawyers in “The A-List” by the China Business Law Journal.
She was ranked by Lloyd’s List twice as one of “The World’s Top Ten Shipping Lawyers” and one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Maritime Personnel in the World” in 2010 and 2016. To date, she remains the first and the only Chinese lawyer who obtained these awards twice.
In 2016, she won the Lloyd’s List Asia “Individual Maritime Lawyer of the Year” Award. She is also the first and hitherto the only Hong Kong and Chinese lawyer to win this award.
In 2014, she won the “Best in Shipping” Award by Euromoney at their Asia Women in Business Law Awards. She is also the first Hong Kong lawyer to win this Award.
Recognized by Asia Law & Practice since 2004 for 18 consecutive years till present as a Leading Lawyer in Aviation and Maritime.
Ranked by Who’s Who Legal – Transport for consecutive years since 2014 to present as a Leading Maritime Lawyer.
Ranked by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific - Hong Kong Guide for consecutive years as a “Disputes Star” for Commercial Disputes and Insurance Disputes.
She has been appointed to various public duties positions in her personal capacity, including, among others, the Maritime Development Council, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board. She is the honorable legal adviser of numerous maritime and logistics associations.
She had chaired, moderated, and spoken in international and regional conferences, forums, seminars, by invitation, in, among others, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
Head of Transport & Maritime Cluster, Invest Hong Kong
Mr Benjamin Wong is the Head of Transport and Industrial Sectors at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the Government department responsible for attracting and facilitating foreign direct investment. He has a much diversified portfolio covering maritime, aviation, road transportation, logistics, energy, infrastructures, mining, natural resources and construction and has helped numerous multinational companies landed in Hong Kong.
With extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, Mr Wong's expertise combines transport sector knowledge, international marketing and investment promotion. Before joining InvestHK, Mr Wong has spent years with some of the biggest European and American companies with regional responsibilities.
With extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, Mr Wong's expertise combines transport sector knowledge, international marketing and investment promotion. Before joining InvestHK, Mr Wong has spent years with some of the biggest European and American companies with regional responsibilities.
Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd.
Panos Zachariadis, Mechanical Engineer (BSc), Naval Architect and Marine Engineer (MSE) - University of Michigan, has a 39-year experience in shipping, having served for years as Marine Superintendent in New York, following periods of shipbuilding supervision in Japan and sea service in bulk carriers and oil tankers. He is Technical Director of Atlantic Bulk Carriers since 1997 and a member of the Greek Delegation to IMO since 2004, having contributed to the development of several well-known regulations (GBS, PSPC, FSA) and the prevention of others (e.g. Double-hulled bulk carriers). In cooperation with major Korean shipyards he has applied numerous energy-saving ideas, some of which have become industry standards. He is a member of Technical Committees of several classification societies, UGS, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, BIMCO Environmental Committee, BoD HELMEPA and MARTECMA. He has written numerous technical guides, papers and articles and is the recipient of several shipping awards.
Chairman and Co-founder eShipfinance.com, DagMar Navigation Ltd and Chairman, Cleaves Securities AS
January 24th 2014 DagMar Navigation Ltd was created - a 50/50 company with Marina Tzoutzouraki - the company is doing consultancy related to banking and ship financing.
Since Jan 2018 Chairman and co-founder of SFG - Ship Finance Global Ltd which owns the brand eShipfinance.com which creates ship mortgages online and place them with investors.
Board member in Dynamic Drilling, India/Cyprus/Singapore and
Board member Newport Shipping UK LLP from 2017 to June 2018
Board member of Advantage Tankers.
Board member Maxi Shipping
Board member of Maritime and Merchant bank from Jan/2014 to Dec/2016.
2002 to end of 2013 Member of the Board of Managing Directors of DVB Bank SE and Head of the Shipping and Offshore Division in DVB
August 2000 - 2002 Nedship Bank N.V., Rotterdam, CEO and Industry Head Shipping Division in DVB
1995 - July 2000 Intertanko, Managing Director
1990 - 1995 Den Norske Bank AS, New York, Executive Vice President and
General Manager
Since Jan 2018 Chairman and co-founder of SFG - Ship Finance Global Ltd which owns the brand eShipfinance.com which creates ship mortgages online and place them with investors.
Board member in Dynamic Drilling, India/Cyprus/Singapore and
Board member Newport Shipping UK LLP from 2017 to June 2018
Board member of Advantage Tankers.
Board member Maxi Shipping
Board member of Maritime and Merchant bank from Jan/2014 to Dec/2016.
2002 to end of 2013 Member of the Board of Managing Directors of DVB Bank SE and Head of the Shipping and Offshore Division in DVB
August 2000 - 2002 Nedship Bank N.V., Rotterdam, CEO and Industry Head Shipping Division in DVB
1995 - July 2000 Intertanko, Managing Director
1990 - 1995 Den Norske Bank AS, New York, Executive Vice President and
General Manager
Communications Director, Bureau Veritas, Marine and Offshore
Nick started his career with a major shipmanagement, shipowning and shipping services group in Hong Kong. Today he works in Paris for the Marine & Offshore Division of the Bureau Veritas Group. Founded in 1828 as a marine classification society, Bureau Veritas is a leading global provider of testing, inspection and certification services - with more than 78,000 employees in 1,500 offices and laboratories world-wide.
