Conferences, Seminars, Forums

High-Level engagements mark the second day of DEFEA 2025!

The second day of DEFEA 2025 International Exhibition for Defence, Security, and Technology featured high-level discussions, official visits, and key industry engagements. The exhibition continued to attract representatives from governments, international organizations, and the defence and security industry, fostering dialogue on current challenges and opportunities.

98 delegations from 45 countries engaged with participating companies, exploring potential collaborations and technological...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/07/high-level-engagements-mark-the-second-day-of-defea-2025/

Athens to host high level ‘Shaping the Future of Shipping’ Summit in June

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https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/07/athens-to-host-high-level-shaping-the-future-of-shipping-summit-in-june/

Revitalizing the US Maritime Industry a Focus of National Maritime Week

Advancing Legislation, Innovation, and Industry Resilience: “Revitalizing the U.S. Maritime Industry: When Policy Aligns with Possibility” Event

May 6, 2025: Washington, D.C. –Join industry stakeholders and government officials for The Maritime Accelerator for Resilience (MAR)’s “Revitalizing the U.S. Maritime Industry” on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The event will be held at the ABS’ Offices, located at 80 M St SE in Washington, D.C. It will bring together maritime...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/revitalizing-the-us-maritime-industry-a-focus-of-national-maritime-week/

Webinar: The benefits of retrofitting your fleet

Join LR’s experts on May 27, and learn how to make your fleet operate more efficiently and compliantly by retrofitting, with examples from recent case studies. 

Date: 27th May 2025 
Time: 09:00 am – 10:00 am (BST) or 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (BST) 
Location: virtual GoTo Webinar 

This webinar will cover: 
– How retrofitting benefits your fleet 
– Whether your retrofit decisions are robust and valid 
– What fuel savings retrofits can make, and how to validate those...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/webinar-the-benefits-of-retrofitting-your-fleet/

Nor-Shipping 2025 Thought Leader Interview – Rolf Thore Roppestad, CEO, Gard

Gard CEO Rolf Thore Roppestad

Why safety culture matters more than ever

Gard CEO Rolf Thore Roppestad outlines how the marine insurer is stepping beyond its traditional role to become a valued partner in safety, wellbeing and loss prevention. With ‘Safer with Gard’ as a central pillar of its 2030 strategy, the mutual is using data, technology and targeted partnerships to support seafarers, strengthen safety culture and deliver actionable, real-world insight to its customers.

A shared...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/06/nor-shipping-2025-thought-leader-interview-rolf-thore-roppestad-ceo-gard/

DEFEA 2025 Opens Tomorrow in Athens!

We are just one day away from the grand opening of DEFEA – Defence Exhibition Athens, which takes place from 6 to 8 May 2025 at Metropolitan Expo.

DEFEA 2025 is set to welcome hundreds of leading defence and security companies from around the world, showcasing cutting-edge technologies, systems, and solutions across land, sea, air, and cyber domains.

This year’s edition features:

– 436 exhibitors from 37 countries
– 18 international pavilions from key global players
– 98 Official delegations from...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/05/defea-2025-opens-tomorrow-in-athens/

All-Energy 2025: A feast of offshore wind learning on offer!

Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Kate Forbes MSP will give a keynote address in the opening plenary session at All-Energy 2025

The UK government’s Clean Power 2030 mission lies at the heart of the UK’s largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference – All-Energy 2025, owned and organised by RX. Being held at Glasgow’s SEC on 14 and 15 May it is free to attend for all with relevant business or academic interests. Offshore wind conference sessions and show floor presentations...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/05/all-energy-2025-a-feast-of-offshore-wind-learning-on-offer/

SNAME Monthly Meeting | Robust and Simulation Based Design of Ships and Energy Systems

Auditorium: V.Ships Greece Ltd, Piliou 1, 185 41, Piraeus, Greece

Robust and Simulation-Based Design of Ships and Energy Systems

Contemporary ship design challenges create new opportunities for the introduction and wide use of novel ship design optimization methods and systems virtual prototyping. The combined disruptive influences of maritime decarbonization, digital twining, circular economies, geographic trade instability as well inflationary...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/02/sname-monthly-meeting-robust-and-simulation-based-design-of-ships-and-energy-systems/

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