AT THE EXHIBITION:

Baltexpo brings the possibility for the entire maritime industry sector to present its potential, development plans, aspirations and possibilities of regional cooperation.

Main subjects of Baltexpo Exposition:

Shipbuilding, Ship repair, Machinery, Equipment  

• shipbuilding  
• ship repairs
• ship outfitting
• deck equipment
• marine engines
• automated control, propulsion, fittings
• communication and navigation equipment
• electronic, electrical equipment and systems
• ship's safety equipment
• marine surface finishing
• barges, push boats, tugs
• boats, yachts and equipment

Ports, Infrastructure, Services, Terminals

• ports and port services
• harbor engineering
• port facilities  
• cargo handling equipment
• terminals
• container terminals
• bulk terminals
• fuel (LPG) terminals
• port maintenance
• port safety systems

Safety § Security of Ports and Navigation

• port and shipping security and protection
• port and shipping safety equipment
• water depth monitoring systems
• radiolocation and optoelectronic systems
• navigation and protection safeguards
• rescue service equipment
• advanced technologies for port and ship safety

 
Environmental Protection

• environmental protection

 
Offshore and Inland Infrastructure

• offshore infrastructure
• drilling platforms (equipment and services)
• wind power plants (construction and maintenance)
• shipyards' proposals for civil engineering

Maritime Societies

• classification societies
• shipping lines
• marine services on land and at sea

Services

• proposals of banks insurance companies and intermediaries

Shipyards restructure

The Polish shipyard industry during the last few years has passed though major restructure. Large shipyards are diversifying they production and new private shipyards emerge. The smaller and private shipyards continue to increase their production and employment. New areas of shipyards activities require modern production machinery and new investments. The main areas of activity of shipyards nowadays concentrate on:

• shipbuilding
• ships overhauls and conversions
• building and repairing river and river/sea vessels
• yacht and leisure vessels construction
• measuring and surveying technology
• ship design
• production of  steel constructions for civil engineering purposes
• ecological projects such as construction of  renewable energy sources projects
• investment opportunities at seashore including on shipyards unused areas
• obtaining of insurance and finance offers for maritime industry

Ports

In Poland there is a significant development of ports and its services. The broad range of subjects which shall be presented on Exhibition Baltexpo 2011 include:

• sea ports and their equipment
• port service
• port surveillance and security
• warehousing and distribution
• logistic chain: maritime-rail or road loading
• port infrastructure
• control and management of maritime ports movement
• environmental protection
• navigation security
• harbor deepening

Security and surveillance

Baltic region is considered as a region free of mayor security risks. However, globalization processes include also the globalization of the risks of terrorism – biological, ecological and piracy. All those aspects indicate that consideration of surveillance and security of the Baltic region is recommended in the areas such as:

• economic cooperation to maintain security of the region
• ports and shipping security and safety  
• navigation control and guidance
• ecological disaster prevention
• costal surveillance
• smuggling search of goods and  human beings

Wind power  

One of the new themes on Baltexpo 2011 Exhibition is presentation of renewable energy  sources  equipment,  technology, development potential and benefits.

European Union sees the offshore wind industry as a strategic sector for Europe’s future as it can  contribute significantly to Europe’s economic development, reduce import dependence and slash CO2 emissions.

Wind power is also a dynamically growing  sector in Poland. The share of wind power in green electricity consumption may increase from the current 15% to more than 62% in 2020, whereas its share in gross final energy consumption may reach 3.8%. Employment in the wind power sector is forecasted to increase from 2000 full job equivalents in 2008 to 66 thousand in 2020.

Offshore oil platform industry

The Baltexpo 2011 Exhibition will include the  offshore oil platform industry equipment and services as one of its  themes. An offshore oil platform industry requires  structures used to house workers, machinery needed to drill wells in the ocean bed, extract oil and/or natural gas, process the produced fluids, and ship or pipe them to shore. Many products and services for this industry can be offered by Polish maritime industry.