BBME Announced Its Strategic Agenda For The New year

The programme will be held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure.

According to the reports, Agenda aims at catalysing the sector’s progress in the region. The region’s leading breakbulk and project cargo event will highlight themes such as the sustainable development of the sector, the need to adopt advanced digital solutions, and the opportunities for growth that lie in markets such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Africa.

The event's 2023 edition is expected to draw over 4000 visitors and over 2100 companies from 55+ countries.

According to the report, the programme is known as the ideal place for the sector to network, secure business collaborations, and discuss pressing issues.

Based on the helpful suggestions of the Breakbulk Middle East Programme Advisory Board, which is made up of people from ADNOC Logistics & Services, Air Products, BBC Chartering, DB Schenker, DSV, and Fluor, the event will cover important topics that will help it move forward.

At BBME 2023, leading industry experts from across the region's supply chain will lead a number of informative and interesting sessions.

As per the report, the sessions comprise "MENA Project Review," "Saudi Arabia Project Spotlight: The Role of Giga Projects,"  "Africa as a Region of Opportunity: Outlook, Projects, and Entering the Market,"  and "Renewable Energy in the GCC: What is Possible?" The upcoming edition of the event will identify new business prospects within the GCC and beyond.

The report further adds topics to be discussed, which include the role of giga-projects such as the NEOM and King Salman Energy Park projects in Saudi Arabia and the North Field East LNG expansion project in Qatar in driving the economic growth of the region as well as enabling the expansion of the breakbulk sector in new markets.

Ben Blamire, Event Director of Breakbulk Middle East, said: "As the most sought-after event in the region’s breakbulk and project cargo sectors, it is necessary that we serve as an ideal meeting point for industry stakeholders, where knowledge sharing is at the core of their interactions."

He added that, in order to do so, we needed to identify key matters of concern in the sector and propose an event programme that tactically touched upon all of them. While decarbonization and digitalization have remained our focus for many years now, this time we have also directed attention towards new markets that house massive opportunities for the industry’s growth in the region.

In keeping with its reputation as a hub of knowledge, BBME 2023 will have important sessions where attendees can learn about trends that will affect project management and costs.

Trends include the "MPV Outlook: Trends, Trade, and Fleet," "Business Outlook: Rates, Capacity, and Sustainability,"  and "End-to-End Logistics: Artificial and Business Intelligence Driving Efficiency in Ports" sessions, which will bring together some of the industry’s most renowned experts to not only discuss how fluctuating rates over the coming months will impact businesses, but to also tackle the ongoing challenges facing the industry amid geopolitical instability, mentions the report.

Leslie Meredith, the Marketing Director for Breakbulk Events and Media, says that the agenda for BBME 2023 is carefully made to address the unique challenges and opportunities facing the industry.

Some of the most important subjects that needed to be tackled in today’s rapidly changing scenario were shipping rates and capacity, the adoption of digital tools, and resilience amid geopolitical instability. Strategically prepared with the help of our Advisory Board, their agenda will serve as a roadmap, guiding the sector towards finding practical solutions to key concerns and delivering a valuable experience for all attendees.

In terms of devising practical solutions to facilitate the industry’s growth, the 2023 edition of the event will host sessions such as "Rethinking Freight Formats" and "Building the Business Case for Deployment of Logistics Technology for Industrial Projects."

The report concludes that, with the help of these sessions, BBME will highlight how changing the freight format model could be the best option for a collaborative approach to de-risking engagement on projects.

These sessions will also emphasise the various latest technologies being used in the sector and how these advanced solutions can drive efficiency while transforming the business models of ports and terminals throughout the MENA region.

By Sumita Pawar