Maritime industry meets again at 40th Europort edition

from ShipBuilding Industry issue 3 2021

Spartacus does justice to her name

ROTTERDAM AHOY IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT EUROPORT WILL RETURN THIS YEAR FOR ITS 40TH EVENT, TAKING PLACE FROM 2 TO 5 NOVEMBER 2021 AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED ROTTERDAM AHOY CONVENTION CENTRE.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF EUROPORT.

Renowned as the place to showcase special purpose ships and high-tech solutons, the much-antcipated event will be one of the frst live internatonal maritme conference and exhibitons in Europe since the pandemic.

With 27,000 professional visitors and 1,100 exhibitng companies, Europort is one of the world’s leading and long-established maritme events. Held between 2 - 5 November 2021 in the world port city of Roterdam, Europort 2021 will be the internatonal maritme meetng place for innovatve technology and complex shipbuilding. The event will focus on four key themes – Digitalisaton, Energy Transiton, Next Generaton, and Ship Finance.

Increase in innovative thinking

Raymond Siliakus, Exhibitons Manager at Roterdam Ahoy, says, “We are thrilled to be welcoming the internatonal maritme community back to Europort this year. The last 12 months have been very challenging, as we have all had to adapt to a new normal. However, changing circumstances have also led to an increase in innovatve thinking, as we have needed to fnd new ways to work. I believe this puts the industry in a strong positon to address the challenges we are facing now. The industry is embarking on a period of transformaton and to refect this, the Europort programme will address key challenges and opportunites such as digitalisaton and energy transiton. We encourage the whole maritme industry to join the conversaton and be part of the transformatve maritme dialogue Europort provides.”

What to expect

Europort 2021 will have a full programme of insightul and thought-provoking discussions and events to be announced. In additon to new atractons such as the Shipcon Shipathon, visitors can expect the return of popular events including the Europort Opening Summit, the Mare Forum Ship Finance Conference, Innovaton Stage pitches, masterclasses from C-suite level captains of industry, business matchmaking, awards, and networking.

Already, 85% of the exhibiton space has been reserved, while a brand-new Rising Stars pavilion will showcase innovatve, maritme technology start-ups. Many exhibitors from 28 diferent countries have already confrmed their partcipaton; including well-known brands and new names.

Renewed and sustainable

Exhibitors and delegates will also beneft from recently completed renovatons at the Roterdam Ahoy Conventon Centre, which removes the need for temporary halls. Roterdam Ahoy now ofers a range of state-ofthe-art exhibiton and conference facilites and has invested in a range of sustainability measures such as energy-saving geothermal technology, sound-proofng of exhibiton halls, wastewater separaton systems, service ware made from 100% recycled materials, and locally sourced products to reduce food miles.