LONDON: The cargo shipping industry is tackling trade with Cuba, climate change and environmental issues starting Sunday in Cocoa Beach. The event for the Caribbean Shipping Association features experts on global goals for limiting greenhouse gases, disaster response and insurance issues throughout the two-day schedule.
Monday’s Cuba talk on integrating Cuba into Caribbean trade features two speakers from Havana: Ricardo Torres, economist from University of Havana, and Charles Baker, director general of the shipping container terminal at Port of Mariel in Cuba.
On Tuesday at 2 p.m., two speakers will address how to handle disasters and climate change: Rick Murrell, chairman and president of shipping giant Tropical Shipping; and Charles Serrano, director of Cuba Trade for the Antilles Strategy Group. Port Canaveral is hosting the conference, which will be held nearby at the Hilton Oceanfront Cocoa Beach.
The conference will be addressing concerns over a recent maritime study on greenhouse gas emissions, conducted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which estimated that for the period 2007 – 2012, shipping accounted for, on average, 2.7% of annual global carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. That amount is also growing, according to the study.
