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FEDEPORT
FEDEPORT is a non-profit business federation that represents all companies in the port value chain in the Canary Islands. Its main objective is to manage and represent the interests of its members, working closely with the administration and other business organisations.
The federation plays a relevant role in the Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Las Palmas and the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, as well as in the Canarian Confederation of Employers and the Provincial Confederation of Employers of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
The federation also has an active presence in port and business committees. Among its lines of action, FEDEPORT seeks to provide common representation, offer advice and support to its members, and promote strategies for the development of Canarian ports. It actively participates in forums, hearing procedures and sends documents to institutions to improve the port structure.
Web: https://fedeport.com
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PROEXCA
Proexca is the economic promotion agency of the Government of the Canary Islands.
Our mission encompasses two primary objectives: firstly, to propel the internationalization of Canary Islands businesses by delivering comprehensive support across the entire process; and secondly, to actively draw investment from strategic industries to the Canary Islands.
Our commitment extends to diversifying the Canary Islands' economic landscape, fostering talent and training initiatives, and contributing to economic sustainability. We adapt in real-time to global and local needs.
To accomplish these goals, we boast an extensive team of experts across various domains and maintain commercial offices in strategically located countries across Europe, America, and Africa. This strategic positioning capitalizes on the geographical advantages inherent in our territory.
Web: www.proexca.es
PORT AUTHORITY OF LAS PALMAS
Web: www.palmasport.es/en/las-palmas-port
CLÚSTER MARÍTIMO DE CANARIAS
The Maritime Cluster of the Canary Islands is a non-profit regional association whose primary objective is to promote the development and international competitiveness of the Maritime and Marine Sector of the Canary Islands. Simultaneously, it aims to enhance the business, economic, and social environment of the Canary Islands through the integration, creation, strengthening, and sustainability of companies and institutions within the value chain of the maritime and marine sector. The cluster works towards promoting their international presence and raising the technological and innovative level of all involved stakeholders, in line with development policies and social demands.
The strategy of the Cluster to achieve these goals is based on values such as cooperation, commitment, communication, and competitiveness.
Web: www.clustermc.es
ONEPORT CANARIAS – THE FEDERATION OF OPERATORS AND PORT SERVICES OF THE CANARY ISLANDS
ONEPORT CANARIAS is made up of companies and associations from different sectors of activity directly or indirectly linked to logistics and transport, such as freight forwarders, consignees, ship suppliers, warehouses and logistics and transport companies, towing companies, maritime terminals, and naval workshops.
Among the statutory objectives of ONEPORT CANARIAS is to form a solid organisation capable of representing, coordinating, managing and promoting the legitimate interests of its associate members. It also wants to create fruitful relationships between members through collaboration with them.
PROVICANARIAS
PROVICANARIAS is a professional association established by several ship supply companies based at Canary Islands.
Located strategically in the Canary Archipelago ports, our associated, highest specialised enterprises can offer major assortments of products and services to all ship clients on their passage through this important North and South bounds corridor.
Experience of our Canary Island professionals and their facilities are warranted by standard protocols certified by approved quality institutions:
• Coordination and compliance of the port call timings with agents and harbour services
• Permanent disposal 24/7 for supply alongside piers and at anchorage areas
• Full equipped vehicles for any sort of services, refrigerated, cranes, forklifts, etc.
• Wide range of stocks at our warehouses to give response to client requirements
• Personalised attendances according to major demand of clients in general
• Proven competitiveness in standards/ prices versus other remote ports in the South Atlantic bounds.
Canary Islands, last European Southern ports with major availabilities and agile services.
Web: https://provicanarias.org
PLATINUM SPONSOR
ADDAX ENERGY SA
Oryx Energies is a group of companies, headquartered in Geneva (Switzerland) and majority-owned by the private investment group AOG.
We are present today in 17 countries, through 24 affiliates. Addax Energy SA, the branch of Oryx Energies specialised in trading and bunkering, was created in 1987 and has been responding to the evolving energy needs of the African continent for over 30 years.
