Date: 03-07 June 2024

Location: Athens, Greece

Exhibition introduction

The Greek International Maritime Exhibition is one of the oldest, largest, most visited, and best exhibition results. Thanks to the unique position of Greek shipowners in the shipping industry, the exhibition has attracted a large number of shipowners, shipyards and related industries to participate. The exhibition has been strongly supported by the Greek government and the Greek Shipowners Association, attracting people from the shipbuilding, shipping and port industries from all over the world.

Since 2018, Greece has controlled a fleet of more than 4,000 vessels, the largest in the world, with assets worth $100 billion. In the first eight months of 2018, Greece invested more than $3 billion and bought 200 ships. During the same period, about $3.8 billion was spent on new construction projects. It is estimated that IMO 2020 sulfur emission limits and ballast water treatment regulations will cost the shipping industry $50 billion. Therefore, innovation is the most important part of the development of the Greek maritime market. The Greek owners have partnered with leading Marine equipment manufacturers to address these challenges and determine how best to deploy their multi-billion dollar budgets. This collaborative approach is the hallmark of Posidonia, where exhibitors work closely with ship owners and managers to explore solutions and discover new opportunities.

Greece is strategically located between the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. In 2008, COsco signed a concession with Greece to lease some of the terminals at the port of Piraeus for a total of more than 4 billion euros. Piraeus port is an important commercial port on the Mediterranean coast, and goods can be directly transported to other European countries through this port, eliminating the pain of time-consuming detour.  China will also assist Greece in the construction of Piraeus port, which is slated to become a major container transshipment port in the Mediterranean region. China COsco Shipping already operates a large terminal at the port and is one of its biggest customers. Greece is the gateway connecting Central and Eastern European countries, will narrow the relationship between Greece and China's big market, can radiate neighboring countries, but also an important geopolitical stronghold of China, China's maritime routes to the Mediterranean will be more frequent.

Since 2008, there have been three notable changes in the cooperation between Greece and China in the field of shipping: First, Greek shipowners continue to expand their shipbuilding scale in China in the face of the sluggish international trade and shipping market. Second, Greek ship owners not only order traditional bulk carriers and oil tankers in China, but also purchase high-tech, high value-added large container ships and liquefied natural gas vessels. Third, the dependence of Greek shipowners on foreign trade with China is increasing. At present, 60% of China's annual oil imports and nearly 50% of the imports of general commodities are completed by Greek shipowners by sea.

With the large number of Greek shipowners, you will have the opportunity to understand the market situation directly with the shipowners, and also participate in more cooperation through the shipowners. Expand your business opportunities on this excellent platform. Greek shipowners are always ready to listen to your needs and are keen to work with suppliers and service providers to achieve fleet expansion. Greeks are the largest group of customers in the finance, insurance and sales buying markets. Large-scale greenfield projects have led to increased demand for shipbuilding, Marine equipment and information technology and services to support the service systems of their global operations. Face to face with professional fleet maintenance and ship technology operators in the industry, only Posidonia can match the scale required. The smooth signing of contracts and the establishment of valuable contacts during the exhibition has always been the reason for the popularity of Posidonia. Following the history of the Greek maritime market for half a century, Posidonia 2018 once again broke records as the international maritime industry event.

Review of previous sessions

The 2022 exhibition attracted 2,909 exhibitors from 98 countries and regions, 22 national pavilions, 23,527 exhibitors and 39,485 professional visitors to participate in this event for the shipbuilding and shipping industry. Among them, the Chinese pavilion has attracted much attention in many countries and regional pavilions, and there are more than 200 Chinese exhibitors, which is the largest national pavilion, including well-known enterprises such as COSCO/ CCS/ CSIC/ CSSC/ Sainty.

Market introduction

Greek shipowners remain active

In 2018, the global new ship order volume began to grow significantly, 146 new ship orders, Greek shipowners have ordered 40 ships, Chinese shipowners ordered 26 ships, Greek shipowners tend to order oil tankers, accounting for 65% of their new ship orders, that is, 26 ships, of which Greek shipowners favor VLCC new ship orders for 15 ships. According to Clarksons Research, 10 countries have seen the largest increase in fleet capacity since the beginning of 2010, with nine countries still in this cohort as of 1 May 2017. Among them, the Greek ship owners under the most growth of the fleet, during this period, the Greek fleet expanded a total of 89.3 million GT capacity, which can be seen as a sign of the Greek ship owners to consolidate their largest ship ownership country in the world, according to the continuous delivery of new ships in recent years, as well as the level of second-hand ship buying and selling, British online ship valuation provider VesselsValue statistics show that In the 2018 ranking of the world's top 10 ship-owning countries, Greece's fleet valued at $84.079 billion continues to lead the way, becoming the world's most powerful merchant fleet by capacity.

Range of exhibits

1, repair shipyard enterprises, shipowners;

2, ship supporting: generator, Marine machinery, Marine living, deck equipment, Marine power and electrical equipment, Marine coating surface treatment. Seafood processing workshop manufacturers, ship cooling equipment;

3, engineering services: consulting services, quality improvement services, professional and technical services;

4. Ship finance, finance and financing services;

5, Marine services: conventional supply, fuel lubricants, insurance, tug service, freight forwarding and cargo handling;

6. Port Authority, Maritime Safety.

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