Founder and President of XRTC.
George Xiradakis was born in Athens and grew up in Volos. He graduated from the Nautical Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos-Athens and he holds a diploma in Commercial Operations from City of London Polytechnic and an MSc in Maritime Studies from University of Wales.
He served as Senior Manager in the French bank Credit Lyonnais both in Athens and Paris. In 1999 he founded XRTC which acts as a commercial representative of foreign banks and institutions in Greek Shipping Market.
Since 2009, XRTC has been working closely with the Chinese ship finance market aiming to
assist Chinese Banks to penetrate the Greek Shipping Market while since 2010 is the Preferred
Shipping Finance Consultant of China Development Bank. In 2010 XRTC awarded in Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards as “Financier of the Year 2010” for the completion of the first bilateral loan between a Chinese bank and a Greek shipowner which was signed in the presence of both countries Premiers. Mr. Xiradakis is a Banker of reference on Chinese financing in the Greek business cycles due to his long lasting relationship with PRC.
Mr. Xiradakis is Vice President of China Hellenic Chamber (HCCI), General Secretary of the
Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping, Vice President
(International and Financial Relations) of the China-Greece Association, VP of the
International Propeller Club of the United States.
He is Emeritus President of International Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus, Emeritus Member of The Piraeus Chamber of Commerce & Industry, member of the Mediterranean Committee of China Classification Society, Piraeus Marine Club, Hellenic Maritime Museum and Hellas Liberty Floating Museum etc.
In May 2019 he participated in the European Parliament elections.
He served as Senior Manager in the French bank Credit Lyonnais both in Athens and Paris. In 1999 he founded XRTC which acts as a commercial representative of foreign banks and institutions in Greek Shipping Market.
Since 2009, XRTC has been working closely with the Chinese ship finance market aiming to
assist Chinese Banks to penetrate the Greek Shipping Market while since 2010 is the Preferred
Shipping Finance Consultant of China Development Bank. In 2010 XRTC awarded in Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards as “Financier of the Year 2010” for the completion of the first bilateral loan between a Chinese bank and a Greek shipowner which was signed in the presence of both countries Premiers. Mr. Xiradakis is a Banker of reference on Chinese financing in the Greek business cycles due to his long lasting relationship with PRC.
Mr. Xiradakis is Vice President of China Hellenic Chamber (HCCI), General Secretary of the
Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping, Vice President
(International and Financial Relations) of the China-Greece Association, VP of the
International Propeller Club of the United States.
He is Emeritus President of International Propeller Club, Port of Piraeus, Emeritus Member of The Piraeus Chamber of Commerce & Industry, member of the Mediterranean Committee of China Classification Society, Piraeus Marine Club, Hellenic Maritime Museum and Hellas Liberty Floating Museum etc.
In May 2019 he participated in the European Parliament elections.
Head of BRS Research
Andrew Wilson is the Head of Energy Research at Barry Rogliano Salles (BRS) shipbroker in Paris, France. Although he coordinates the company’s research across the whole energy spectrum, his specialties are oil and tanker markets. He is the editor of Alphatanker, a suite of weekly and monthly publications jointly produced by BRS and AXSMarine. Before joining BRS in 2016, Andrew was a Senior Oil Market Analyst at the International Energy Agency. There he was co-author of the Agency’s benchmark Monthly and Medium-Term Oil Market Reports. During this time he was responsible for the prices, crude trade and oil inventories analysis in these reports while also being the IEA’s expert on tanker markets, midstream infrastructure developments and bunker fuels with a particular interest in the Former Soviet Union. Andrew began his career in 2005 as an analyst at BP. He is regularly quoted on newswires and in international trade publications and is a regular speaker on oil and tanker markets at international conferences. He holds a doctorate from the University of Exeter, UK.
Deputy Secretary Genera, International Chamber of Shipping
As secretary to the Board of Directors, Simon is responsible for coordinating overall development and representation of ICS positions on a wide range of issues, from environmental performance to the maintenance of free trade principles, and helping the Board to determine and deliver on ICS priorities. This includes the promotion of global regulation for a global industry, which is sound and carefully considered, and ensuring that shipping’s regulators fully understand the implications of their important decisions.
“I like to think of myself as an ICS stalwart, proud to be associated with an organisation that enjoys genuine influence among the bodies and regulators that are shaping the future of our fantastic industry.“
A history graduate from Oxford University, during a 30 year career with ICS, Simon has represented the industry at, among others, IMO, ILO, the UN in New York, UNFCCC, UNCTAD, OECD, WCO and WTO, as well as APEC and the EU.
A particular current focus for Simon is leading the industry’s response to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
“I like to think of myself as an ICS stalwart, proud to be associated with an organisation that enjoys genuine influence among the bodies and regulators that are shaping the future of our fantastic industry.“
A history graduate from Oxford University, during a 30 year career with ICS, Simon has represented the industry at, among others, IMO, ILO, the UN in New York, UNFCCC, UNCTAD, OECD, WCO and WTO, as well as APEC and the EU.
A particular current focus for Simon is leading the industry’s response to the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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