Shipping finance has evolved today, bringing new terms in the shipping vocabulary and new practices. With shipping banks curtailing their activities in shipping, alternative forms of credit moved aggressively to fill the funding gap. The shipping finance was adjusted as well to fit in the realistic market conditions and returns.
The Slide2Open Shipping Finance Conference 2018 wants to produce tangible results, while also provide delegates with financial and commercial insight into activities, offerings, best practices and trends.
Organized by Slide2Open, in association with Boussias Communications under the Auspices of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy and the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and With the Support of A.M.M.I.T.E.C., the Hellenic Management Centre, the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and I.M.E.S., it will take place on 22 February 2018, in Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel, in Athens.
International speakers will participate and a few more are expected in the following days. Confirmed speakers include the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Panagiotis Kouroumplis, the incoming chairman of the Baltic Exchange, Duncan Dunn, the president of Standard Bulk Transport Corp., Dr. George Α. Gratsos, the chairman of Intercargo and managing director of Anangel Maritime Services Inc., John Platsidakis, the principal of Tsavliris Salvage Group, George Α. Tsavliris, the president of ICC-Hellas, Nicolas A. Vernicos, Dr. Martin Stopford of Clarkson Research, Dr. Kirsi Tikka of ABS, Yves Kallina of HSH Nordbank, Joseph Cipolla of Wafra Capital Partners Inc., Cruise Chi of Bocomm Shipping Leasing (Bank of Communications Finance Leasing), Paulo Almeida of Tufton Oceanic, Morten Arntzen of Macquarie Bank, and more.