1st TRI Forum

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENT IN SHIPPING AND PORTS 

Held 22nd October 2008, Hilton Grosvenor Hotel, Edinburgh

The focus of this kick-off event was “Private Equity Investment in Shipping and Ports”. The forum highlighted how recent trends and developments in private equity investments impacted on shipping and ports in Scotland.

Potential impacts of developments in financing maritime infrastructure were discussed and the potential conflict in utilising private equity finance between shipping and ports as profit generators, and the role of shipping services and ports in the wider socioeconomic context, was critically reviewed. The TRI Maritime Forum reviewed these new phenomena in financing maritime infrastructure and discussed the challenges for governments and institutions in dealing with private sector interests in strategic infrastructure assets.

Moderator: Gavin Roser (PANTRAK)

Key speakers:

Private Equity Investments in the Ferry Sector  

Prof. Alfred Baird - Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University

Private Equity Investments in Port Infrastructure 

Ricardo J. Sánchez - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC), Santiago Chile

Legal Issues Affecting Investment Decisions 

Neil Amner, Partner, Biggart Baillie LLP, Solicitors