Traditional and emerging maritime markets from Asia look set to firm their grip on world shipping through an all-time record participation at, the world’s most prestigious shipping trade exhibition.
The trade shipping event will be held for the 22nd time in Greece, June 7th to 11th at the Hellenikon Exhibition Centre.
India will make its Posidonia debut with a 300 sqm Pavilion of the Shipyards Association of India. The committed Far East presence at Posidonia 2010 is already 45 percent larger compared with the 2008 Exhibition bringing the total floor space of Asian participation up to 3,166 sqm, an increase of 1,000 sqm from two years ago. Korea will display its biggest ever Posidonia exhibitor participation, with KOSHIPA and KOMEA creating an impressive Korean Pavilion. Equally important is the increased stand alone presence of their major shipyards, which will include STX Business Group, Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd and SPP Shipbuilding Co LTD.
The Monaco Yacht Show brings together professionals from the international luxury yachting sector; ship-builders and designers, equipment suppliers, brokers and service providers. The MYS is renowned throughout the sector for being the show that must not be missed in the luxury yachting sector because it is the only yacht show exclusively devoted to Superyachts of at least 25 meters in length.
The only boat show in the world devoted exclusively to international luxury yachting.
- Stands held by 500 leaders in the international yachting industry and related businesses: 85 shipyards, including the best customized yacht builders in the world.
- The most prestigious assembly of big vessels on the planet: 100 exceptional yachts in the water, including 30 to 40 motor and sailing yachts on their world premier launches or being launched in 2009.
- Quality rather than quantity. 27 400 participants in 2009 including a decision-making private clientele with extremely high purchasing power, plus international professional visitors.
- 4 days of intensive networking punctuated with cocktail parties, evenings, conferences, etc.: the ideal opportunity to make new contacts in a festive, friendly context.
- The pleasure of returning to Monte-Carlo to stay in one of the Principality’s magnificent hotels, many of which have been renovated.
“Tall Ship Race 2010.”
Kristiansand is delighted to be hosting the 2010 Tall Ships’ Races and with an expected 300,000 visitors, it will be the largest event ever to take place in this region.
This national celebration with non-stop entertainment and not least the maritime festivities in the harbour area will ensure that Kristiansand is the hub of Norway during these exciting days from July 29 to August 1 2010.
The Tall Ships´ Races is an international event with young people, and for young people under the direction of Sail Training International. It is the annual regatta for small and large sailing ships, which is organized in different European cities. The regatta’s aim is to promote good relationships between young people through different activities whilst the ships are alongside.
The host cities also organise events for hundreds of thousands of people who join in this festive extravaganza. In 2010, all of Sørlandet (Southern Norway) will be invited to create the largest event ever to be held in our region. Kristiansand is the homeport for the beautiful sailing ship, Sørlandet, a favourite icon for our maritime connections as well as a symbol for us as the host city.
The vessel will, of course, be our ambassador for the Tall Ships’ Races 2010 and will naturally be at the centre of the event. The arrangement is to be held over four days and will offer an extensive cultural programme for participants and visitors. Local and regional businesses are invited to contribute and consequently will have the possibility of profiling themselves to a large section of the public. The huge interest in the Tall Ships` Races ensures that the run-up period to this event will also be of interest to potential sponsors. The host cities enjoy great attention and interest far and wide and profit enormously from the focus that the city attracts. Our focus in Kristiansand will be on the environment and the whole event will be carried out with the highest possible environmental profile.
Tall Ships` Races demand very high standards for the environment programme from the host cities. Kristiansand will strive to show ourselves as the environmentally friendly city we want to be known as, with future-oriented solutions within transport, waste disposal, energy and in recruitment. Our sponsors and partners will have the possibilities of marketing themselves locally and regionally, as well as internationally. There will be a great need for suppliers before and during the event. The environmentally friendly profile will lead to the Tall Ships` Races in Kristiansand being a very attractive arena for marketing products and services.
Drawing attention and attracting interest to the host city Kristiansand will bring great benefits from the international interest in the opportunities offered by our region. We will have the chance to show the enormous growth in our business and commercial life and highlight the need for more workers. Tourism will also play a key role in contributing to communication with the vast numbers of potential visitors. We will ensure that arrangements will be in place for valuable and meaningful activities before and during the event and that there will be high levels of participation by children and young people. The maritime environment, school sector, institutions, associations and individuals will have the possibility of using the Tall Ships` Races as an inspiration in their work.
Visitors will experience Kristiansand as an attractive and exciting city. Opportunities for formal and informal meetings will be organized where crews, visitors and locals can get to know each other and develop friendships. This event will impact on the whole region, especially the harbour area. More than 100 sailing ships will create a flamboyant framework for putting our city on the map. The celebrations in the centre of the city will be on a grand scale with entertainment the whole daylong. This is a celebration involving everyone in Sørlandet, and held on a scale never before experienced in our region. It is a party for the people by the people and is set to have far-reaching influence in the future.
The 8.8 degree temblor that hit the central-southern Chile on Saturday morning, has left more than 700 people dead and at least 2 million people homeless in this South American nation.
The massive earthquake also left some 53 countries anxious with suspense and prepared for a major disaster for almost 24 hours, the time that scientists predicted it would take shock waves from the powerful earthquake to race across the ocean in the form of massive waves.
The biggest earthquake to hit Chile in 25 years ripped apart buildings, highways and bridges and left a path of smoky rubble across a long swath of the. The death toll was expected to rise, particularly around Concepción, Chile’s second-largest metropolitan area, which is roughly 70 miles from the quake’s center
Many of the businesses of Indian nationals have been badly affected by the earthquake, with office buildings developing wide long cracks. Two high-end Indian restaurants and a plush perfume shop has also been damaged. “Most of the Indians here have suffered huge damages to their business. All these damages will take weeks if not months to repair and bring back to useable conditions,” said Bhojwani, who was trying to organize aid for the members of the Indian community in Chile.
Can shipping comapnies recover by slowing down their vessels?
After a brutal 2009 in the shipping industry, companies are taking things a little slower in 2010 – and saving their bottom lines from drowning.
Shipping companies, such as Danish carrier Maersk, are taking the slow boat to China, reducing their speeds and cutting their expenses. By halving its top speed, Maersk has cut its fuel consumption by almost 30% on certain routes, sacrificing time spent in transport for a more fuel-efficient trip.
The added benefit of the slowdown is the lowering of carbon emissions. As noted in The New York Times, transport emissions have soared in the past 30 years with the advent of long-haul shipping. Container shipping alone saw its emissions grow eightfold since 1985. According to the Times, more than 220 vessels are now practicing “slow steaming.”
Two countries are not fans of this new trend in shipping: They’re China and India.
