EXECUTIVE AGENDA

A strategic discussion on the market and geopolitical factors currently reshaping commodity trade and logistics.

• Global risks and their impact on commodity trade flows
• Rising freight, fuel, insurance and war-risk costs
• Alternative trade and logistics routes
• Changing trade flows from Ukraine and the Black Sea
• Disruptions affecting traditional maritime and inland routes
• Rotterdam and changing liquid commodity flows
• Vegetable oils, biofuels and new sourcing markets
• Trade finance and cargo insurance

A practical discussion around real cargo flows and commercially viable alternative logistics.

• Middle Corridor and beyond
• Rotterdam as the North Sea gateway
• Baltic connections with Central Asia
• Black Sea and Caspian logistics
• Kazakhstan and Central Asia-Europe trade
• Liquid commodities and tank container logistics
• Rail, sea, inland and multimodal solutions
• New cargo origins and destination markets
• Return cargo and two-way trade
• Cost, transit time, reliability, equipment, finance and insurance