Web: www.oryxenergies.com
LinkedIn: oryx-energies
GOLD SPONSOR
PORT AUTHORITY OF LAS PALMAS
Web: www.palmasport.es/en/las-palmas-port
SILVER SPONSOR
CEPSA
Cepsa is a leading international company committed to sustainable mobility and energy with a solid technical experience after more than 90 years of activity. The company also has a world-leading chemicals business with increasingly sustainable operations.
Through its strategic plan for 2030, 'Positive Motion,' Cepsa projects its ambition to be a leader in sustainable mobility, biofuels, and green hydrogen in Spain and Portugal, and to become a reference in the energy transition. The company places customers at the heart of its business and will work with them to help them advance their decarbonization objectives. ESG criterion inspire all of Cepsa’s actions as it advances toward its net positive objective.
Over the course of this decade, it will reduce our Scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions by 55% and the carbon intensity index of products sold by 15-20%, with the aim of achieving net zero emissions before 2050.
Web: https://cepsa.es
CABILDO DE GRAN CANARIA (SPEGC)
SPEGC is the economic promotion agency of the Government of Gran Canaria (Cabildo de Gran Canaria), whereas ‘Best in Gran Canaria’ is the island’s investment promotion initiative. Led by SPEGC, a total of 14 public entities of Gran Canaria jointly collaborate under the ‘Best in Gran Canaria’ brand to raise awareness about the business opportunities and advantages of operating from the island.
Gran Canaria is home to the Port of Las Palmas and its top-notch port infrastructure. Its booming port-ecosystem is ready to cater for all traffic types, while the maritime sector offers plenty of investment opportunities & tax/financing benefits, including Europe’s best tax regime for product transformation/re-export, R&D, energy ventures and digital companies (4% corporate tax rate, up to 75% R%D tax credits, among others).
'Best in Gran Canaria' serves as a public promotion initiative, though our role covers far more services: delivery of local intelligence and contacts, fiscal and business advice, access to R&D grants and our own co-investment instrument, flexible on-demand training, offices/working spaces, soft-landing aid, etc.
We deliver strategic support for companies and entrepreneurs looking for the ideal business climate and a competitive operations base at the gateway of Europe, Africa and the Americas: Gran Canaria.
Web: www.spegc.org
VERENIGDE TANKREDERIJ B.V.
Verenigde Tankrederij (VT) has always been a respected and well-known inland tanker operator ever since its foundation in 1916.
VT Group today has built on a proven track record of more than 100 years’ experience in the maritime logistics and bunkering industry, steadily growing into a global operator.
Since 2009, VT has been active in Panama under the flag of VT Shipping and with the acquisition of Boluda Tankers in 2020, the VT Group has grown into a large international shipowner with operations in the ARA region, Panama, Oman, Sweden, Spain, the Canary Islands and on the river Rhine. With highly trained personnel and impeccable equipment, VT consistently offers optimal support for its customers, always living by its core values of Quality, Safety and Sustainability.
Web: www.vtgroup.nl
BADGES & LANYARDS SPONSOR
ALFASHIP SHIPPING AGENCY S.L
Alfaship is an independent ship agency located in Gibraltar and Spain, founded in the year 1988. Since those days, the company has grown into a market leader with own offices in 11 major ports.
From the very beginning the agency activities were focused on the tramp market, and today, Alfaship is a well-known brand standing for high end expertise and professionalism in the attendance of dry and liquid bulk cargoes. In recent years, our service range was extended into the marine chartering field, logistics operator and customs brokerage.
Alfaship is ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and TRACE.
Alfaship Gibraltar is specialised in delivering 24/7 tailored services. Speed, expertise and efficiency characterise our team and make us proud leaders in the bunkering market.
