The second Global Maritime Environmental Congress (gmec) will be held as a[ds_preview] premium event in the framework of the 25th SMM trade fair in Hamburg from 3–4 September 2012, Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress, announced. The 2012 gmec will start with a round table discussion by leading experts, directly after the opening press conference of SMM. The second part will comprise conference sessions focused on practical use, held directly at the fair site, on the first day of SMM. This arrangement provides combination of software and hardware solutions. The conference sessions so far scheduled will focus on the following topics:
• Session 1: CO2, covering carbon trading, etc.
• Session 2: ECAs, scrubber technology
• Session 3: Ballast water and sewage
• Session 4: Green initiatives
»gmec 2012 is the perfect platform to present efficient green technology, which is already mandatory under IMO regulations to prevent marine pollution and is currently the dominating subject in the global shipping and shipbuilding industries, simply for reasons of cost«, noted Dirk Lehmann, Steering Committee gmec, Vice-President EMEC, and Managing Director at Becker Marine Systems. The organizers expect 300 to 400 participants at gmec.
