The maritime exhibition and conference in Gdansk will attract thousands of international visitors to Poland in September and provide insights into Poland’s maritime prospects.
From 3 to 5 September 2013 the 17th International Maritime Exhibition & Conference BALTEXPO 2013 will act as a panel for[ds_preview] Polish and international players of the maritime industry. This year, the focus is on green energy and on the new two-day Polish-Norwegian Maritime Business Forum. The exhibition also features new exhibition space dedicated to ports and companies in the logistics supply chain.
The exhibition series which started in 1982 during the Cold War years has turned into a platform for cooperation attended by vistors from the Baltic neighbour countries today. International visitors also play an important role while Central and Eastern Europe are traditionally represented strongest. The exhibition, which takes place every two years, offers a wide range of issues, this time structured according to seven fields of interest: Shipbuilding Industry, Offshore, Port and Terminal Facilities, Marine Navigation, Safety and Security, Evironment Protection and the field of Media, Law and Politics. It is Poland’s most important maritime event.
The exhibition’s general objective is to support the evolution of the maritime economy, tackling traditional as well as completely new issues, such as offshore power generation and intermodal transport. Wärtsilä and class society DNV’s branch DNV Software will be among the larger players in Gdansk. Corresponding to this year’s focus, Norwegian Kongsberg Maritime also announced to »play an active part at the conference«. In all, a total of 286 companies attended the last BALTEXPO 2011, and the overall exhibition space was 8,179 m3. Organiser Zarz d Targów Warszawskich S.A attracted some 4,600 visitors. Now, he says »Baltexpo 2013 will be Poland’s first and most representative effort to present the aforementioned new dimensions of the maritime business, providing participants with a solid platform for establishing new and promising commercial contacts.« The event includes a programme of conferences and debates.
This comprehensive programme starts with the newly established Polish-Norwegian Maritime Business Forum on 3 and 4 September where the question of LNG and innovative ship design will be on top of the list. This Forum will also deal with general aspects of cooperation between both countries including mutual trade and investment. The second day of the Forum will focus on offshore energy and all aspects of cooperation as for marine wind farms.
During these two days, specific aspects of the Polish maritime sector beyond bilateral cooperation will also be discussed, of course. At the beginning of this year’s conference series, attendees may gather latest information on the character of the offshore market in Poland. The current situation and prospects of Poland’s shipbuilding industry including sources of funding will be on the agenda of 4 September. At the same day development prospects of seaports in Europe versus the development of seaports in Poland will attract the expert public. On the last day, 5 September, visitors will look into the subject of safety and security of ports and shipping and into technologies supporting environmentally friendly shipping development as well as modern B2B marketing applications.
Generally, the exhibition will be attended by participants from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Lithuania, Norway, The Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, and Sweden this time. This year’s location is another premiere: For the first time, BALTEXPO will be held at the AMBEREXPO Exhibition and Convention Centre in Gdansk, 11 aglowa St. The Main Partner of the event is MTG SA Gda sk International Fair (Mi dzynarodowe Targi Gda skie S.A.). Organisers have presented a list of immediate challenges which is promising enough: new discoveries of undersea oil and natural gas deposits, strong demand for new products and services in the offshore sector, a dynamically developing renewable energy sector, trends towards »ecologized« shipping and finally new regulations (IMO and EU).
