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BUILDING EFFICIENT MULTIMODAL
PERISHABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
BUILDING EFFICIENT MULTIMODAL
PERISHABLE SUPPLY CHAINS
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“THE BEST CONFERENCE DEALING WITH THE LOGISTICS OF PERISHABLE PRODUCTS”
High level speakers | Latest market intelligence | Practical information | Outstanding networking
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Building efficient multimodal
perishable supply chains
The theme of the 7th
Cool Logistics Conference
will be Building efficient multimodal
perishable supply chains for commodities
such as fruit, flowers, dairy, seafood, meat, chips,
vegetables and prepared foods.
NEW: For the first time the conference will cover
pharmaceuticals as the European Union’s Good
Distribution Practice demands that an increasing
number of medicinal products are to be carried
under temperature control.
Positive outlook
As the European economies are slowly emerging
from the global recession, there are early
indications that both food and non-food perishable
supply chains are emerging relatively unscathed
from the gloom. Intermodal trade is also set to
increase significantly in the short and medium term.
Container lines have started to place new orders
for reefer containers and fuel costs have tumbled,
which should help reduce the cost of perishable
logistics across all modes of transport, including
road and air. Critically these factors alone should
help reinvigorate consumer purchasing power
and help off-set negative effects such as the
continuing Russian food import ban.
Regionalization
As fresh or frozen cargo distribution over shorter
distance continues to grow much faster than
long distance shipments, the Cool Logistics
Global conference will focus on the trend towards
increasing regionalization of perishable trades.
How can deep sea, short sea, truck and rail be
better integrated to provide more competitive,
safer and more efficient logistics solutions to
shippers?
Less than a quarter of perishable commodities are
shipped over distances over 8000 miles or more.
However, these include large quantities of mostly
frozen poultry, beef, pork and fish, but also fresh
pineapples, mangoes, grapes, apples and citrus,
shipped predominantly in reefer containers. Even
bananas are increasingly being transported in
containers.
As soon as these commodities are landed or
transshipped using smaller feeder vessels and/
or directly transferred into refrigerated trailers, a
whole new world of perishable logistics begins,
involving food safety checks, packaging, storage,
primary and secondary distribution by smaller
trucks and innovative delivery systems driven by
evolving consumer habits.
Following an established tradition the conference
will also cover transport capacity issues, notably
the increasing shortage of reefer containers and
bottlenecks in ports and terminals and the role of
technology to alleviate some of these challenges.
WELCOME TO COOL LOGISTICS GLOBAL

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Following two successful years in Rotterdam, Cool Logistics Global moves to Bruges, the capital of
West Flanders and the heartland of Belgium’s vegetable production and the leading region in Europe
for the frozen vegetables industry.
Famous for its food, canals and culture, Bruges is not just a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it also has
a deepsea port, which is the Port of Zeebrugge, one of Europe’s thriving deepsea and short sea ports,
less than 18km from the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
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CONFERENCE BUSINESS SESSIONS
SITE VISIT
More details will be announced soon.
08:00 Registration, refreshments and networking
09:00 SESSION 1
TRADE TRENDS: RETAIL AND SHIPPING
As worldwide demand for temperature controlled logistics
services continues to grow, better solutions have to be
developed in conjunction with shippers, carriers, 3pls,
infrastructure providers, e.g. in the entire supply chain.
In addition to fresh produce and protein, new food and non-
food commodities are being unitised for shipment and onward
distribution into the retail outlets. Everything from flowers to
pharmaceuticals including, of course, fresh produce and protein
needs to be either chilled or frozen prior to be consumed.
What do customers need and what can the perishable
transport and logistics sector offer?
09:00 Welcome from the organisers
Rachael White & Alex von Stempel
Managing Directors, Cool Logistics Resources, UK
09:05 Moderator’s opening remarks
09:15 21st century perishables distribution and the
role of ports
09:30 Food retail expectations 2015: Supply and
demand
10:00 Global and regional sourcing
10:30 Discussion
10:40 Refreshments and networking
11:20 2016 container shipping outlook
11:50 Perishable customer demand panel
12:30 Lunch and networking
14:30 SESSION 2
REFRIGERATED MARITIME TRANSPORT – A
BALANCING ACT?
The bigger the vessels, the lower the unit costs (assuming
they can be filled) – or is deep-sea reefer container shipping
and reefer logistics in need of modernisation?
