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Article: Strong ME presence at Posidonia.
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- Gulf Industry
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Nearly 30 companies from seven Middle East countries are converging in Athens in June to participate at Posidonia 2008, the 21st edition of the worldCOs biggest and most international maritime trade event.
The UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Syria and Tunisia are all sending strong delegations to the Athens event focusing on ship building and repair, engineering and port services in the regionCOs bid to highlight its growing industry potential. Greece controls the worldCOs biggest newbuilding orderbook, currently standing at 1,054 vessels of some 75 million dwt. Greek shipowners have already committed some $50 billion in various fleet ...