• Asime held today in Vigo the second edition of the Maritime Trends Summit.
• The International Naval, Maritime and Port Congress brought together more than 200 business representatives and leading organisations in the sector at national and international level, who discussed the latest trends and the future of this industry, while establishing contacts to close new projects and collaborations.
• The event was sponsored by the companies Ardora, Brezo, Coterena, Detegasa, Galenergy, Industrias Ferri, Grenalia, Grupo Davila, Marinsa, Ocean Winds and Royal Roos.

Asime has held in Vigo the 2nd edition of Maritime Trends Summit, the international reference congress for the naval, maritime and port industry.

The event began yesterday, 29th November, with business visits to the facilities of the Armón shipyard and the Port Authority of Vigo, as well as a networking cocktail at the Real Club Náutico de Vigo with all the attendees, which was inaugurated by the Regional Minister of Economy, Industry and Innovation, María Jesús Lorenzana and the Mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero.

On Thursday 30 November, the congress activity moved to the Mar de Vigo Auditorium, where more than 20 speakers and 200 attendees have gathered.

With this initiative, the Galician metal cluster offers a meeting place for the naval-maritime and port industry at international level: “Maritime Trends Summit consolidates in this second edition as a reference event in the sector. It is a unique congress, which differs from other events because it is very business oriented. At the same time as we analyse together the latest trends in the sector, what we are looking for is to generate business opportunities”. To do this, he explains, they have “brought buyers closer to our companies in the naval-maritime world, which in Asime are more than 270, one of our core activities,” said Enrique Mallón, Secretary General of Asime.

The event brought together more than 200 national and international experts, including major shipbuilders, port representatives, maritime multinationals, heads of SMEs in the value chain, leaders of marine energy projects and, especially, purchasing managers of all these companies, who attended the event to attract potential suppliers, as explained from Asime.

7 thematic sessions

During the opening, Enrique Mallón, Secretary General of Asime, highlighted that the Galician naval-maritime industry has a unique and consolidated international brand.”Its wide range of capabilities, services and potential make it especially interesting for investors and customers ranging from cutting-edge shipbuilding and ship repair to efficient logistics with the motorway of the sea.

“In Galicia there are more than 270 companies with naval-maritime capacity integrated in Asime. This is a strong industry, which generates around 8,000 jobs and supports the economy of our territory. We are also a purely exporting industry, 90% of the ships built in Galicia in the last decade were exported abroad”.

Maritime Trends Summit hosted in 7 sessions debates on topical issues such as the current reality of shipyards and shipowners, ways of diversification, opportunities in defence, logistics and port challenges, technological innovations or the rise of marine energy. For this purpose, expert speakers from all the key areas of the international naval-maritime and port industry participated: national and international shipyards (Grupo Armón, Damen Shipyards, West Sea Viana, Nodosa Shipyard, Astilleros Gondán) European research centres (Fraunhofer CML, Centre for Logistics and Maritime Services); shipowning companies (Tri Marine, Armadora Pereira, Mystic Cruises); offshore wind promoters and producers (Greenalia, Ocean Winds); defence and security (Spanish Navy, Guardia Civil); and institutional authorities and other international actors.

Institutional closure

At the closing of the congress, Justo Sierra, President of Asime, stressed that “the productive capacity occupied is around 85% on average. Our order book represents 33% of the total of national CGTs, but Galicia accumulated 96% of all new contracts signed by Spanish shipyards in the first half of 2023.

Therefore, the growth path is evident; we are in a good moment for the Galician shipbuilding industry and we must continue reinforcing this trend, that is why congresses like Maritime Trends are important to close new orders and collaborations.

Regarding the challenges, Sierra highlighted that “we have major challenges ahead of us, such as the decarbonisation of a sector that, due to its technical characteristics, cannot be based solely on electrification. Innovation and training of professionals will play a crucial role, and in this context it is essential to mobilise sufficient public-private support through the naval PERTE and other important initiatives, which permeate towards SMEs and promote a real transformation of our productive fabric”, he concluded.

Elena Espinosa, Deputy Mayor of the City of Vigo: “The value chain of the naval, maritime and port sector involves a wide network of partners, suppliers and public and private organisations that make up an ecosystem that must collaborate efficiently, something that has been more than achieved in this Maritime Trends Summit. The biggest challenge now is to engage with the environment and in that respect we need to pioneer components and services in the field of emission reduction.

