Date: 03-MAR-09 to 05-MAR-09
Venue: Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center

After a very successful event in Shanghai where we welcomed over 800 shipping, port and terminal executives. The TOC Worldwide Events team have decided to keep TOC Asia in China for 2009. TOC Asia 2009 will take place in Shenzhen the 3-5 March.

Port of Shenzhen is situated in the southern region of the Pearl River delta. It is the economic hinterland for Hong Kong trade with the Mainland and also one of the most important Chinese ports in terms of the country's international trade. The area has become one of the leading economic regions and a major manufacturing center of mainland China

Event Profile

TOC Asia is the shipping, ports and terminal event for Asia incorporating a high level conference and an exhibition. Shanghai is projected to become the world's busiest container port within the next two years. There couldn't be a better time to come and witness, at first hand, the extraordinary story behind this enormous city and its hugely important maritime sector.

Visitor's Profile

Terminal Operators, Port Authorities, Shipping Lines, Port Equipment, Software/IT and Systems suppliers, Secondary target audience, Government Agencies and Regulatory Bodies, Academics and Consultants, Consulting Engineers, Investment Banks, Road, Rail & Intermodal Companies, Warehouse Suppliers.

Exhibitor's Profile

Exhibitors include Port authorities, Terminal operators, Ship Owners/Operators/Agents, Crane engineers, Yard Planning, Barge Operator, Ocean carriers, Other port and terminal users, Forwarders, Shippers, Rail, Haulage, Handling equipment suppliers, Technology/IT providers.

Who should visit?

Your attendance at TOC Asia 2009 is vital if you work in any of the following roles/business sectors:

• Terminal Operators
• Port Authorities
• Shipping Lines
• Port Equipment, Software/IT and Systems suppliers
• Secondary target audience
• Industry
• Government Agencies and Regulatory Bodies, Academics and Consultants
• Consulting Engineers
• Investment Banks
• Road, Rail & Intermodal Companies
• Warehouse Suppliers

Why Exhibit?

Exhibiting at TOC Asia 2009 is an investment into your company's future success. Whether your goals are to increase your market share, launch a new product, increase brand awareness, penetrate a new market sector or increase your sales, TOC Asia 2009 will provide you with the ultimate tool to achieve these goals by delivering a targeted audience of decision makers from China and Asian markets.

TOC Asia 2009 Conference

TOC Asia 2009 will review the dramatic growth of the maritime powerhouse of Shenzhen and analyse why so many ocean carriers have made the region's facilities their port of call. However, with the prospects of a worldwide economic slowdown on the horizon, will the region’s ports and terminals face slower container volumes, and, if so, how will they react after years of seemingly unstoppable growth? Thus the principal theme of this year’s conference is Managing Uncertainty.

Situated in the south of the Pearl River Delta, in Guangdong Province, Shenzhen Port stretches along a 260km coastline. The combined ports – including among others Yantian, Shekou, Chiwan and Dachan Bay – now constitute the fourth largest maritime terminal complex in the world, recording a total throughput in 2007 of 21.1 million TEU.

As an exhibitor at TOC Asia 2008 you will have the opportunity to

Establish your company in the Asian port and terminal industry
Shanghai is projected to become the world busiest container port within the next two years and TOC Asia 2009 is creating a platform for you to set up in that market..

Network and do business with senior level decision makers.
TOC Asia attracts a great number of senior level decision makers from port authorities and terminals as well as ship owners and operators. With the new TOC format put in place the event will also attract a higher number of technical and operational managers from the worlds major shipping lines.

Target new customers, build and reinforce relationships.
The TOC Asia 2009 event is THE event for the Asian shipping, ports and terminal industries and is very well respected in the industry.

'Exhibiting at TOC Asia has enabled us to raise awareness of the Salerno Container Terminal, Esoware and Gallozzi Freight Forwarding. As a result, Gallozi Group have now opened offices in Shanghai. From a economical and technical point of view we could not have done this without participating in TOC Asia during the past 10 years' Frans Jol, Managing Director, Salerno Container Terminal

Attend the TOC Asia 2009 conference and improve your industry knowledge. The TOC Asia 2009 conference will fully reflect the significance of what has happened in Shanghai over the past decade and its overall impact on the global port industry.

Relax and enjoy networking with colleagues, old and new at the evening receptions.
The latest addition to the networking programme at TOC is the 'happy hour' reception which will take place in the exhibition hall after the conference close for the day. This creates another great opportunity for you as an exhibitor to meet the TOC delegates.

Organizer

Informa Maritime & Transport
Informa plc, Mortimer House, 37-41, Mortimer,
London, United Kingdom.
Tel: +(44)-(20)-70175000