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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Maritime webinar series: The container shipping crisis - Its impact
  and why it is different from anything we have seen before
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The webinar will discuss the current market disruption in conta
 iner shipping\, with a special focus on small and medium-sized enterprises
  (SMEs). It will highlight medium to long-term remedies that may prevent s
 imilar future occurrences. The current situation in liner shipping is unpr
 ecedented and dramatically affecting developing countries. The main presen
 tation will focus on the situation in Asia and how the surge in freight ra
 tes and the logistical constraints caused by the recent equipment shortage
 s are affecting countries in the region.\n\n\nOpening remarks and introduc
 tion\n\n\nDenis Choumert\, Chair\, Global Shippers Alliance\n\n\nPresenta
 tion\n\n\nChaichan Charoensuk\, Chairman\, Thai National Shippers’ Coun
 cil and Representative of the Asian Shippers’ Alliance\n\n\nDiscussants\
 n\n\nJohn Manners-Bell\, Director\, Foundation for Future Supply Chain\nTe
 resa Moreira\, Head\, Competition and Consumer Policies Branch\, UNCTAD\n
 \n\nQuestions from participants\n\nModerator\n\n\nJan Hoffmann\, Head\, Tr
 ade Logistics Branch\, UNCTAD\n\n\nWatch webinar recording\nhttps://www.yo
 utube.com/watch?v=ZLK1vD36Npo\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://uncta
 d.org/meeting/maritime-webinar-series-container-shipping-crisis-its-impact
 -and-why-it-different-anything
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