“Let us stand together for the sustainability of our industry, always based on the economic, social and environmental pillar, because these are challenges that we must overcome by walking together”.

Alfonso Rueda, President of the Xunta de Galicia: “Our commitment from the Xunta is to reduce bureaucracy to facilitate the economic life and efforts of the sector, which should not run up against unrealistic standards or goals. In addition, the need for skilled labour is widespread in the sector, so we are committed to supporting training, such as dual vocational training, to adjust the supply to the real demand of companies. Likewise, in terms of infrastructures, we are committed to establishing those that correspond to us at regional level, but also to claiming those that should be undertaken by the central government, because it is necessary to redistribute European funds to reach the entire associative fabric, as promised”.

Finally, Rueda highlighted the potential of offshore wind power:

We have to give it normality, institutionalise it, we have to talk to everyone and not allow “not here” positions, when, if it is done rationally and respecting the environment and other activities, we can promote thousands of jobs. We have to be the European hub of reference in offshore wind energy.

Key messages

The session on shipbuilding and ship repair addressed shipyard capacities and the importance of the value chain.

Adolfo Navarro, Sales and Business Development of Grupo Armón: “We look to the future with optimism, this is a strategic sector, capital-intensive and employment-generating, and it supports other key sectors such as fishing, tourism, logistics and defence. It is true that decarbonisation generates uncertainty, but it can have a dynamising effect on the renewal of the fleet. In addition, in Galicia we have an added value which is our excellent auxiliary industry, and there is no good shipyard if there are no good suppliers around”.

Carlos González, head of sales at Damen Shipyards: “The trends in the sector are sustainability and digitalisation, automation and propulsion are going to mark the ship of the future and for this we must work from operational excellence and the training of our professionals”.

Renato Afonso, Purchasing and Logistics Coordinator at West Sea Viana, also emphasised the pressing lack of qualified professionals throughout Europe and stressed that new propulsions will be fundamental in the medium term, “there is not going to be a single solution, we are moving towards a combination of fuels such as hydrogen, methanol and electric”.

On the more international side, Julius Küchle, Project leader and associate researcher at the Fraunhofer Center for Logistics and Maritime Services in Hannover (Germany), gave a keynote speech on the impact of autonomous shipping, which “offers huge cost reductions for shipowners, but poses a challenge for SMEs and ancillary industry, which must adapt to remain competitive”.

In the shipowners’ panel, leading companies presented their views on trends and opportunities for the industry in the current scenario.

Roque Serrano, Fleet Technical Director of Armadora Pereira, emphasized the challenge of decarbonization: “The issue is not only to make ships with sustainable propulsion, the challenge is also the access to replenish these renewable fuels. For fishing fleets this is still a chimera, especially those operating in seas such as the South Atlantic or parts of Africa, where such access is impossible today”.

José Manuel Blanco, Industrial and Fleet Operations Director of Tri Marine Group: “We must work on new materials and more sustainable designs, for example for the reduction of plastics, where 87% of our materials are already biodegradable”.

Trends in propulsion systems towards decarbonisation and digitalisation as a key tool for maintaining the competitiveness of the sector were also discussed.

Roberto Cabeceira, Area Director of Aitodetec, stressed that “the sector is receptive to technology, but there is still a general lack of knowledge about the improvements it can bring, for example in metric digitisation and re-engineering”.

Óscar Viéitez, CEO of Marinsa explained that emission reductions can be achieved through route optimisation (up to 20% reduction), hydrodynamics (15%), machinery (up to 20%) and, of course, fuels, where emission reductions can reach 100%, but are still a challenge in many cases”.

There was also time to talk about business avenues and diversification.
Captain Amadeu Albuquerque, Mystic Cruises’ Director of Nautical Operations: “In the cruise segment, navigation technology must be state-of-the-art and the use of AI equipment can greatly help crews to follow all the regulations in force, which are sometimes complex”.

José Ramón Regueira, Commercial Director of Nodosa Shipyard: “In addition to shipbuilding, repair is also a very important vector for Galicia. We carry out conversions, extensions, re-motorisations… major modernisations of great complexity”.

Juan Puente, head of subcontracting structures at Chantiers de l’Atlantique, also emphasised this aspect, highlighting the “evolution from fishing boats to new lines of business that are gaining more and more weight in international shipyards, such as large cruise ships, military vessels and offshore wind power”.