Web: www.alfaship.agency
NOTEPADS AND PENS
VIROQUE ENERGY
Viroque Energy is an international trading company within the Energy sector. With more than 15 years of experience importing and operating internationally, we are known as a key player in the creation of alliances, long-term partnerships, and the execution of profitable and sustainable projects within the industry.
Our diversified portfolio of services & products and the know-how of our experts position our company at an international scale, at both commercial and operational levels, advising our partners on the ideal energy source for their needs and also providing them a pull of options such as oil derivatives, biofuels, natural gas, and electricity, in the European, African and the American market.
The quality of our products, our commitment to our compliance politics and the client, as well as our focus on the promotion and development of projects that integrate renewable energies, make us one of the European companies with the greatest capacity to offer the best possible service and support to our customers and partners.
Web: viroqueenergy.com
BRONZE SPONSORs
MINERVA BUNKERING
Minerva Bunkering is a leading independent bunker supplier covering 150 ports around the world. With annual physical delivery capacity exceeding 25m metric tonnes of fuel, and the backing of the Mercuria Energy Group, Minerva offers unrivaled capabilities, service quality, and financial strength.
Operating from hubs in Geneva, Athens, New York, Singapore, Las Palmas, Gibraltar, Antwerp and Panama, we serve customers around the globe with efficient, transparent, and environmentally responsible marine fuel solutions.
Minerva is at the forefront of the bunkering industry’s consolidation and service-led evolution. We leverage the scale of our integrated supply chain, dense global delivery network, class-leading corporate infrastructure, and technology enabled solutions to provide customers more than just molecules – Minerva delivers value, transparency, and reliability.
This is the future of bunkering.
PORTS OF TENERIFE
Web: www.puertosdetenerife.org
SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS
INTERNATIONAL BUNKER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (IBIA)
IBIA is the voice of the global bunker industry and represents all stakeholders across the industry value chain. Our membership includes ship owners/operators, bunker suppliers, traders, brokers, barging companies, storage companies, surveyors, port authorities, credit reporting companies, lawyers, P&I clubs, equipment manufacturers, shipping journalists and marine consultants. Today we have members in more than 80 countries.
IBIA represents the industry at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a consultative non-governmental organisation. IBIA was represented on the Expert Panel in 2007 which reported to IMO about the implications of proposed revisions to MARPOL Annex VI. IBIA attends all meetings of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) and a number of Sub-Committees.
Web: www.ibia.net
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ACTUALIDAD MARITIMA Y PORTUARIA
Daily Offer of jobs into the maritime, port and logistics sectors. News, Vessels, Companies, Ports, Customs, Events …
Envíenos sus ofertas de trabajo y las publicaremos completamente GRATIS en un medio profesional y especializado.
Send us your job offers and will publish totally FREE in our professional and specialized media.
Web: www.actualidadmp.com
BUNKERSPOT
Bunkerspot is published by Petrospot Limited, a dynamic publishing and events company focused on providing information resources for the transportation, energy and maritime industries.
Bunkerspot is a key source of quality information for all professionals working in the international bunker industry. Our aim is to provide a comprehensive, accurate – and always independent – view of the multi-faceted global marine fuels industry.
The bi-monthly Bunkerspot magazine focuses on the technical, operational, commercial, environmental and legal aspects of bunkering, and also keeps its readers up to speed on innovations and trends in vessel and fuel efficiency technologies. This high profile and well respected publications is written by experienced bunker journalists and a team of top industry experts.
In addition to receiving Bunkerspot magazine and gaining full access to the news website and archive, a premier subscription package includes a log-in to the Bunkerspot Price Index.
The Bunkerspot Price Index offers spot bunker prices in over 350 ports, updated daily and with easy to see tracked price changes.
Web: www.bunkerspot.com
CLEANER SEAS
Cleaner Seas is an online publication that covers the whole range of marine environmental issues and legislation, ranging from matters such as oil pollution prevention to control of funnel emissions and from the dumping of rubbish to use of antifoulings. It is produced with the active assistance and support of the major maritime organisations.
