What strategies, programmes and technologies can the maritime industry adopt to continue with success its progress towards better environmental performance? Answers will be provided by gmec, global maritime environmental congress, to be held at the Hamburg Fair site on 3 and 4 September 2012 on the occasion of SMM.
Leading international experts will present what has been achieved so far in maritime environmental protection, describe the current trends, and discuss innovative future developments. “Conference participants and trade visitors can benefit from a unique combination, with the close links of the gmec conference and the SMM supporting programme,” says Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH . “All the world leaders in the maritime industry are represented here, giving gmec visitors first-hand information on the latest market-ready technical solutions, and giving manufacturers and users in the maritime engineering sector inspiration for future developments.” Chris Hayman, Chairman of Seatrade Communications Limited and member of the gmec Steering Committee responsible for the conference programme, sees the environmental congress as an effective tool on the way to more environmental compatibility and reduced emissions in the maritime sector: “It promotes exchange of ideas and knowledge among leading experts and executives from the scientific community and the maritime industry, thus accelerating the development and market launch of effective environmentally appropriate technologies and products.”