Bremer Shipping Congress 2012

February 29 - March 1, 2012

Bremen – Überseestadt, Germany

The focus of the 6th Bremer Shipping Congress is the “Employability Management” in the maritime sector, which means the development and securing of employability and marketability in the responsibility of companies, educational institutions and employees.

The 6th Bremer Shipping Congress 2012 is organised by the NMU partner University of Applied Sciences Bremen. This time again over 100 experts and leaders from the maritime industry, the administration and the universities will come to discuss current issues on the maritime shipping education, training and personnel.

Within three workshops participants can discuss themes like the opportunities of methodological skills, safety culture and the duty of care. The conference offers an exchange of experts from different fields of maritime business with companies, educational institutes and employees.

The University of Applied Sciences Bremen would like to offer an open forum for discussion and exchange of experiences to all German maritime experts – employees as well as training institutes and companies. The conference will also serve as platform for dialogue between the shipping industry, policies and nautical associations.

For details please download the Programme. Please note: Conference language is German.

For registration please fill in the application form in German.

For more information, please visit www.bremer-schifffahrtskongress.de

Green Ship Technology Conference

March 27 - 29, 2012

Crowne Plaza Copenhangen Towers, Denmark

The international Green Ship Technology 2012 event is organised by Informa Maritime Events and it's now in its 9th year. The GST has developed into a major event for the maritime industry and is highly valued across the Norwegian maritime community. The topic of the conference is '' Meeting the green technology challenges for sustainable shipping".

The keynote speakers include:

• Andreas Chrysostomou, Coordinator of Multilateral Affairs, Dept of Merchant Shipping, Cyprus and Chairman, MEPC
• Clea Henrichsen, Environmental Specialist, Danish Maritime Authority
• Dermot Loughnane, President, Tactical Marine Solutions
• Lars Robert Pedersen, Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO
• Dragos Rauta, Technical Director, INTERTANKO

For details of the event and venue please click here.

Multimodal 2012

May 1 - 3, 2012

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Multimodal is the UK's biggest Transport & Logistics Event and the only event that covers the whole range of freight transportation and logistics. Since its launch in 2008, the success of Multimodal has escalated beyond expectations. Growth has been at a phenomenal rate and with it entering its fourth year, the show has seen a rise of 130% in visitor attendance and the exhibition has grown 110% bigger in size and content.

Market leaders from all areas of the transport and logistics supply chain now consider exhibiting at Multimodal as an intrinsic part of their annual marketing investment and planning. Companies such as APL Logistics, DSV, DB Schenker, Agility, SDV, Malcolm, Ewals, Geodis, Howard Tenens, PD Ports, ZIM, GEFCO, Autostore, Mann Lines, ABP, Kewill, Dachser, Cosco, and Freightliner all exhibit at Multimodal.

Along with the exhibition, there will take place The Shippers Voice seminars where professionals in the field predict key changes in legislation, shipping trends and developments as well as giving shippers the opportunity to learn from case studies in all areas of transport and logistics.

For further information, please visit the official website: www.multimodal.org.uk