The international Forum Marine Industry of Russia is to take place at Gostiny Dvor exhibition hall from 19 till 21 May, 2010. Among sponsors of the Forum are Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, RUIE, leading industry associations, Ministries and Agencies, and MegaExpo. The Forum is dedicated to matters of shipbuilding, upgrading of ports, development of navigation, introduction of innovative techniques in the field of marine machinery and building civil ship.

Major sections of the Forum:

• Shipbuilding and ship repair: sea- and ocean-going carriers, inland waterways crafts and mixed river-sea-going ships, fishing vessels, icebreaker ships, ocean engineering equipment, hulls and their structural components, shipbuilding and ship repair machinery, shipbuilding materials and components, shipbuilding technologies, ship repair and special-purpose works, design and engineering, research activities, inquires and examinations;

• Ship power plants, systems and electrical facilities: ship power plants, ship engines and propulsion systems, ship electrical facilities, propulsion systems and components;

• Ship navigation, control and communication systems: ship automatic machinery and management systems, navigation systems, communication equipment, optical devices;

• Shipboard machinery and facilities: general purpose shipboard equipment: bilge, sanitary, ballast, fire-fighting etc.; deck equipment and facilities, cargo lifting and handling equipment;

• Sea and river ports: port installations, port facilities and equipment;

• Waterways and hydraulic structures building pontoon bridges, ferry crossing, dams and dam lakes, hydraulic structures repair, berths, piers and breakwaters

• Industrial services: freight, agency services, navigations charts, leasing, sea and river transportation services, services for shipping industry, water resources conservation, human resource development and recruitment, registration, classification and surveillance activities, surveyor services, insurance, law and financial services.

Click HERE for the website of the event