Cleaner Seas has three main objectives: to keep shipping decision makers up to date with environmental issues, to inform a wider readership of what action is already being taken by shipping to prevent environmental damage and to project a balanced view of the industry’s environmental record, which is far better than the tabloid press would have us believe.
Web: www.cleanerseas.com
ENERGY BUSINESS REVIEW
Energy Business Review is a print and online magazine that provides readers with a 360-degree view of the energy ecosystem. The magazine covers the entire spectrum of the energy community, which includes various energy companies and many more. Our subscribers include Senior Research Scientist, SVP Drilling & Well, Chief Engineers - Drilling & Completion, Drilling Contractors, Geologist/Geophysicist, Project Heads, VP Refinery Operations, Director- Oil & Gas Exploration and Production, GVP Strategy & Sustainability, Rig Owners and many other senior decision-makers from the energy sectors.
Web: www.energybusinessreview.com
ENERGY TECH REVIEW
Energy Tech Review is a guardian angel in this concern, assisting the service providers and business people to choose from the vast pool of enterprises who have worked in the energy sector to bring positive changes in our environment. Energy Tech Review aggregates the brightest minds, opinions, analyses, the latest technologies, and the most mind-boggling arguments about the critical issues that exist in the energy sector.
Web: energytechreview.com
INDUSTRY EVENTS
The Industry Events platform enables collaboration between the world's professionals, enterprises, and academia through access to high-quality events and training across all industry verticals. Every day new speaking, business and sponsorship opportunities are discovered through the global Industry Events website and apps.
INFOPUERTOS
El Periódico marítimo-portuario de España. Infopuertos es una plataforma multicanal cuyo objetivo la información del sector marítimo portuario español.
Creemos en la información veraz y objetiva, en el periodismo que construye. Creemos en el mar y los puertos como motores del desarrollo económico de las regiones donde están ubicados. Creemos en las organizaciones, empresas y personas que desarrollan su actividad profesional en este sector marítimo-portuario, día a día, contribuyendo a darle valor.
Nuestro suplemento finacialports.com además está especializado exclusivamente en la información económica del sector marítimo-portuario.
The maritime-port newspaper of Spain. Infopuertos is a multichannel platform whose objective is to provide information on the Spanish maritime port sector.
We believe in truthful and objective information, in the journalism that builds. We believe in the sea and ports as engines of economic development of the regions where they are located. We believe in the organizations, companies and people who carry out their professional activity in this maritime-port sector, day by day, contributing to giving it value.
Our supplement finacialports.com also specializes exclusively in economic information on the maritime-port sector.
Web: infopuertos.com
MARINE BUNKER EXCHANGE (MABUX)
MABUX’s goal is to rationalise the bunker industry by focusing the necessary information on the one website – www.mabux.com / new.mabux.com - is a one-stop website! The site is tailor-made for the marine bunker industry: it gives the user all the necessary tools to be able to assess the market.
It starts with Oil Exchanges, ICE and NYMEX, publishing the so-called ‘Oil Futures’ feature gives the user an idea of what is actually happening in the oil market at any particular moment. Oil Future also gives an indication of the forthcoming day’s spot bunker price development.
The Spot Bunker Market is updated continuously throughout the day. The Oil Future-Connect prices, which includes information from a number of major ports, are updated every minute during trading hours. These prices are visible parallel together with the Physical Market Indications, and give an early Price Warning as to which way the bunker market is heading. As from this year 2019 the site is also featuring if the bunker market is OVERCHARGING or UNDERCHARGING. A very popular tool, which gives the market players something to take into consideration.
Web: www.mabux.com
MANIFOLD TIMES
Based at the world’s largest bunkering port, Singapore bunkering publication Manifold Times (www.manifoldtimes.com) is recognised as the leading reference for information regarding the Asian marine fuels sector; as the only independent bunkering publication operating in Asia – with expansion to China during 2023 (www.manifoldtimes.com.cn) – we offer clients a unique gateway to enter the regional market.
