José Firmo

Sessions With José Firmo

Monday, 16 May

• 07:30am - 09:00am (PST) / 16/may/2022 02:30 pm - 16/may/2022 04:00 pm

  IAPH Regional Breakfast Meeting: Central and South America

  The parallel regional breakfast meetings will take stock of the findings of the regional pre-conference workshops, discussing critical factors to improve the competitiveness of ports in wider maritime supply chains. Led by the IAPH regional Vice-Presidents, the breakfast meetings will also include a presentation on IAPH's Environmental Ship Index (ESI) and provide an informal platform for members to share suggestions for the IAPH work programme. The sessions are open to interested non-members.

  • Speakers:
  • José Firmo

Tuesday, 17 May

• 09:30am - 10:15am (PST) / 17/may/2022 04:30 pm - 17/may/2022 05:15 pm

  Reinventing ports business models for the green energy transition

  With demand for zero-carbon fuel hubs influencing shipowners' selection of future ports, how should port authorities rethink their business models, and what defines a sound, strategic, risk averse plan to provide bunkering facilites? How can ports attract energy carriers, industries and consumers beyond shipping to gain critical mass ?

  • Speakers:
  • José Firmo
  • Martin Imbleau
  • Hervé Martel
  • Patrick Verhoeven

• 11:45am - 12:30pm (PST) / 17/may/2022 06:45 pm - 17/may/2022 07:30 pm

  Getting Ready for Zero Carbon Marine Fuels

  In this session you will hear on the latest industry developments on two of the most promising zero carbon fuels, green ammonia and methanol. How are ports being prepared and how the tools and methodologies of the IAPH Clean Marine Fuels working group can assist ports getting ready?

  • Speakers:
  • Peter Alkema
  • Jason Chesko
  • José Firmo
  • Tessa Major
  • Antonis Michail