Posidonia 2022

All-time attendance records at the return of Posidonia

The return of the Posidonia exhibition after four years raised the bar, creating questions about whether the next exhibition, in 2024, could be even bigger.

Posidonia 2022 saw 1,964 exhibiting companies from 88 countries and around 29,000 visitors from 103 countries and territories who flooded the exhibition and conference rooms. The total number of participants in the Athens Metropolitan Expo of Greece, including exhibitors, visitors, and representatives of the press, exceeded 40,000 people.

“Our...

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UGS president underlines the need for energy transition global solution

The press conference of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) took place on the last day of the Posidonia 2022 exhibition, after five successful days of the event, which achieved an all-time attendance record with more than 27,000 visitors.

“Europe needs to understand the strategic importance of Greek shipping as the owner of 59% of the EU fleet, especially in times when shipping can play a crucial role in the continent’s scramble for energy independence,” pointed out the president of UGS, Melina...

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Bunkering fuel demand increases in ports outside Russia, fuel prices skryrocket

“Bunkering has been hit from the trickledown effect of the sanctions against Russia, and this of course has had a serious impact on prices,” said Alexandros Prokopakis, CEO of probunkers, an Athens-based LNG bunker supplier, in Posidonia.

Ship fuel suppliers rallied to more than 40 at an extremely critical juncture in the US$300 billion fuel market, due to a double “explosion” caused by the geopolitical crisis and the uncertainty surrounding the regulatory framework pertaining to the...

https://container-news.com/bunkering-fuel-demand-increases-in-ports-outside-russia-fuel-prices-skryrocket/

Maritime London Seminar: Urgent need for shipping decarbonisation solutions

The clear message of the “Trade and Shipping in a Disrupted World” seminar, which was organised by Maritime London and supported by the UK Department for International Trade, is that time for the recovery of the shipping industry has come.

The pandemic, the war and the rise in fuel prices are all challenges that the sector now faces, and at the same time, other incidents, such as Ever Given grounding in the Suez Canal, have shown how fragile the supply chain sector is.

The cooperation of the...

https://container-news.com/maritime-london-seminar-urgent-need-for-shipping-decarbonisation-solutions/

Posidonia 2022: Second day marks attendance record

The organisers of the Posidonia 2022 exhibition have confirmed that yesterday (7 June) was the event’s best-attended second day ever with a total of 5,945 visitors walking the four halls of the Metropolitan Expo Centre, which is packed with 1,948 exhibiting companies from 88 countries.

“We are delighted to see the overwhelming return of the global maritime community to the home of shipping,” said Theodore Vokos, managing director of Posidonia Exhibitions.

“This is a very special Posidonia as it...

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Posidonia 2022: The future of shipping is directly linked to data

“We are creating technologies that can make shipping greener and thus help the environment and future generations prosper,” said Jesper Bo Hansen, chief revenue officer of Zero North, during the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum of Posidonia.

The founders and CEOs of several maritime technology startups held discussions on the burning issues of carbon emissions and the digitalisation of the shipping industry.

The speakers agreed on the power of digital solutions and how they can act as a catalyst for...

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Greek shipping minister underlines the importance of new financial instruments and resources for decarbonisation journey

Shipping is required to face the complex challenges placed by the progressively stricter IMO and EU environmental legislation and the financial issues related thereto, according to the Greek minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Ioannis Plakiotakis.

In his keynote during the opening panel of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA) Conference on the third day of this year’s Posidonia Exhibition, Plakiotakis, referred to decarbonisation as a “flaming issue” and...

https://container-news.com/greek-shipping-minister-underlines-the-importance-of-new-financial-instruments-and-resources-for-decarbonisation-journey/

The Posidonia ribbon was cut, and businesses and networking began

On the afternoon of Monday, June 6, the first day of Posidonia 2022, the opening ceremony took place, officially marking the beginning of both the exhibition and the seminars that take place within it.

Container News was there and watched the speeches of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the EU Transport Commissioner, Adina Valean and the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Melina Travlos, who addressed key issues in the shipping industry, both nationally and globally, in...

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Ready, steady, go! Posidonia 2022 officially begins

The International Maritime Exhibition Posidonia 2022, which will take place from 6 to 10 June at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, is ready to open its gates.

The exhibition takes place after four years, while in 2020 it was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Posidonia 2022 will see 1,929 companies from 88 countries around the world exhibit their products and services to more than 18,000 visitors. In total, 24 National Pavilions from Europe, North America and Asia have confirmed that they will...

https://container-news.com/ready-steady-go-posidonia-2022-officially-begins/

Posidonia 2022 To Set Countdown Agenda for IMO’s next decarbonisation milestone

Leading classification societies outline roadmap to GHG emissions target reduction

The world’s leading classification societies for the marine industry are returning to Posidonia this June, following the pandemic-induced hiatus, during which they have been mapping out the path to the International Maritime Organisation’s 2030 deadline, for an at least 40% reduction of shipping’s average carbon intensity (CO2 per tonne mile), compared to 2008.

The most imminent milestone of the IMO’s...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/16/posidonia-2022-to-set-countdown-agenda-for-imos-next-decarbonisation-milestone/

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