SAVE THE DATE
MEET OUR SPONSORS
KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE
NEWS IN THE AMERICAS
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNTITIES

SAVE THE DATE
September 16-18, 2007
The third SeaCargo Americas Conference will be held in Miami to enhance the growth of the maritime industry in the Americas. The 2-day conference will feature leading executives and government officials responsible for the future direction of the maritime industry. It will focus on ways to increase two-way business opportunities for the ports, maritime companies and related industries in the Western Hemisphere.

MEET OUR SPONSORS

• PORT OF MIAMI
• POMTOC
• SEABOARD MARINE
• NCBFAA
• CUSTOMIZED BROKERS, Inc.
• CASSIDY & BLACK, P.A.
• APL
• PORT EVERGLADES
  

KEEPING YOU UP-TO-DATE
PORT DIRECTORS OF KEY HEMISPHERIC PORTS TO SPEAK
The port directors of several of the most important ports in the Americas will update the industry on the latest actions they have taken to improve the security of their ports and to improve the efficiencies of their services. They will also provide their views on the challenges to achieve compliance with the ISPS Code and MTSA standards and performance.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Edwin Araque B., General Manager, Empresa Nacional Portuaria, Puerto Cortes, Honduras
• Superintendent James Forbes, Vice President of Security, Port Authority of Jamaica
• Hughes Desgranges, Authorite Portuaire Nationale, Haiti
• Everton Walters, Chairman, Port Managers Association of the Caribbean
• O’Neil D. Hamilton, CARICOM Ministerial Subcommittee on Resource Mobilzation for Crime & Security
  

NEWS IN THE AMERICAS

ECLAC positive on Caribbean growth
The outlook for the growth of Latin America and the Caribbean region is 5 percent for 2007 and 4.6 percent for 2008, following the 2006 growth rate of 5.6 percent. These new projections were provided by the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

According to ECLAC, growth projections for the Caribbean stand at 5.5 percent. If projections hold into 2008, the region’s growth will have reached more than 20 percent in the past decade. www.floridashipper.com

DR-CAFTA spurs Dominican economy
Dominican Republic economy minister Temístocles Montás said that the DR-CAFTA trade deal will impact economic growth positively and lower poverty in the Dominican Republic, but advised that the country will have to continue implementing structural reforms. Montás said DR-CAFTA will raise Dominican exports by an average 3.8 percent in the next eight years. Speaking at the conference "DR-CAFTA and the Future of the Dominican Economy," Montas said DR-CAFTA had generated a favorable effect by increasing yield of the investment and the scale of the investments. www.floridashipper.com

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNTITIES
More than 300 international maritime executives from more than 12 countries will attend the SeaCargo Americas show. This is an outstanding opportunity for your company to showcase its products and services to a targeted group of potential new customers. Sponsorships range from banners ($1,000), name badges/lanyards ($5,000) and luncheons ($10,000), coffee breaks ($3,000) and receptions ($13,000).

To receive further information, please call Muriel Sommers at 305-871-7910 or e-mail: msommers@worldtrade.org

Visit: www.seacargoamericas.com