SMM 2013 - Maritime Trade Fair

EXPOSITIONS/SHIPPING 

 

World’s Best Maritime Trade Fair 

SMM 2013 Commences in Mumbai

 

 

 Arun Kumar, Chairman NMDC 2013 Seminar Committee,Shri S Hajra, Chairman NMDC 201 Organising Committee, Shri Milind Deora, Minister of State for Shipping, Gautam Chatterjee director General of Shipping, Prof G Raghuram,VC - Indian Maritime University in Mumbai

 

SMM India which is a subsidiary of leading International Maritime Trade Fair, SMM Hamburg has come to Mumbai and has become a leading international platform for maritime technology and innovations, with a comprehensive gathering of industry and government representatives from around the world.

The 3rd edition of SMM India was held here for three days from April 4,2013 in conjunction with the 50th National Maritime Week, a celebration of maritime activities when India welcomes the national and international maritime industry to an event-packed week in Mumbai.

The second overseas offshoot of the world’s premier shipbuilding event – the shipbuilding, machinery & marine technology international trade fair Hamburg (Germany), which is held by Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC) every two years, alternating with the overseas offshoots in Istanbul (Turkey) and India saw participation of delegates, visitors, various maritime industry associations, seafarer unions from all parts of the world.

An exclusive seminar, on the occasion of National Maritime Day, 2013, was conducted today by National Maritime Day Celebrations (Central) Committee. The Theme for the 50th National Maritime Day, 2013 was the ‘Last 50 years of Indian Shipping-introspection and way ahead’. Major international delegations from maritime community and political representatives were seen attending the Opening Day Seminar that was held today morning in the presence of the esteemed Chief Guest Shri Milind Deora, the Hon’ble Minister of State for Shipping, Government of India. By lighting a lamp, the event was called open.

 Public Private Partnership Summit was organized in the first half in which high-ranking representatives from the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard exchanged views and experience of vital interest for the maritime professionals. The esteemed Chief Guest for the PPP Summit was Vice Admiral NN Kumar, AVSM, VSM, Chief of Materiel, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy), New Delhi.

The conference  featured several pivotal panel discussions by numerous prominent personalities from India’s shipbuilding and shipping industry. Vice Admiral (Retd) Pramod C Bhasin,PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Chairman Defence Council, ASSOCHAM will open for discussion avenues for constructive dialogue on the Public Private Partnership in the maritime sector. This wasfollowed by a keynote address by Mr. J D Patil, executive Vice President, Head of Defence and Aerospace, Member of HEIC board, Larsen and Toubro (Heavy Engineering – Mumbai).

Inspector General SPS Basra, YSM, PTM,TM, Commander – Indian Coast Guard Region (West) will chair a session on Horizon Scan coastal / Inland security – Role of Coast Guard & support agencies amongst several other interesting discussions

The summit is an ideal and rare platform for the top-level experts of the Maritime Industry. A special session titled ‘Technology Infusion for Future Propulsion Packages with a view to minimum maintenance of systems on board’ will feature highly distinguished panelists. The session chairman for this topic will be Vice Admiral Ashok Vishwanath Subhedar, AVSM, VSM, Director General Naval Projects at Mumbai.

The event showcases the entire value chain of Maritime Industry, consisting of Shipbuilding, ship repair, machinery maintenance, Defence/Marine and electronics equipment, the state-of-the-art products and new developments.

Mr. Bernd Aufderheide, President & CEO, Hamburg Messe and Congress GmbH, Hamburg, Germany and Mr. Rajan Sharma, Managing Director, Inter Ads Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. said “India’s growing strength in the shipbuilding sector, coupled with the renewed drive in the industry, set the stage perfectly for SMM India 2013 to play host in Mumbai. We are sure that this will prove to be an extremely beneficial platform to bring together ship owners, industry experts, high-ranking representatives from the Indian ship building industry and shipyards as well as the Indian navy and coastguard.”