Las Palmas will host the second edition of the Shipping Canary Islands forum on October 26 and 27, 2026, organized by business association Oneport Canarias. Following its 2025 debut, the event returns to the Port of La Luz to bring together shipowners, executives, technical experts and political representatives with a central objective: to discuss the reshaping of geopolitical routes, decarbonization challenges and security in maritime transport. Click here to register.
The event comes at a time of maximum pressure for the island sector, which is being affected by the entry into force of European regulations such as FuelEU Maritime and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), requiring the energy transition to be accelerated without losing competitiveness against ports in third countries. The event, which is an important date on the agenda, has the official backing of leading players in the island ecosystem, including Proexca and the Gran Canaria Island Council’s SPEGC. Private-sector supporters include Suisca Group, Hospitales Universitarios San Roque, Canarias Shipping, SGS and Morpul, consolidating Las Palmas as the main meeting point for maritime debate in the Atlantic.
Bunkering, geopolitics and the role of financial capital
The preliminary program structured by Oneport covers the industry’s main operational fronts. In the energy field, the panel dedicated to bunkering will bring together key companies such as Moeve, Minerva Bunker and Grupo Hidramar to analyze supply trends and the introduction of new marine fuels in the mid-Atlantic.
International strategic analysis will be provided by experts such as former State Ports president Fernando González Laxe and ULPGC professor Lourdes Trujillo. In the financial and customs section, executives from Attijariwafa Bank and Banco Sabadell will address private financing channels and trade flows with emerging markets and the Mercosur sphere of influence.
Emergencies, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence
The agenda also includes panels devoted to the development of the blue economy, the cruise industry—with the participation of the International Association of Cruise Lines (CLIA)—and the management of marinas. Operational security will also play a significant role, with dedicated sessions on maritime emergency management, digital fraud prevention and the integration of artificial intelligence solutions into the port supply chain.
The agenda
Fuel supply and the energy transition will occupy a central place in the panel dedicated to bunkering, where specialist Susana Broco will moderate the discussion on new marine fuels. The session will feature technical contributions from Rafael Rolo, head of the technical office at Grupo Hidramar, along with Francisco Díaz, sales director of Marine Fuels Solutions at Moeve, and Gonzalo Moche, head of sales at Minerva Bunker. Meanwhile, analysis of major international trends and the reshaping of maritime flows will be led by ULPGC professor Lourdes Trujillo, who will head a geopolitical panel featuring former State Ports president Fernando González Laxe, president of the Confederation of Employers of Galicia Juan Manuel Vieites, and University of Cádiz senior lecturer María del Mar Cerbán.
The blue economy and passenger traffic management will feature prominently through the cruise industry and nautical facilities. The director of the International Association of Cruise Lines (CLIA) in Spain, Alfredo Serrano, will lead the panel on tourism sustainability alongside José González, CLIA’s vice president of sustainability for Europe, and Elisa Zamora, director of Hamilton y Cía.’s Cruise Division. The management of marinas and recreational ports will be examined by Tomás Azcárate, president of Marinas de España, in a panel that will add the operational perspectives of Dácil La Camera, director of La Marina Las Palmas, and Jose Juan Calero, CEO of Calero Marinas.
The regulatory environment, financing and foreign trade will be addressed through dedicated panels on customs and international banking. Expert Jose Rafael Díaz will moderate the discussion on the regulatory outlook for customs and its relationship with the Mercosur framework, with contributions from professor Alberto Camarero, customs law specialist Antonio de la Ossa and Adriana Suárez, sales manager at Scenario SRL. In parallel, private external financing support mechanisms will be examined by Tax Agency inspector Javier Sánchez Simón, joined by Ignacio Pino, director of Attijariwafa Bank Europe-Spain, and Josefina Nuez, regional director of International Business at Banco Sabadell.
Maritime security and digital transformation will close the program with presentations focused on managing technical and technological risks. Woo Sung Chang, president of the Atlantic Association of Maritime Emergencies, will coordinate the analysis of operational responses to contingencies at sea alongside Jaime González, president of the Logistics Operators Subcommittee of the Chamber of Spain, and Sergio Díaz, manager of the Fuerteventura Technology Park. Finally, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence challenges will be addressed in presentations by the Fraud Subgroup of the North District Police Station, Samuel Pérez, director of business development at Cloud Canary Services, and Diego Tucillo, CEO of Deduce Data Solutions.
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