Maritime Environment Summit

Hamburg will be the location for the first global maritime summit of the maritime industry. For two days, industry experts from all over the world will attend the Global Maritime Environmental Congress (GMEC) to discuss developments, to present results, and to set a new course for sustainable green shipping. Patronage for this event, which is to be held regularly in future, has been accepted by Chancellor Angela Merkel.  

From 7 to 8 September 2010, more than 700 leading representatives from industry, government, academia, navies, tourism and environmental protection gather in Hamburg to discuss specific solutions for environment-friendly, sustainable shipping. The three Chairmen of the event, that is Micky Arison, Corrado Antonini and Spyros Polemis, are among the top names in international shipping.

GMEC is to make a major contribution to achieving the worldwide goals. That is showing in the packed schedule of the conference, addressing subjects such as green design and building for passenger vessels, navy and merchant ships, and their operation and subsequent recycling. It will come up with solutions to energy and emission problems at sea, the use of innovative propulsion concepts, and requirements for modern waste management, and provide answers to questions of environmental protection in ports and regional maritime areas.

These considerations are not taking the industry into uncharted waters - shipbuilding companies in particular have put forward innovative solutions in recent years, to deal with increasing scarcity of resources and rising economic challenges.

The new conference is to take place during ship building fair SMM 2010, with nearly 2,000 exhibitors and more than 52,000 trade visitors.