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“We live in an era of parallel, multi-layered, complex, and global challenges and crises.

The curtain for the 28th edition of the Posidonia shipping fair went down on Friday evening, with more visitors and exhibitors than ever and a flurry of business deals sealed at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, according to organizers.

Posidonia 2024 has a week (June 3-7) packed with more than 65 thought-provoking and informative seminars and conferences where a strong lineup of prominent industry leaders and decision makers will cover a spectrum of critical topics shaping the future of shipping.

The extended Conference and Seminars program of this June's Posidonia 2024, including forums such as the Tradewinds Shipowners Forum and the HELMEPA Conference, which attract the most senior shipowners from around the globe, will address the most critical issues in the industry.

Decarbonization of shipping will be on the radar more intensely than ever before at Posidonia 2024, the industry's biggest exhibition that will take place in Athens on June 3-7.

The industry, which will convene at the Metropolitan Expo center next to Athens International Airport, intends to debate ways of achieving sustainability targets set by new environmental regulations.

A significant number of startups from around the world, specializing in technological solutions for the shipping industry, will present their products and platforms during the Poseidonia 2022 Exhibition to be held at the Athens Metropolitan Expo from 6 until June 10.

Greek shipowners were once again the global leaders in fleet investment in 2019, according to the year-end review by VesselsValue.
Greek shipowners topped the world rankings in newbuilding orders in 2019 with $5.29 billion, while the Chinese were the leaders in secondhand orders with 4.41 billion euros.

During last week's Greener Shipping Summit 2019, the speakers and delegates often appeared to be still at odds over how to meet the new environmental regulations with just a month-and-a-half to go until the International Maritime Organization sulfur cap comes into force.

New ship orders around the world are on the increase, albeit at a slow rate as shipowners remain cautious, VesselsValue reports, but the outlook seems to favor a rise in new order prices in shipping, a global industry where Greek owners hold a commanding position.

"Don't shoot shipping," the head of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), Theodore Veniamis, entreated last Friday on behalf of an industry that feel it is getting more than a fair share of the blame for global marine pollution.