Maritime Trends also addressed the topic of offshore wind power, one of the booming business areas for the shipbuilding industry, due to the interrelation that exists with its value chain.

Raúl Martín, Head of Offshore Wind and New Technologies at Greenalia presented the GOFIO project being developed in Gran Canaria “This will be the first pre-commercial offshore wind farm in Spain. It is the only project outside of pilots and experimentation that is currently in the pipeline, it does not need to wait for an auction or regulatory calendar, we are going to start up a wind farm in Spanish waters with a total of 50MGW”.

Manuel Fernandez, Project Director at Ocean Winds, explained how the sector is evolving: “We currently have a total of 17GW of offshore wind farms in operation with an investment of 50,000 million euros. These are farms in operation, under construction or under development for the next 10 years and one third of them are already floating wind farms. However, most of these projects are in the USA and the UK, which are the leading countries in the regulation of this energy; we already have one underway off the coast of Portugal, but the challenge now is to speed up these investments here in Spain as well”.

Álvaro Platero, Project Coordinator of Astilleros Gondán complemented the debate with his vision as a shipyard: “Traditionally we started with fishing vessels, but we have been adapting to what has been coming and today we are proud to be able to show ships as diverse as offshore wind power, where Galicia has already positioned itself as an international reference”.

Finally, the thematic sessions closed with a panel on defence and security, with exceptional speakers.

Miguel Salom, Colonel of the Coastal and Maritime Police Headquarters of the Guardia Civil, explained that they are a historical client for the Spanish naval industry, with great demands due to the peculiarities to which the ships must respond in coastal security, but which also place them at the forefront. In this sense, he highlighted the new vessel contracted by the Civil Guard to the Armón shipyard which, with 82 metres in length, will be the largest of the corps to date”.

Raúl Rico, Production Manager of Navantia Ferrol Shipyard, commented that the shipyard employs 1,300 people, 2,000 with auxiliary industry and a total of 9,000 direct and indirect jobs. “In the last 30 years, defence has been a key vector for Navantia. We have produced for them large ships, amphibious aircraft carriers, destroyers, logistic ships… and now 5 f110 frigates, which are a Spanish project with the participation of many national companies and which allow us to face the future with very good prospects”.

Captain Francisco Antón, Deputy Director of Engineering of the Spanish Navy, emphasised that “in the Navy we pursue technological superiority and the avant-garde in our ships, but we have great challenges ahead of us. One of them is to speed up the timescales, as it normally takes 15 years from the time a defence system begins to be defined until it is produced. This puts equipment at risk of becoming obsolete or unable to respond to the threats in place at the time. Also, at the technological level, the key pillar, as we already integrate in the F-110 frigates, must be the digital twin, which provides operational and logistical support for decision making.

• Asime will hold the second edition of the Maritime Trends Summit on 29 and 30 November in Vigo.
• The International Naval, Maritime and Port Congress will be a meeting point for 200 business representatives and leading organisations in the sector at national and international level, who will discuss the latest trends and the future of this industry.
• The event is sponsored by, among others, the companies Ardora, Brezo, Galenergy, Grenalia, Marinsa, Ocean Winds and Grupo Davila.
  This morning, Asime has presented at its headquarters in Vigo the details of the second edition of Maritime Trends Summit, its International Naval, Maritime and Port Congress, which will take place next 29th and 30th November in Vigo.

Enrique Mallón, Secretary General of Asime, highlighted that “Maritime Trends Summit consolidates in this second edition as a reference event in the sector. It is a unique congress, which differs from other events because it is very business oriented. At the same time as we analyse together the latest trends in the sector, what we are looking for is to generate business opportunities”. To do this, he explains, they seek “to bring buyers closer to our companies in the naval-maritime world, which in Asime are more than 270, one of our core activities”.

More than 200 national and international experts are expected to attend the event, including major shipbuilders, port representatives, maritime multinationals, heads of SMEs in the value chain, leaders of marine energy projects and, especially, purchasing managers of all these companies, who will attend the event to attract potential suppliers, as explained by Asime.

