SCMAP supports the upcoming PortCalls Visayas and Mindanao Shipping Conference 2023, returning to Cebu on 2 March and Waterfront Airport Hotel and Casino Mactan, and to Davao on 3 March at the Seda Abreeza Davao.

The event seeks to highlight the economic growth of Visayas and Mindanao and the regions’ emergence as one of the Philippines’ leading logistics and trade hubs and investment destinations; provide stakeholders with the trade and economic outlook for the near and medium term; give updates on major Visayas and Mindanao infrastructure projects; identify trade and customs facilitation efforts of ports, logistics and customs agencies; and serve as a venue for shippers and the business community to identify their biggest trade facilitation challenges and their recommendations. Both events offer a high-level networking opportunity with transport and logistics industry executives.

Speakers at the Cebu conference are:

  • National Economic and Development Authority Region VII OIC Regional Director Dolores Molintas (Prospects for Visayas Trade in the Context of Philippine Economic Development)
  • Cebu Port Authority port manager Bernard Macuto (Port of Cebu: Trade Movements and Volume Projections)
  • Chairman and CEO of Oriental Port and Allied Services Corp. Atty Tomas Riveral (Cargo-handling in a Post-Pandemic World)
    Bureau of Customs-Port of Cebu OIC deputy collector for Assessment Conrado Abarintos (Latest Efforts to Ease Trade at the BOC-Port of Cebu)
  • Professional Regulatory Board for Customs Brokers, Professional Regulation Commission, chairman and SME Integration Lead and USAID’s Strengthening Private Enterprise for the Digital Economy (SPEED) Samuel Bautista (Unboxing 2023 for the PH Logistics Industry)
  • Philippine Multimodal Transport and Logistics Association Chair of Training and Education Committee Doris Torres (Cutting Through the Red Tape: Freight Forwarding Accreditation vs the Bureaucracy)
  • Confederation of Philippine Exporters Foundation (Cebu) Inc executive director Federico Escalona (Private Sector Trade Facilitation Challenges)

The Mindanao conference will keynoted by Mindanao Development Authority Chairperson Secretary Ma. Belen Acosta, who will speak on “Promoting Trade and Shipping in Mindanao/ BIMP-EAGA Developments”. She will be joined by:

  • Bureau of Customs-Port of Davao district collector Atty Erastus Sandino Austria (Bureau of Customs-Port of Davao: Transforming Davao into a Regional Logistics Hub)
  • Philippine Ports Authority department manager, Port Operations and Services Department, Maria Asuncion Hiyasmin Delos Santos (A Guide Through PPA’s Plans and Developments for the Mindanao Region)
  • Davao City Chamber of Commerce & Industry president John Carlo Tria (Private Sector Trade Facilitation Challenges)
  • Davao International Container Terminal vice president Bonifacio Licayan (Cargo-handling in a Post-Pandemic World)
  • National Economic and Development Authority Caraga regional director Priscilla Sonido – for confirmation (Prospects for Mindanao Trade in the Context of Philippine Economic Development)

Bautista and Torres will reprise their Cebu presentations at the Davao conference.

The conference is sponsored by FedEx Philippines (Gold sponsor, Cebu); Fast Logistics (Silver sponsor, Visayas and Mindanao); OPASCOR and Asian Consolidation International Services (Silver sponsors, Visayas); Mindanao Container Terminal (Bronze sponsor, Mindanao); Aratum and Logi-Sys (Bronze sponsors, Cebu); and Civic Merchandising (Exhibitor, Visayas). InterCommerce Network Services is a Partner. Supporting Associations are the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Philippine Multimodal Transport and Logistics Association, and Supply Chain Management Association of the Philippines.

For the conference program, click here.

To register, click here.

For inquiries, email events.portcalls@gmail.com, elenitasanjuan@portcalls.com; call (+632) 8551-1775, 8551-3871, 8551-1972, 0920-938-2717.