The world class line-up of over 16 industry leaders speaking at the event, such as:

• Alexander Fokker, Commercial Manager at Vopak Terminal Hamburg
• Thomas Schröder, COO of TanQuid

Both will explore the latest global and local industry issues, developments, and trends affecting the German bulk liquid storage sector.

Wilhelmshaven is the single largest independent tank storage facility for petroleum products including LPG in Germany, and the only deepwater port in the country. With expansion at the site planned, Sven Partzsch, Managing Director of HES Wilhelmshaven, will kick off the conference with a detailed look at the terminal and port.

Industry forecasts will be provided by four experts including:

• Henning Müller, Principle at McKinsey & Company: who will consider the European refining industry.
• Michael Dei-Michei, Analyst at JBC: will deliver the outlook for refining, product demand and trade flows.
• Duane Dickson, Global Chemicals Sector Leader at Deloitte: will assess the chemical market,
• Peter Hills, Senior Consultant at Channoil Consulting: will outline the changes to the shale industry and the sector’s impact on trade flows.

Tighter rules and regulations within the German storage market, in particular concerning environmental and climate issues, are placing greater pressure on storage operators to ensure correct operations are in place whilst maintaining cost effective business.

Regional regulations are set to be a key theme within the 2016 conference programme. Oliver Stanelle from Oiltanking, will provide an update on German regulations, whilst Sven Eric Utsch, Managing Partner at Utsch & Partners, will explore the wider regulatory environment within which companies have to operate. 

Storage has been seen as a stable and attractive investment opportunity. However not all terminal investment opportunities are the same. So what are the criteria that investors look out for when choosing whether or not to invest in a terminal or a region?

Robert Hardy, Executive Director at JP Morgan, will provide a financial investor’s perspective. Staying with the investment theme, Frank Schreurs, Managing Partner at In-Energy, will explain how terminals can benefit from developments in investor markets.

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