Activities during the congress

• On 29 November, business visits will be organised to the facilities of the Armón Group and also to the Port Authority of Vigo. In addition, that same day at 20:30, a networking cocktail will be held at the Real Club Náutico de Vigo, with the aim of enriching the experience of the participants, providing a relaxed atmosphere in an incomparable setting, to generate contacts and interaction among attendees.
• On the 30th of November, the congress activity moves to the Mar de Vigo Auditorium, where the congress presentations will take place from 09:00 to 14:30.There will also be a cocktail party at the end of the congress, to continue providing networking spaces to promote business and joint projects between companies.

Speeches

Rebeca Gil, Technical Coordinator of the Congress, gave some details of the congress presentations, in which “we will bring together the main players in the industry at international level, to examine, among other topics, the current reality of shipyards and shipowners, new business areas and markets, logistical and port challenges and the rise of marine energies”.

“Both attendees and speakers will have a special focus on profiles that favour the generation of business, especially fleet and shipyard managers, purchasing managers and supply managers”.

The congress will be organised into different panels, including the following:

• Defence industry, with the intervention of the Spanish Navy.Shipbuilding and ship repair, where experts from leading shipyards such as Navantia, Grupo Armón, Nodosa Shipyard or the Portuguese West Sea Viana will talk about capabilities and the importance of the value chain.
• Trends in propulsion systems will also be addressed, an area where important developments are taking place towards new energies linked to the energy transition, many of these developments precisely in Galicia, with companies such as Marinsa, which will offer a complete vision in this regard.
  Offshore wind power, one of the booming business areas for the naval industry, due to the interrelationship that exists with its value chain. For this reason, the opportunities presented for the value chain will be addressed, with promoters such as Greenalia and Oceans Winds.
• A keynote speech by the Fraunhofer Centre for Logistics and Maritime Services in Hannover (Germany), one of the most internationally renowned research institutes in this field, which develops innovative solutions for the maritime sector and its supply chain; and the Port of Rotterdam, one of the largest in Europe.
• The event will be closed by the president of Asime, Justo Sierra; the mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero and the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Mr. Alfonso Rueda.

State of the sector

Regarding the current state of the naval-maritime sector in Galicia, Enrique Mallón took the opportunity to stress that “we are in a good moment, the productive capacity occupied is around 85% on average. These are good figures, but with room for further growth. Asime’s objective is still to recover the figure of 10,000 workers that existed in the sector years ago. At the moment we are still a long way off, at around 7,000, but now the reasons are more related to the lack of qualified personnel that affects all industries, and not to the lack of projects in recent years. We must continue working to expand our order book and projects, and that is why congresses such as the Maritime Trends Summit are crucial for our sector”.

“The Galician shipbuilding and maritime industry has a unique and consolidated international brand. Its wide range of capabilities, services and potential make it particularly interesting for investors and customers ranging from cutting-edge shipbuilding and ship repair to efficient logistics with the motorway of the sea. Precisely, with this international projection that is part of the DNA of our sector, we are participating this week in the Europort fair in Rotterdam, one of the most important in the world”, explained Enrique Mallón. A delegation of more than 10 companies led by Asime has travelled there to close new business opportunities and also to spread the celebration of the Maritime Trends Summit congress, with the aim of continuing to work on its international essence.

Asime concluded by inviting “companies in the sector to participate in Maritime Trends Summit and be part of this conversation about the present and future of the maritime, naval and port world. We firmly believe that together we can contribute to the growth and sustainable development of this sector. We are sure that it will be an enriching experience for all”.

Maritime Trends Summit has brought together the main actors of the naval-maritime industry at international level: companies, organizations and institutions that have reflected on the current state of the sector and the challenges it faces.

Asime held on October 22nd the Maritime Trends Summit, the new international congress of reference for the naval, maritime and port industry.

The event was held in a mixed form with more than 300 online attendees and 50 face-to-face participants in Vigo, reduced under invitation to the highest institutional and business representation.

With this initiative, the Galician metal cluster starts a meeting point for the naval, maritime and port industry at an international level:

“Maritime Trends is a unique event that has come to stay. With it, we give answer to the need that existed to go out to the exterior with a congress of this type, to debate with other companies and international actors towards where this industry goes and in which segments and opportunities we must locate or to deepen”, emphasizes Enrique Mallón, General Secretary of Asime.

