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Curtain Falls on SMM India 2009

Rishta — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:22:51 +0000

The SMM India 2009, the biggest International Maritime Conference and Expo in Mumbai, is reaching an end. The eminent personalities from round the globe are now visiting the wide spectrum of maritime products and technologies exhibited in the stalls.

There were two conference sessions for the day. The paper presentation on Safety of Navigation – Technology Update is delivered by Tarun K. Mathur (Capt.), Director – Sales Transas Marine Pacific, Singapore.

The final session of the 2009 expo was about Training & Human Resources. Capt.S. Bhardwaj ,Vice Chancellor, AMET University, India and K.N.Deboo (Capt.), Chairman GlobalMET – India Chapter and Director-Principal, Anglo Eastern Marine Training Centre, India spoke on the topic.

The first day of SMM India 2009, ended on a high note with who’s who of the global maritime industry. Two sessions on vital aspects of marine industry were discussed on the day, viz. on Maritime Policy and Economic and Financial Crisis – Its Impact on Shipping Finance Markets.

Day two discussed on “India’s Shipbuilding – Opportunities, Challenges & Imperatives” in the first session followed by “Infrastructure, Support Services & Logistics” in the second session and the topic “Maritime Security” in the third session.

The event will be a remarkable milestone in the maritime history of India.

A high-profile end of Day I, SMM India 2009

Rishta — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:58:16 +0000

The first day of SMM India 2009, the three-day expo and maritime conference held at Mumbai on November12, ends on a high note with who’s who of the global maritime industry.

The exposition with the theme “Maritime India- Path Ahead” kick-started on a high-profile with the inaugural address by Micheal Rosenberg, Vice President, E.J. Krause and Associates Inc., USA. The Guests of Honour were Hauke V Schlegel, Managing Director – VDMA German Marine and Offshore Equipment Industries Association Inc. and A.P.V.N.Sarma, Secretary (Shipping), Union Ministry of Shipping, India.

Two sessions on vital aspects of marine industry were discussed, viz. on Maritime Policy and Economic and Financial Crisis – Its Impact on Shipping Finance Markets.

The Economic and Financial Crisis – Its Impact on Shipping Finance Markets, Session II in progress

Rishta — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:57:03 +0000

SMM India 2009: Maritime India- Path Ahead, Session II on Marine Finance starts.

The discussion is chaired by N.C. Singhal, Chairman – SCI Forbes Ltd. & Former Chairman, SCICI Ltd., India. Tobias Koenig, Managing Partner, Koenig & Cie, Germany delivers the keynote presentation.

A seminar paper on The Economic and Financial Crisis – Its Impact on Shipping Finance Markets is presented by Dr. Juergen Monzel, International Transport Finance Consultant, Germany

Raymond J. Ellis, Vice President, EXIM Bank, USA puts forward the aspects of Maritime India and the Path Ahead. The panel speaker Vishal Sharma, Managing Director & CEO, Tuscan Ventures Pvt. Ltd., India shares his knowledge on attempts to make India a global maritime industry.