The biennial Posidonia
exhibition is yet again
on our doorstep with
only a few months
remaining before
the 21st edition of the world’s
most prestigious shipping forum
opens its gates at the 30.700
square metre, one-level Hellenikon
Exhibition Centre from June 7-11.
Some 20,000 trade visitors are
expected to attend the exhibition
according to organisers’ early
estimates, breaking the previous
record set in 2008. This number
is likely to grow as the world is
emerging from the recession
with many of them expected to
focus on three key growth areas,
shipbuilding, ship equipment and
service industries. Organisers
also expect to welcome more
than 1,700 exhibitors from 80
countries.
Judging from the early feedback
of some of the committed
participants, Posidonia 2010 is
eagerly awaited by the global
maritime community as the dawn
to a new burgeoning era for the
shipping industry which has
recently faced some of the most
testing times in history. The show
is about to begin so stay tuned
and watch this space.
Posidonia 2010 is sponsored
by the Ministry of Economy,
Competitiveness and Shipping,
the Municipality of Piraeus, the
Hellenic Chamber of Shipping,
the Union of Greek Shipowners,
the Greek Shipping Co-operation
Committee, the Hellenic Shortsea
Shipowners Association, the
Association of Greek Passenger
Shipping Companies and the
Union of Marine Enterprises.
It’s Showtime or World Shipping
P osioiawill see a rage of sportig acti-ity from ifferet sports iclig
sailig, football a golf esrig ehibitorswill hae a wie choice of keepig fit othertha jst roamig aro the ast ehibitioee to atte meetigs a semiars.
And as Golf has recently gained Olym-pic sport status, it is only fitting thatit also makes its debut as a Posidoniaweek sport this June at the birthplaceof the Olympic Games. For the firsttime this year, ai golfig ethsiastsof the iteratioal maritime commitywill hae the opportity to test their teesa practice their pts at the Glyfaa GolfCorse, ajacet to the ehibitio ee. Aeicate toramet is alreay beig or-gaise a more iformatio is aailableat www.posioiagolfplay.gr
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smmer’s FIFA Worl Cp,Posioia ehibitors ca resole their foot-
ballig fes at the Karaiskakis staim, i arepeat of the 2008 iagral Posioia Ship-Soccer Toramet. This year’s PosidoniaShipsoccer Tournament is directly con-nected to FIFA’s World Cup, as the eet’sgol sposor, Castrol Marie, is also a spo-sor of the Worl Cp.
But Posidonia would never be withoutthe flagship sailing regatta PosidoniaCup. The event will ceremoniously markthe opening of Posidonia week a thisyear’s 5th aiersary coicies with aothermajor occasio, the 250 year aiersary ofits sposor, Lloy’s Register. Attractig epe-riece sailors a seior shippig eectiesfrom all aro the worl, the Posioia Cpwill oce agai proie the global shippigcommity with a opportity to meet, rei-force ol frieships a create ew oes.
Posidonia ShipsoccerTournamentThe alreay confirme participants are:1) Marine Spares International Ltd2) Dynacom Tankers Management Ltd3) Golden Union Co SA4) Diamantis Pateras Maritime Ltd
5) OSG Ship Management (GR) Ltd6) Euronav Ship Management S.A.7) Danaos Shipping Co LTD8) Norwegian Maritime Exporters9) Marichem Marigases
10) Lloyd’s Register11) Polychronopoulos12) Deloitte13) Castrol Marine14) Filathlitiki Naf tiliaki Enosi (F.N.E.)15) EVAL SA
16) Benemar Co17) International Paint Hellas SA18) Tsavliris Salvage
P o s i d o n i a 2 0 1 0 P r o g r a m m eFriday 4th June 2010 Posidonia Cup, Faliron Bay
Sunday 6th June 2010 Posidonia Golfplay, Glyfada Golf Club
Sunday 6th June 2010 Posidonia Shipsoccer Tournament
Monday 7th June 2010 Posidonia Opening Ceremony (by invitation only)
Μonday 7thJune-Friday11thJune Posidonia 2010 Exhibition Hellenikon Exhibition Centre
P o s i d o n i a P r e s s C o n f e r e n c e sEvent Venue Date Time
Posidonia official Press Conference Press Conference HORC Clbhose 3/6/2010 12.00-14.00
DNV Press Conference Posioia Semiar Room 8/6/2010 11.00-12.45
Germanischer Lloyd Press Conference Posioia Semiar Room 8/6/2010 13.00-14.45
Polish Register of Shipping Press Conference Posioia Semiar Room 9/6/2010 11.00-12.45
Marlink Seminar Posioia Semiar Room 9/6/2010 13.00-14.45
Panasia Ltd Seminar Posioia Semiar Room 9/6/2010 15.00-17.00
RINA Hellas Press Conference Posioia Semiar Room 10/6/2010 13.00-14.45
SDSD Seminar Posioia Semiar Room 10/6/2010 15.00-17.00
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SEOHAE Sales & Services B.V., a Caa-ia mafactrer of Corrosio ProtectioTape a Coatigs for Marie Applicatioa Sealig Tapes for Waterproofig of
Blk Cargos o Motor vessels is alreay preparigfor its seco cosectie Posioia, followig ahighly sccessfl presece i 2008. Peter Pelte-brg, Marketig & Sales Maager, hopes that the2010 eitio will be as sccessfl for his compayas the preios participatio: “At Posioia 2008 wereceie a lot of positie feeback from or cstom-ers. It also gae s a great opportity to meet withew cstomers. After the eet we hae otice agreat jmp i or bra awareess o the Greekmarket.
