Over 32,000 visitors at Posidonia 2024
Last week’s Posidonia 2024 has already gone down in history as the best-attended in the biennial event’s 55 years of existence, and organizers are already busy responding to inquiries and preregistration applications for the next event, scheduled for June 1-5, 2026.
This year’s version of the world’s largest shipping exhibition boasted 2,038 exhibitors from over 60 countries and territories on June 3-7, attracting over 32,000 visitors, its organizers announced on Thursday.
Having broken all previous records in terms of exhibition space, number of exhibitors and visitors, Posidonia 2024 was also the place where the maritime world came together once again to finalize and confirm highly lucrative new business deals or announce previously signed contracts. One such occasion was the showstopper announcement of Navig8’s tanker fleet and pool business being taken over by ADNOC L&S in a reported $1.5 billion deal that was made public during Posidonia 2024.
Theodore Vokos, managing director of Posidonia Exhibitions SA, said: “It is humbling to witness such a strong response to Posidonia 2024 by the global shipping and maritime community. Every sector of the marine economy and all shipping associations gathered once again in high volumes and high spirits to showcase innovations, network, do business, discuss, and debate the future of the industry. From shipyards to shipowners, ship registries to ship chandlers, classification societies, propulsion system manufacturers, energy providers, software developers, trading, brokerage, legal, consultancy and financing firms, everyone was here again for two weeks to work and play in true Posidonia fashion,” said Vokos.
Exhibitor comments came flooding in soon after the gates at Athens Metropolitan Expo closed behind the last remaining participants of Posidonia 2024.
A total of 32,527 visitors from 130 countries and territories attended the event, an increase of 12% compared to Posidonia 2022. Many of them were full of praise for the organization of the event, the quality of visitors, and the networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities it offered.
A total of 81 countries and territories from around the world exhibited, with the majority coming from Europe and Asia, but this time there was also an increased participation from the Americas.
