CRANS MONTANA FORUM

CLUB OF PORTS

Towards competitiveness and security

HOW DOES THE CLUB OF PORTS WORK ?

The Club of Ports works as a private and friendly platform offering high-level meetings to its Members and providing them with unique networking opportunities within a framework dedicated to experience sharing, knowledge transmission and the permanent discovery of new techniques related to the Maritime Industry.

THE « CRANS MONTANA » TRADITION

The Club of Ports Members benefit from the Crans Montana Forum’s historical (30 years of activity) and tremendous network and potential. The Crans Montana Forum organizes high-level and exclusive events around the world in a private, friendly and exclusive framework far from publicity and any press coverage.

A UNIQUE COMMUNITY

The Club of Ports is a unique Community founded by the Crans Montana Forum. Members are (1) decision-makers and stakeholders in the Maritime Transport Industry in Africa & Middle-East and (2) their counterparts from the rest of the world.

HIGH-QUALITY TARGETED APPROACH

All the Economic and Political issues related to the Maritime Industry are at the top of the Club’s Agenda. Every topic is tackled with the most renowned experts and key actors to allow a comprehensive approach and shape the right solutions in the most efficient fashion.

Special Club of Ports Meeting

Club of Ports Working Lunch

Official Celebration of the Partnership between MOWCA and the Club of Ports

OUR ACTIVITIES

EXPERIENCE SHARING & KNOWLEDGE

Members gather in an informal framework with Government representatives and International Organizations, Experts, specialized Companies and key actors from this field. Experience and knowledge sharing, networking and technical discoveries are the Club’s essential aims.

SPECIALISED MEETINGS

The Club organizes specialized panels for each profession related to the Maritime Transport Industry : ship-owners, shippers, charterers, port authorities, maritime companies, logistics and construction companies, maritime insurers, major merchant Ports, classification societies, brokers, etc.

A VAST PANORAMA OF ACTIVITIES The challenges of the Maritime Transport industry all over the world are the very top of the agenda of the Club of Ports activities, and especially : Maritime Security and Safety, Fight against Piracy, Infrastructure modernization, capacity-building, competitiveness, new investment opportunities, etc.

HIGH-LEVEL TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS

Each meeting is a new opportunity to tackle the daily concerns of the Maritime Transport industry’s actors : modernization of Ports and working methods, freight tariffs reduction, competition between terminal operators, the implementation of Public-Private Partnerships, Ports connections with their hinterland but also, technical focus on sustainable and efficient management strategies for dredging or methods of approach, hydrocarbons’ transport, and negotiation with major foreign groups.

THE STRATEGIC COMMITTEE

The Club of Ports Strategic Committee is responsible for ensuring the overall coherence of actions

undertaken by the Club. Its role is also to create and maintain necessary connections all over the World.

The Strategic Committee gathers Heads of Maritime Organizations, major Ports, as well as specialized

Companies and Government Officials. It provides the Club with strategic and global views.

PRESIDENT– MOWCA Represented by : Mr. Alain Michel Luvambano Secretary General Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa

VICE PRESIDENT – UASC Represented by : Mr. Adamou Saley Abdourahamane Secretary General Union of African Shippers Council COMMITTEE MEMBER – NATO Represented by : Mr. Jamie P. Shea Deputy Assistant Secretary General North Atlantic Treaty Organization COMMITTEE MEMBER – OAPEC Represented by : Mr. Abbas A. Al-Naqi Secretary General Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries COMMITTEE MEMBER – PMAESA Represented by : Mrs. Nozipho Mdawe Secretary General Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa

CLUB OF PORTS LABEL FOR EXCELLENCE

The Club of Ports Label for Excellence aims at being awarded to key actors in the Maritime Industry all over the World, and particularly in Africa and Middle-East.

The Label is an Official Recognition of (1) outstanding achievements, (2) efforts and (3) initiatives in the development and the management of the Maritime Industry, commitment towards Excellence, outstanding leadership, reliability as well as quality of services, innovation and customer relation management.

o A Label Committee established in the framework of the Club of Ports, is responsible for nominating winners and monitoring the Label on a yearly basis

o Any stakeholder in the global Maritime Community may propose a Port, a

Company or a Maritime Authority for the Label

o Nominations are regularly announced by the Club of Ports

o Presentation Ceremonies are organized in a framework pre-agreed with the

Recipient

o The management of the Recipients’ official list is placed under the Club of

Ports responsibility.

o The Label holders obligatory remain Club of Ports’ Members for three years

For further information on the Label’s presentation, please send a message

to info@montana30.org

RECIPIENTS LIST

BEST REGIONAL MARITIME PORT FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT

2016-2018 Autonomous Port of Dakar

Senegal

BEST REGIONAL MARITIME COMPANY FOR THE QUALITY OF SERVICES

2015-2017 Société Navale Guinéenne

Republic of Guinea

MOST DYNAMIC SHIPPERS COUNCIL 2014-2016

Office de Gestion du Fret Multimodal DR Congo

BEST PORT OF THE YEAR 2014 Tanger Med

Morocco

BEST REGIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL 2014-2016

Port of Luanda Angola

BEST REGIONAL MARITIME PORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

2015-2017 Port Autonome de Conakry

Republic of Guinea

MOST DYNAMIC PORT IN THE PACIFIC AREA 2014-2016 Honiara Port

Solomon Islands

BEST SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL

2014-2016 National Shippers’ Council

Angola

BEST REGIONAL MARITIME PORT 2014-2016

Port of Casablanca Morocco

Mr. Ivo Enongene Ndiale Harbour Master

Douala Port Authority Cameroon

Mr. Abbas Al Naqi Secretary General

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

THE CLUB OF PORTS FRIENDS

Mr. Peder Sondergaard CEO Africa/Middle-East

APM Terminals

Mr. Pottengal Mukundan Director

International Maritime Bureau

Mr. Paul Graaf Director Europe, Middle East

and Africa Lloyd’s Register

Mr. Alberto Bengue Administrator

Port of Luanda, Angola

Mr. Youssef Imghi Director General

Tanger Med Engineering, Morocco

Mr. Jean-Louis Osso Chairman of the Board

Autonomous Port of Pointe-Noire Congo

Mr. Ahmed Bin Ali Al Mohannadi Director General

General Authority of Customs Qatar

Mr. Arjuna Ranatunga Minister of Ports & Shipping

Sri Lanka

Mr. Peter Brady Director General

Maritime Authority, Jamaica

Mrs. Fatoumata Cisse Director General

Société Navale Guinéenne

Mr. Walter Semianiw Commander of Canada Command

Ministry of National Defence, Canada

Mr. Thomas Schmid Director Africa

Airbus Defense & Space (EADS)

Mr. Mohammed Cheick Fofana Director General

Guinea’s Shippers Council

Mr. Jianhua Zhong Special Representative for African Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs

P.R.China

Mr. Gichiri Ndua Managing Director

Kenya Ports Authority

Mr. Hanounaye Gounoko President

National Port Authority Cameroon

Mrs. Aicha Dabar Guelleh MP & Chairperson Committee on

Foreign Affairs, National Assembly, Djibouti

Mr. Alhaji Worroh Jalloh Executive Director, Sierra

Leone Maritime Administration

Mr. Mircea Ciopraga Secretary General, Transport

Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia Intergovernmental Commission

Mr. Stefaan Depypere Director

DG Maritime Affairs & Fisheries European Commission

Mr. Omran Radhi Thani General Director

National Port Authority Iraq

Mr. Hossein Adeli Secretary General

Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Mr. Samuel Sitta Minister for East African

Cooperation Tanzania

Mr. Jacob Adorkor Director

Tema Port, Ghana

Mr. Mohammed Khalifa Al Ghassani Director General of Ports

Ministry of Transport & Communication

Oman

Mr. Rodney Toka General Manager Security

Transnet Group, South Africa

Mr. Lazare Gnonlonfin Director General

Pic Network, Switzerland

Mr. Alain Juillet Former Head of Intelligence

DGSE, France

Mr. Tim Engell Pedersen General Manager

Herning Shipping, Danmark

Mrs. Oulimata Ndiaye Research Analyst

Autonomous Port of Dakar

Mr. Rui Manuel Moita Deputy Managing Director

Angola National Shippers’ Council

Mr. Serge Marigliano Head of Safety

Great Maritime Port of Le Havre France

Mr. Gordan Grlic-Radman President

Danube Commission

Mr. Ambroise Germain Banas Chairman of the Board

Office des Ports et Rades du Gabon

Mr. Olaf Merk Head, Ports & Shipping

OECD

Mr. Jacques Lanxade President

Fondation Méditerranéenne d’Etudes Stratégiques, France

Gen. Sir Alexander R. David Shirreff Dep. Supreme Allied Commander

in Europe NATO

Mr. Jean-Marie Carnet General Delegate

Groupement des Industries de Construction et Activités Navales

Mr. Alfredo Castillero Hoyos Institutional Executive Director

Ministry of National Security Panama

Mr. Germán Alvarez Lobato Rear Admiral National Navy

Mexico

Mr. Samuel Manetoali Ministry for Environment, Climate Change

Disaster Management Conservation & Meteorology

Solomon Islands

Mr. Mohammad Saeidi Chairman and Managing Director

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines

Mr. Siddique Khan President & CEO

Globalink Logistics Group Kazakhstan

Mr. Lonnie Kishiyama Director, International Activities

Maritime Administration, United-States

Mr. Fritz Pinnock Executive Director

Caribbean Maritime Institute

Mr. Simon Church Director

The Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa

Mr. Mamadouba Sankhon Director General

Autonomous Port of Conakry, Guinea

Mr. Yassin ElSayyad Manager

Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company

Mr. Abdulkareem Al Masabi Vice-President, Port Operations

Abu Dhabi Ports Company

Mr. Samuel Batcho Director General

Port of Cotonou, Benin

Mr. Nabil Bourisly President

Kuwait Oil Company

Prince Sultan bin Khalid Al-Faisal Captain (retired)

Royal Saudi Naval Forces

Mr. Metse Ralephenya Director, Maritime Safety

Ministry of transports South Africa

Mr. Helmut Türk Vice President

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Mr. Jacques Kurkdjian Global Industry Development Director

Dassault Systèmes

Mr. Jean-Pierre Loubinoux Chief Executive

International Union of Railways

Mr. Adalmir De Souza Executive Director

Port Authorities Brasilian Association

Mr. Osamah Rashed Ali Bujarrah Harbour Master

Marine Operation Group Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait

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