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See-time Posioia participat SchallerAutomation GmbH & Co. KG of Germayhopes to frther stregthe after sales ac-tiities i the Greek market after the Je
eet. “With its high mber of shipowers a es-sels er their cotrol, Greece offers a attractieopportity to get i closer cotact with some of themost importat operators of or oil mist etectioprocts. Or aim for this year’s show is to poitSchaller’s actiities more towar after sales aspectstha to OEM bsiess like the years before,” sai Mi-chael Theobal, Maager Bsiess deelopmet.
I its seco cosectie Posioia otig,the Norwegian International Ship Register hopes to promote itself as a qality flag a per-sae more shippig compaies to cosier the
norwegia flag both for eistig a ew ships, ac-corig to Eilif Fjo irector of commicatio i thenorwegia Maritime directorate.The nIS registers ships, their owership a ecm-braces a is the office i charge of issig Cer-tificates of natioality, CSR docmets a deletioCertificates. “Or aim is to promote norway as aqality flag,” he sai.
Chia’s Qinhuangdao Haihang MarineEquipment & Machinery Imp. & Exp.Co.Ltd., mafactrer of mai a a-iliary egie parts, sees Posioia 2010
as a opportity to woe the iteratioal shippigcommity a etwork with eistig cstomers.Accorig to Mr. Yogli Go, Geeral Maager:“POSIdOnIA is a ery importat platform for s topromote or bra serices as well as attractigimportat cstomers. The fair is a great platformto stregthe cooperatio with eistig cstom-ers a prse ew byers. It also helps raise orcompay, procts & serices to the iteratioalmarket.” The compay will isplay its marie maiegie parts, iesel & geerator a itroceits TuRBOCHARGE alteratioserices.
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Show ebtat Piraes-base Interna-tional Maritime Services (IMS) is look-ig forwar to its maie Posioia oyageto promote its ship registratio, seafarer’s
ocmetatio, techical sties, ship maage-met a brokerage serices to a worlwie ai-ece. Geeral director Makris Hmberto sai: “AtPosioia 2010 we are goig to preset or compa-y to the wie pblic for the first time. We are erypro to participate i the most importat meetigof the iteratioal shippig commity a atici-pate that after the e of the eet or presece ithe maritime istry will be sigificatly stregth-ee.”
Fortune Technologies, a Greek proier oftechology soltios to the marie istryplas to leerage Posioia 2010 for thelach of a powerfl Maagemet Iforma-
tio System (M.I.S) base o Microsoft BsiessAalytics tool. The compay says that small amisize maritime compaies are trig to bsi-ess-itelligece soltios to spot tres, so theyca act qickly a capitalize o opportities. Ma-agig director George Fryas sai: “Forte Tech-ologies was represete at the Posioia 2006& 2008 Ehibitio. There or team gie isitorsthrogh the Microsoft dyamics na – MaritimeA-o portfolio a also gae lie emostratiosof or soltios. We receie a lot of costrctiea importat feeback from the isitors, a thisgies s a soli foatio to frther improe aeelop i a positie irectio. From or participa-tio at Posioia 2010 we epect the potetial forfrther epasio a growth i the worl wieShippig Market,” he sai.
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Talking about loyalty, Bulgaria’s ship repair anconversion specialist Odessos ShiprepairYard S.A. is coming over to Athens for thetenth time in a row an it is not because they like
Attica’s sunny blue skies an irresistible cuisine an at-tractions, or at least this is what they claim. The weatheran culinary observations were not inclue in the rea-sons for these repeate business trips to Posionia: “Ourparticipations at Posionia have helpe us establish newbusiness contacts an strengthene our relations withlong-staning partners. We expect to continue this evel-opment with our participation at Posionia 2010,” sai Mr.dimitar Toorov, Executive director.
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