“Today we have gathered in Maritime Trends an exceptional list of speakers and companies attending from more than 20 different countries, we have put the Galician naval-maritime industry on the map worldwide. This sector represents more than 3% of the EU GDP, it is a driving force in our economy and we have the great challenge and at the same time the great opportunity to make it a key pillar in the post-covid-19 economic recovery”, declared Rafael Outeiral, Vice President of Asime, during the opening of the Congress.

Official opening

The official opening of the event was carried out by the following institutional authorities:

• David Regades, State Delegate in CZFV, “congratulated Asime for this initiative in an environment as complicated as the current one due to the challenge of covid-19. The intelligent ships, the talent and the knowledge of the sector are crucial to make the so-called blue economy a shared success”.
• Carmela Silva, President of the Pontevedra Provincial Council, highlighted: “crises are faced as opportunities and ideas are what change the world. There is no doubt that many ideas will come out of this forum and will be important to continue having a powerful sea sector, adapted to the new times, with quality, advanced and technological employment”.
• Francisco Conde, Vice-president and Regional Minister of Economy, Business and Innovation, stressed the importance of the naval industry: “We have to work together with the sector to promote the modernization of the naval industry and to identify leading projects in order to obtain European funds and to be equal with other countries like France, Germany and Holland that are promoting their naval sector. We have before us an opportunity to face new challenges through public-private collaboration”.
• Abel Caballero, Mayor of Vigo, wanted to remind the need for cooperation among all in the field of pandemic and congratulated Asime for this initiative that “shows the ability to get ahead of the times and the changes that are coming. “The sea has always been a source of economic action and, from public-private cooperation, we need to set up a transversal alliance for a greater and more efficient use of European funds”.

5 thematic sessions

Maritime Trends Summit hosted in 5 sessions discussions on current topics such as innovation, blue economy, the ship of the future, offshore wind energy or port logistics. To this end, speakers included experts from all key areas of the international shipbuilding and port industry: national and international shipyards such as Navantia, Barreras and Babcock; European organizations such as the European Commission or the European Association of Ports and Harbors; engineering companies such as Ghenova and CT; knowledge centers such as Fraunhofer, the Center for Innovation in Transportation (CENIT) or the Institute for Diversification and Energy Saving (IDAE) and institutional authorities and many other actors on the international scene.

Some of the key messages that were highlighted had an impact on the following aspects:

• Jorge Filgueira, Director of Astilleros Ría de Ferrol in Navantia, highlighted in his speech: “We need to specialize, digitize and promote products with added value. It is necessary to adapt the workforce to the new technologies and for that a strategic plan in dual and university training is needed. In addition, from Navantia we work intensely to be a sustainable shipyard, with a digitalized structure, that annuls the emissions and integrates in a more direct way the auxiliary industry more in the shipyards”.
• Douglas Prothero, Executive Chairman of Barreras, highlighted that “it is very relevant to be able to participate and manage the whole life cycle of the ship, besides it is necessary to invest in people and not only in equipment. From Barreras we are looking for collaboration with the government, which has to value the potential of the sector and support it. There are great opportunities in Galicia, we have to contribute with sustainability”.
• Manuel García, Greenalia’s CEO: “We have been studying the area in the Canary Islands for more than two years for the possible implantation of marine wind farms, attending to the requirements of all the actors, both environmental and industrial, and pending a regulation that can allow this implantation guaranteeing the minimum impact. Galicia, without a doubt, is also a site with potential for the implementation of this energy”.
• Ignacio Gutiérrez Santalo, Iberdrola’s Coordinator of Marine Wind Energy Development Spain, highlighted: “We have been working in Galicia for more than 60 years, we work hand in hand and we believe that it has a great resource and a great industrial fabric and 100% of the value chain. We can talk about the creation of around 5,000 jobs during the construction phase of the wind farm and Galicia can be a hub for all the projects in the North Sea and nearby areas.
• Manuel Antonio Martínez-Ruiz, Vice Admiral Director of Naval Construction of the Spanish Navy, said: “Our strategy for 2030 seeks to focus on sustainability, the move towards autonomous ships, energy efficiency and digitalization that will boost the shipbuilding of key vessels such as the F-110 frigates.

The event was closed by Marta Fernández Tapias, Delegate of the Xunta in Vigo, who congratulated Asime for the organization of this Congress that put Vigo in the center of the naval map at international level.

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The crisis caused by the covid-19 is completely changing our way of relating, in the personal and working world. For months now, the computer and the Internet have become our best allies when working, with working days increasingly adapted to teleworking and a hyper-connected environment in which contacts with our clients and colleagues have been strengthened in the digital world.

