Posidonia has turned 50 this year but it shows no sign of tiring. A record 1,920 companies from 92 countries registered as exhibitors, hoping to attract 22,000 visitors.
Events started crowding shipping players’ agenda well before the official 4 June opening, with shipowners, classification societies, protection and indemnity clubs and law firms holding court as early as 24 May.
Navios Maritime, Trafigura, Morgan Stanley, Lloyd’s Register, Braemer ACM, Affinity Shipping, EA Gibson, Thenamaris, Capital Link, ABS, Vortex Shipbroking and Allied Shipbroking are among those to have invited hundreds of guests to events — keeping hotels, taxi drivers and catering businesses busy.