Web: manifoldtimes.com
MARINE MONEY
Relied upon by shipowners, financiers, investors, ship managers, brokers, lawyers and accountants for the past 30 years, Marine Money International is constantly bridging the gap between shipowners and the international capital markets. Our publications, forums, books and other services are driven by a set of common goals: to make you money, save you money and provide you with access to investment opportunities and capital.
Web: www.marinemoney.com
MARITIMEINFORMED.COM
MaritimeInfomed.com is a leading news, analysis and information website serving the maritime industry. Alongside up-to-date news, expert editorial analysis, and comprehensive company and events directories, the site boasts a unique, comparative database of products, covering ships’ equipment and fittings; navigation, communication and electronics; and operation and maintenance. The site also offers detailed coverage of the latest technology and market trends in hot topics such as the blue economy, regulations and environmental issues. With its depth and breadth of content, MaritimeInformed.com aspires to be the definitive resource for the maritime sector.
Web: https://www.maritimeinformed.com
MUNDOMARITIMO LTD
MundoMaritimo is one of the most important sources of information for the shipping industry in Latin America, covering all sectors of the maritime industry including Ports and Terminals, Containers, Shipping Lines, Dry Bulk, Chartering and their users of the port and transport chain.
MundoMaritimo es una de las principales fuentes de información para la industria del transporte marítimo en América Latina, abarcando todos los sectores de la industria, incluida la de Puertos y Terminales, Contenedores, Líneas Navieras, Carga a Granel, así como los usuarios del puerto y la cadena logística de transporte en general.
Web: www.mundomaritimo.cl
PUERTO CANARIAS
Digital newspaper of reference in the Canary Islands in the maritime-port sphere and in the field of the blue economy. In recent years it has become a tool for information and commercial dissemination of the ports of the Canary Islands. It also includes daily updates of news from others ports of the world, mainly in the West African area. It pays special attention to port authorities and companies and their respective activities, and to issues related to the environment, marine renewable energy, bunkering, cruising, fishing and the oil & gas sector.
Web: puertocanarias.com
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SHIP.ENERGY
ship.energy tracks the maritime sector’s journey towards a decarbonised future. The platform gives shipping industry stakeholders the opportunity to learn more about cleaner marine fuels and propulsion technologies and to take part in the growing debate over how shipping and the bunker sector can actively and fully participate in the marine energy transition to zero emissions.
Published by Petrospot Limited, ship.energy is the go-to information hub for news, longer reads, interviews, and expert comment on new fuels, technologies and vessel efficiency. It also encourages and facilitates dynamic information exchange, allowing shipping and bunkering stakeholders to engage with energy and technology providers through polls, surveys, blogs, podcasts, and online discussions.
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Web: https://ship.energy
THE MARITIME STANDARD
Headquartered in Dubai, The Maritime Standard (TMS) produces a fortnightly e-newsletter which is aimed at business leaders in the shipping, ports, transportation and logistics sectors, as well as the wider maritime technology and services communities. It is delivered regularly on the 1st and 15th of every month, and offers an insightful, clearly written news digest focusing on developments in the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent primarily. Over the course of more than 200 editions, the publication has built up the largest readership of any shipping-related online newsletter in the region. It has also raised its profile in other major shipping hubs, such as Oslo, Hamburg, Singapore, London, and Greece, where it has a growing number of readers.
Topics that are regularly covered in The Maritime Standard include tanker shipping, container operations, dry and liquid bulk trades, ro-ro, and cruise shipping. In addition, readers can find up to date information about regional terminal operations; port development; classification; ship repair and conversion; shipbuilding; ship agency; finance and insurance; maritime law; and transportation & logistics. The newsletter, which celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2023, carries exclusives, analysis and interviews with top executives to add value to the publication.
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