SMM 2026 in Hamburg highlighted a changing set of priorities for the maritime industry. While decarbonisation and energy efficiency remain strategic goals, maritime security, resilience and faster deployment of existing technologies increasingly shaped the agenda. More than 50,000 participants from 134 countries attended the four-day event, with around 2,300 exhibitors from 66 countries.
World Maritime Week 2027 is set to gather professionals, companies, associations, and institutions from across the maritime industry on 9 and 10 March at Bilbao Exhibition Centre. The event reaffirms its position as the premier meeting point for sharing knowledge, driving business opportunities, and fostering strategic partnerships within the sector.
AS Tallink Grupp and the Organizing Committee of the Mediterranean Games of Taranto 2026 reached a charter agreement for the cruise ferry Romantika. The ship will head to Italy, where she will provide accommodations and catering for the participants of the XX Mediterranean Games. Romantika will be chartered out with a technical and service crew.
Posidonia 2026 set a new benchmark for the global maritime industry, bringing together the world’s leading shipping stakeholders at a pivotal moment for international trade.
Sata Shipbuilding received its first steel rail delivery to the Mäntyluoto shipyard in more than a decade on Thursday, June 25, as a 16-car train from SSAB’s Raahe steel mill arrived carrying approximately 800 tonnes of steel plates.
Bilbao Exhibition Centre will host the next edition of World Maritime Week on 17-18 March 2027. In 2025, the event brought together 1,855 professionals from 27 countries, along with more than 50 exhibiting companies, facilitated over 300 B2B meetings, and featured 70 expert speakers in its conference programme.
With few weeks to go until the trade fair opens, demand is soaring and exhibitor spaces at the four-day event are nearly fully booked. Visitor tickets can now be purchased. “We are expecting over 2,200 exhibitors and around 50,000 international attendees from 120 nations here in Hamburg from 1 to 4 September 2026,” says Claus Ulrich Selbach.
Liebherr-MCCtec GmbH has been awarded the Platinum medal for the first time by the international sustainability rating agency EcoVadis. This
A maritime industry stakeholder event organized by the Economic Development Centre Uusimaa brought together key actors in the sector in
Minister Sakari Puisto: Finnish maritime competitiveness is anchored by performance, quality – and reliable, speedy vessel delivery The United States