This has also had a great impact on the world of events, which have adapted their format more and more to the digital world. This has meant a challenge in many cases and the impossibility of networking around a cup of coffee, which is always a great plan, but also offers us possibilities that were previously unthinkable in a face-to-face event:

• Connect from wherever you want: freedom has imposed itself in the new formats, now you don’t need to travel to attend an event and that implies, above all, the possibility of attending events that before, due to budget or distance, were impossible for you to access.
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• Connect with others in a different way: we are very used to relating professionally in the physical world, exchanging cards and coffee cups, but now you can also do it online through last generation platforms that, in many cases, give you the opportunity to make contact with people you wouldn’t have the chance to meet in the usual face-to-face events you attended. Take advantage and make relevant contacts for your company!

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The naval industry and maritime transport have a consolidated trajectory, being a tractor activity in the economy of many countries. Today, it is a sector that faces many challenges related to decarbonization, the so-called blue economy and the innovation needed to maintain competitiveness in an increasingly globalized environment.

Increasingly, ships must respond to higher standards that minimize fuel consumption and tend to neutrality of emissions and decarbonization. The introduction of digitalization and technology is another challenge in an industry that often operates with long-established shipyards facing a change in their traditional way of operating.

Also, in recent years, the naval sector has developed relevant innovations in the field of ship design, batteries for ship electrification, new fuels, ecological ports and intelligent logistics that are promoting a more sustainable supply chain.

1. Decarbonization

Like all other industries, the naval and maritime transport must adapt their production models to the new climate requirements implemented in international agreements. For example, from January 2020 all ships must use very low-sulphur fuel, according to the standards of the International Maritime Organisation, which expects it to have major benefits for health and the environment worldwide, particularly for people living near ports and coastlines.

2. New propulsion systems

The diesel engine has for years been the reference system for maritime transport. However, due to environmental requirements, alternatives such as biofuels are emerging: biodiesel and bioethanol. Biodiesel comes from animal fats and vegetable oils or from the fermentation of renewable sources of sugar or starch, such as cassava, corn, sugar beet, sugar cane and wheat. Likewise, liquid natural gas is being used mainly in ferries and ships that make short trips (due to the lack of a global network of refueling points). On the other hand, the sector is also exploring more sustainable sources such as nuclear propulsion or the installation of renewable energies, although for example the installation of solar panels on board is still complex and can considerably affect the stability of the ship.

3. Electrification

As in the automotive industry, the electric boat points to a possible great revolution in the sector, although it is true that this industry is more complex in its application. However, in recent years there has already been a growth in the production and purchase of electric leisure and small fishing boats, and other larger vessels are already testing complete or at least hybrid solutions that represent a before and after for the sustainability of the maritime industry.

4. Unmanned vessels

Although the term unmanned is more commonly associated with airspace (drones), the naval industry is also moving towards the idea of ships that do not require a pilot. Based on technologies such as artificial intelligence, there are already ferry companies, for example, that are operating short to medium distance routes with an autopilot.

5. Innovation

As in any other sector, the need to renew and continue innovating for greater productivity and sustainability has become an indispensable requirement. Despite its long history, shipbuilding, advanced logistics in ports or transport of passengers and goods must follow the current path of constant innovation to preserve its competitiveness and keep abreast of developments and changes demanded by the global economy.

Asime, the Association of Metal Industries and Related Technologies of Galicia (Spain), has promoted the creation of Maritime Trends, a meeting that brings together the main players in the maritime industry at the international level to discuss the present and future of this sector.

The first edition of Maritime Trends will take placeon October 22^nd in a hybrid format,with a face-to-face event in Vigo (Spain) if the health situation of covid-19 allows it, and a predominantly online version through live streaming in which you will be able to interact with the speakers and attendees in the different sessions.

We will examine, among others, the challenges of decarbonization and the blue economy, the application of artificial intelligence in ship design, batteries for ship electrification, new fuels, ecological ports and intelligent logistics that are promoting a more sustainable supply chain.

Maritime Trends in brief

• 12+ international speakers
• 4 thematic sessions on technical areas
• Unlimited networking options
• 1 online platform where you can follow the sessions and interact with other participants

Don’t miss this unique and inspiring event – registration is open and free!