Event Overview
The Kuwait Maritime Summit is a multi-stakeholder platform to discuss strategies concerning the ongoing infrastructure development of new ports, ports-expansion and foster maritime trade in alignment with Kuwait’s 2035 vision.
Ports will play a crucial role in reforming Kuwait’s economy, aiding in achieving development goals to establish itself as a strategic trade hub on the regional and international stages. “The Maritime Transport Development Program” aims to increase the capacity of seaports and develop the services they provide, thereby increasing trade exchange activities and boosting regional trade volume, increasing the volume of investments and contributing to the reconstruction and development of uninhabited islands.
Smart ports are a fundamental part of the development program which will incorporate technologies at Kuwait’s three main non-oil commercial ports: Shuwaikh, Shuaiba and Doha; and the proposed Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port in the north. It will also complement developments at the northern Silk City free trade zone and five islands’ mega project. Based on initial estimates, a total of seven projects will cost around KD 700 million ($2.3 billion).
The Kuwait Maritime Summit will feature interactive discussions that promote excellence and innovation in the maritime sector, identify measures to improve security and explore methods to ensure sustainability in maritime operations.
The Summit will bring together key stakeholders from port authorities, senior government officials, ports, terminal operating firms, shipping companies, cargo owners, importers / exporters, shipping lines, freight forwarders, logistics businesses, port equipment and services providers who will advocate actionable recommendations to drive positive change in the industry. The Summit will offer unparalleled opportunities to network with peers, explore new products, technologies and services.
Why Kuwait
Maritime Trade is the Central Focus of Kuwait’s 2035 vision
Mubarak Al Kabeer Port to be a Major Regional Hub, with an anticipated Final Investment of KD1.2bn ($4.0bn)
Smart Ports Crucial Part to Kuwait’s Economic Reform and Development Goals
Silk City Free Trade Zone and Five Islands’ Development Projects to cost KD 700 million ($2.3 billion)
Maritime Development Program to includes 10 projects, aims to increase the Capacity of Seaports
Knowledge Exchange
on Key Topics such as
Kuwait Vision 2035: Ports Expansion - A Key Pillar to Kuwait’s Economic Diversification
Embracing Digital Culture in Maritime Sectors with Right Business Priorities
Improving Efficiency with Integrated Next Generation Terminal Management System
Exploring Investment Strategies and Opportunities in Port Infrastructure
Evaluating Multi-Dimensional Security Issues in the Maritime Sector
Strategizing Ports Expansion and Smart Ports Implementation under “The Maritime Transport Development Program”
Best practices on the implementation of IMO 2020 0.5% sulphur limit and a far bigger Target of Decarbonization
Planning of Vessel Traffic Flow to avoid congestion and turnaround times
Advisory Committee
Capt. Mohamed Al Ali
Senior Vice President, Ship Management
ADNOC Logistics & Services
Captain Al Ali started his career with NGSCO in 1996 as deck cadet and made his way through the ranks until he sailed as first UAE National Master on LNG carrier in 2008. Later in 2009 he joined the head office of ADNATCO-NGSCO to serve as Operations Manager, Tanker Fleet Manager and in 2013 was appointed Senior Vice President of Operations supervising the Operations of all LNG, Tanker and Dry Bulk Fleets as well as Marine personnel. Recently he assumed the role of Senior Vice President Shipping after the merger with ESNAAD and IRSHAD to supervise the Operation of all Shipping Fleet. He has been actively involved in sponsoring the energy efficiency project and maintenance optimization projects in ADNATCO-NGSCO achieving Energy Management Standard ISO 50001 and Asset Management Standard 55001. He supported the takeover of 16 new deliveries in 2011. Capt Al Ali has lead his team into achieving various Maritime awards including ADNOC HSE, Dubai Sustainability, Maritime Standard and Sea Trade awards.
He holds an Executive Master Degree in Business Administration from Zayed University and BSc degree in Maritime Business and Management from John Moores University in Liverpool.
Capt. Mohamed Al Ali
ADNOC Logistics & Services
Dr. Talal Al Adwani
Former Maritime Ambassador and Legal Expert International Maritime Organization
HSSE Department
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company
State of Kuwait
Dr. Talal Aladwani has achieved his LLM and PhD in Commercial and Maritime Law. Before that, he has worked as a master mariner for VLCC's and Gas carriers. He has been nominated as an expert by the UN in the field of navigation, including pollution from vessels and from dumping. He has been appointed as a leading legal expert in missions for the IMO to audit and assist in reforming several countries maritime and commercial related laws for better implementation of international regulations. Dr. Talal advises on matters relating to International Trade; Oil & Gas; Risk Assessment; Shipping; Admiralty; Environment & Pollution; International Regulations; Audit; Reforming. He also advises on non-contentious shipbuilding, dry-docking, Intellectual Property, development of infrastructure projects and their financing, including mega ports, universities etc.
