Hong Kong stages biennial China Maritime Exhibition March 15-19

THE biennial China Maritime Exhibition will take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wanchai from Tuesday March 16 to Thursday March 18 featuring 20 shipbuilders and other marine interests from 10 countries.

Nine engine and propulsion system manufacturers are exhibiting as are eight interior furnishings and seating suppliers. They will be joined by six deck machinery suppliers, 16 marine equipment manufacturers and a similar numbers of the world's best known names in marine electronics.

Also exhibiting will be classification societies, bunker suppliers, marine media, governments, educators and NGOs.

Marine Money magazine will sponsor a series of conferences on March 16 at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, next door to the HKCEC and on March 17 the Hong Kong Ship Owners Association will present a Senior Executive Forum: Future of Shipping followed by a luncheon sponsored by leading classification society Det Norske Veritas.

The guest speaker there will be Doug Woodring of Project Kaisei, who will describe his experience of investigating the North Pacific Gyre and make suggestions as to how this enormous mess of plastic and other land sourced garbage can be removed.

To conclude the Hong Kong Ship Owners Association is combining with the Marine Department of Hong Kong to present a "Year of the Seafarer" awards luncheon for the maritime industry on March 19.

(Source: www.schednet.com)