This session will take a critical look at the effect of
increasing container vessel capacity on schedule
reliability, transshipment, reefer box imbalances and reefer
management.
14:30 The decline of speed and efficiency in global
reefer supply chains
14:50 Ports and terminals: the Achilles’ heel of
modern perishable supply chains?
15:10 Ship design: Fast ship vs. RORO for reefers
15:30 Discussion
15:40 Refreshments and networking
16:15 THE ANNUAL OCEAN FREIGHT DEBATE:
REEFER BOX CAPACITY: DEEP-SEA AND SHORT-SEA
17:15 Close of day 1
18:00 OFFICIAL NETWORKING RECEPTION
Kindly hosted by Port of Zeebrugge
More details will be announced soon.
08:00 Registration, refreshments and networking
09:00 SESSION 3
LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS FOR NON-FOOD
PERISHABLES
Whilst flowers have been the first major commodity to
witness a gradual conversion from air to sea freight thanks
largely to advances in humidity control technology, could
pharmaceuticals become the next perishable commodity to
follow in its footsteps? Secondly are flowers now ready to be
shipped by intermodal rail?
09:00 Moderator’s opening remarks
09:10 Where have all the flowers gone?
09:30 The air-to-sea shift for perishable
pharmaceuticals
09:30 The air-to-sea shift for perishable
pharmaceuticals
09:50 Air transport and logistics solutions
10:10 Temperature and condition monitoring
10:30 Discussion
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CONFERENCE BUSINESS SESSIONS
10:50 Refreshments and networking
11:10 SESSION 4
SHORT-SEA AND MULTI-MODAL OPERATIONS
IN EASTERN EUROPE
The majority of temperature-controlled cargoes are being
distributed within Europe using reefer trailers, 45ft reefer
boxes and small distribution vehicles.
How big is this market? What are the main perishable
commodities using short sea and overland? Who are the
drivers of inland perishable logistics?
11:10 Short distance shipping and perishable
commodity forecasts
11:30 Are 3pls stealing a march on the carriers by
flexing their network capabilities to serve
perishable shippers?
11:50 Different technical solutions on reefer
technology for short-sea and multi-modal operations
12:30 Discussion
12:40 Lunch and networking
14:30 SESSION 5
FOOD HANDLING TO THE FORE
14:30 Climate change and the vulnerability of food
distribution systems
14:50 The impact of the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP) on different food
trades with third countries
15:10 Food transportation between Latin america
and Europe: How does it work and how could it
be improved?
15:20 Discussion
15:30 Refreshments and networking
16:10 Pre-trip inspections of reefer containers: Cost vs. risk
Are carriers cutting down on PTIs to save cost? Is it true that
cargo value, type of commodity, transit time, post-harvest
requirements are not being considered by carriers before
deciding which units should be checked prior to shipment?
16:30 TECHNICAL DEBATE 1: ENERGY
CONSUMPTION / NEW REFRIGERANTS
17:00 Discussion
17:15 Close of day 2
08:00 Registration, refreshments and networking
09:00 SESSION 6
COLD CHAIN LOGISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
09:00 Primary distribution
09:20 Secondary distribution
09:40 Food safety legislation impact on global and
regional perishable trades in Europe and the USA
10:00 Perishable waste disposal: Reverse logistics
10:20 Discussion
10:30 Refreshments and networking
11:15 Online shopping and new last mile distribution
11:45 Innovative temperature control systems
12:05 Discussion
12:15 Lunch and networking
13:30 SESSION 7
PACKAGING AND GREENER COLD STORE
TECHNOLOGY
Excessive use of packaging and the need to protect
increasingly rare water resources are future challenges that
the perishable logistics industry and everybody involved in
the cold chain will have to address in the near future.
13:30 New ‘user-friendly’ and ‘greener’ packaging
Packaging for perishables is designed to protect cargo from
damage and contamination during transit. But is there a conflict
between protecting the consumer, and creative excessive and
wasteful packaging?
13:50 Advances in green cold store technology and
water management
Innovative cold store technology from the Netherlands could
help lead the industry to save not just energy but also water.
14:10 Fast food packaging and consumer health
14:30 Conference summary and action points for
Cool Logistics Global 2016
14:50 Close of Cool Logistics Global 2015
14:50 Refreshments and networking
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