Shipper-carrier relationships should improve significantly if collective carrier pricing and service agreements were ended. This is what Peter Friedmann, executive director of the US-based Agriculture Transportation Coalition will say at the 3rd Cool Logistics Conference in Hamburg, 20-22 September. But will this also apply to the cold chain?
 
With container shipping not yet out of the woods and airfreight being plagued by its own set of challenges, shippers and carriers will enjoy a lively debate at Cool Logistics 2010. Is there really a supply and demand impasse? What can be done to avert the transport capacity shortage that threatened this year’s fruit export season and also led to higher than expected perishable claims. Will there be a repetition of airfreight capacity shortages in the run up to Christmas?
 
“We are delighted to have secured the participation of speakers representing all the different members of the cold chain” says Alex von Stempel, Event Director for Cool Logistics.
 
Ken Kinscher, Manager Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions at M.M.Warburg will ask if this is the time for renewed M&A activities in the reefer logistics supply chain.  He will also discuss the availability of financial resources for new technology and innovation in the reefer supply chain and join Phillip Symons, Category Buyer Fresh Produce for UK- headquartered retailer Marks & Spencer plc and Dr Horst Lang, head of quality assurance at German independent retailer Globus SB-Warenhaeuser on the platform.
 
Speakers from Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo, Lufthansa Cargo, Kuehne + Nagel, will join APL, CMA CGM, Damco, Hellmann Perishable Logistics, CoolBoxx and MOL in Hamburg this year covering the latest trends in seafreight, airfreight, sea-air, intermodal and scrutinize the need for innovation during the pre-conference Technology Workshop.
 
Continuing the successful format of 2009, Cool Logistics 2010 includes a main 2-day conference on 21-22 September, plus pre-conference technical workshop on 20 September, exploring how technology innovations can generate operational efficiencies and cost savings.
 
Cool Logistics 2010 is officially supported by Port of Hamburg Marketing and has also gained the support of a number of prominent industry groups, including the International Freight & Logistics Network (IFLN), German Cold Storage and Logistics Association (VDKL), Multimodal and the Shippers Voice.

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