Further he is appointed as an IMO ambassador. He works as a lecturer in several universities in the UK and Kuwait. He was a leader drafter for Kuwait Search and Rescue Plan. He authored several publications (books, articles, conference papers) on several commercial, shipping, pollution, international regulations and IP related topics.
Dr. Talal Al Adwani
HSSE Department
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company
State of Kuwait
Masoud HH Ali
Formerly Manager Quality, Health, Safety, Security, Environment and ERM
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company
As Manager Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Enterprise Risk Management provided oversight to multiple operational areas. During this tenure, Implemented an Integrated Management System to achieve harmonization across business units.
Directed daily operations of the fleet as Manager Fleet Marine Operations & Personnel Groups. Responsible for defining duties and workflow, resolving disputes arising from trading issues and commercial debates.
Nominated to serve as Director in the non-profit UK based Middle East Navigation Aid System (MENAS), promoting safety in the shipping industry and preventing oil pollution.
Appointed as Director of liberty Manning Services Limited (LMSL) recruiting sea staff officers, engineers, and ratings.
Served as Chief Contact and member of Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operations(SIGTTO), promoting safety transportation of liquified gas in bulk.
Served on Kuwait Oil Tanker for almost 15 years on a variety of tankers. The last sea phase was served as Master mariner with primary responsibility for the protection of the crew, vessel, and environment ensuring complete adherence to the International Management Code.
Masoud HH Ali
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company
Speakers
Dr. Subramaniam Neelamani
Senior Research Scientist - Coastal Management Program
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Kuwait
Dr. S. Neelamani worked as Faculty member at IIT Madras from 1990 to 2003 and as Senior Research Scientist in Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research since 2003. His specialization is coast engineering. He has 300 scientific papers published so far. He has 20 awards for his scientific innovations and contributions. Specialist in marine structures, like breakwaters and Port and Harbour structures.
Dr. Subramaniam Neelamani
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Kuwait
Krishna Prasad
Vice President - Middle East Branch
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London
A Graduate in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a Post Graduate in Business Administration from the globally reputed Indian Institute of Management, Kolkatta, Krishna Prasad has nearly thirty years experience in various facets of commercial shipping. He has had hands on experience in Ship-broking, Ship-operations and Ship-Management. He was also involved with Liner shipping and Freight Forwarding.
He started his career with India’s National Carrier The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI). After nearly 10 years with SCI he moved on as the Country Representative in India for M/s Puyvast Chartering bv, Holland, a regular Liner operator out of India. In 1999 he joined the ship-management arm of the Sharaf Group in Dubai. He later became the Managing Director of M/s Huadao Shipping Dubai, a fully owned subsidiary of BM Shipping Group of Italy, heading their operations in the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East. In late 2006 he joined M/s Tradex Marine Global as a Director on Board. Presently he is the Managing Director of Aster Marine Cargo Dubai, a company focusing on Shipbroking, project cargo logistics and Consultancy. M/s Aster Marine has its operations in India in Mumbai and Chennai through its associates.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, London. He is the Vice President of the ICS Middle East Branch. He is also a member of the global Education and Training Committee of ICS, London.
Mr Krishna Prasad has presented papers in many renowned International Shipping Seminars and Conferences. He has also been a visiting faculty in many Institutes and Universities, in India and in Dubai. He conducts corporate training programmes and has undertaken consultancy assignments to many companies in India, Europe and the Middle East.
Krishna Prasad
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London
Dr. Talal Al Adwani
Former Maritime Ambassador and Legal Expert International Maritime Organization
HSSE Department
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company
State of Kuwait
Dr. Talal Aladwani has achieved his LLM and PhD in Commercial and Maritime Law. Before that, he has worked as a master mariner for VLCC's and Gas carriers. He has been nominated as an expert by the UN in the field of navigation, including pollution from vessels and from dumping. He has been appointed as a leading legal expert in missions for the IMO to audit and assist in reforming several countries maritime and commercial related laws for better implementation of international regulations. Dr. Talal advises on matters relating to International Trade; Oil & Gas; Risk Assessment; Shipping; Admiralty; Environment & Pollution; International Regulations; Audit; Reforming. He also advises on non-contentious shipbuilding, dry-docking, Intellectual Property, development of infrastructure projects and their financing, including mega ports, universities etc.
Further he is appointed as an IMO ambassador. He works as a lecturer in several universities in the UK and Kuwait. He was a leader drafter for Kuwait Search and Rescue Plan. He authored several publications (books, articles, conference papers) on several commercial, shipping, pollution, international regulations and IP related topics.
Dr. Talal Al Adwani
HSSE Department
Kuwait Oil Tanker Company
State of Kuwait
Rania Tadros
Managing Partner
INCE UAE
Rania is the Managing Partner of Ince’s Dubai office. Rania qualified as an English solicitor with Ince in London in 2000 and relocated from London to Dubai in 2013 with her family. Her legal practice focuses on shipping/offshore energy disputes as well providing commercial support to companies in the shipping and offshore sectors. Since her move to Dubai Rania is focused on working with the stakeholders in the maritime industry in the UAE in order to develop the legal service offering within this area and to enhance the region as a trusted global maritime hub.
Rania has over 20 years’ experience in international commercial arbitration, maritime litigation and advising companies on their commercial contracts. Even when working out of the London office Rania has advised on a number of shipping disputes concerning the Middle East, including a number of casualty investigations. She has particular experience dealing with groundings in the Suez Canal and the UAE. A large portion of Rania’s practice emanates from the maritime world, whether it is in the contentious sphere or providing commercial support to her clients. She regularly advises her clients on matters arising from utilisation of Vessels and offshore structures, limiting and excluding liability, contractual disputes and providing general legal support to companies operating in the offshore world. As a result of her involvement in the leading case of Gdynia v Gearbulk, Rania has developed a specialist shipbuilding practice advising on the issues which arise during and post construction of vessels and offshore structures.
Furthermore in light of recent fluctuation within the maritime and offshore industries Rania has also been heavily involved of late in number of significant debt collection cases leading to bankruptcy applications being made before UAE Courts under the UAE Bankruptcy Law.
Rania Tadros
INCE UAE
Vanessa Welch
Senior Manager
Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre
Vanessa Welch is an accomplished corporate management professional. Her career spans 28 years, with 23 in Dubai. Half of that time is attributed to supply chain operations and commercial ship trade and management.
Having spent a significant portion of her employment in multinational companies, such as TetraPak Gulf, British American Tobacco MENA, Vela International Marine Ltd. and Kerzner International, her exposure and experience in working in corporate management is highly regarded. Vanessa is part of the EMAC start up team, and a senior manager at EMAC is responsible for much of the daily operations.
Vanessa Welch
Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre
Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Abri
Chief Executive Officer
MARAFI
Dr. Ahmed is Senior executive with demonstrable consistent success in accomplishing targets and business growth within operations in rapid-changing environments. Extensive experience with processes demanding critical business drivers linked to a global industry manipulated by multiple markets and economies. Started his career as a Junior Naval Architect with Vosper Thorneycroft Shipbuilding yard in Southampton, then spent years with the Omani Navy. He gained first-hand knowledge of shipbuilding and extensive maritime experience from participating in major new projects in UK, Singapore, Holland and Romania. Then he became the Deputy CEO of Oman Drydock Company in Duqm for approximately three years before becoming the CEO of Oman’s new Ports operations and management company MARAFI.
Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al Abri
MARAFI
Captain Hamad Almuwainea
Naval & Marine Operation Expert
Technical Advisor to the High Committee for National Search and Rescue
Captain Hamad Almuwainea sailed as a naval officer with “Navy Captain” rank for Kuwait naval.
During his service, Cptn Almuwainea commanded a number of Kuwaiti warships and leaded several naval missions and exercises.
He was a member of the Kuwait diving team “as a volunteer” in the first half of the 1990's who recovered boats, moorings and debris that were sunk during the invasion of Kuwait and the second Gulf War.
Cptn Almuwainea has recently drafted and prepared the national search and rescue plan for the State of Kuwait. He is then appointed as a technical consultant for the Higher Committee for Search and Rescue.
Currently, he is training and preparing to operate rescue coordination centers in the State of Kuwait.
He holds a master’s degree in joint military operations, a bachelor’s degree in marine science, a high diploma in marine engineering, and a certificate of defense expert in strategy, management and commandment.
Captain Hamad Almuwainea
Technical Advisor to the High Committee for National Search and Rescue
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