BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://gcaptain.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for gCaptain ⚓ Maritime & Offshore News BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130620 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130622 DTSTAMP:20130619T073415 CREATED:20130307T211212 LAST-MODIFIED:20130307T215138 UID:67279-1371686400-1371859200@http://gcaptain.com SUMMARY:OSV Malaysia 2013 DESCRIPTION:Event Background Along with the energy enterprise pyramid offshore oil and gas exploitation\, the global offshore market regained and accelerates milder and development of OSV market. It is prospected that the demand of OSV in the global especially in Southeast Asia will witness growth over the next five years. The market expected will order level from about 400 OSV ships annually.  Additionally OSV industry is not only put forward to the higher technical challenges\, but also to the new industry rules. Current OSV fleet may not be sufficient in meeting demand due to charterers’ increasingly demanding requirements\, and the push for younger and “greener” vessels by regulators. Through constant innovation and operating risk reduce\, design and build a more safe\, energy saving\, powerful OSV has become the only choice of OSV industry. Our Mission The mission of OSV Malaysia is to serve our members' interest as well as the demands of them by promoting and communicating primarily through the development and of conducting the design\, construction and operational maintenance of OSV-related facilities. We commit to support you as among our past delegates and sponsors to operate a consistent with applicable methods and techniques and to provide a framework for establishing and promoting dominator marketing objectives and targets. FORUM STRUCTURE Day One 20th June: Session 1. Malaysia OSV Market Trends & Opportunities & Regional Offshore Production Outlook Day One 20th June: Session 2. Operator Perspective Day Two 21st June: Session 3. Supply Side Day Two 21st June: Session 4 Green OSV Design Drivers & Challenges LOCATION:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia URL:http://gcaptain.com/event/malaysia-2013/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130918T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130921T080000 DTSTAMP:20130619T073415 CREATED:20130102T124715 LAST-MODIFIED:20130306T162846 UID:61763-1379530800-1379750400@http://gcaptain.com SUMMARY:MTB Workboats Athens - 18-21st September 2013 - Athens DESCRIPTION: "Meet the Buyer" Workboats Athens 2013 will be the first "Meet the Buyer" Copland Events have held in Greece. The decision was made to take the forum to Athens\, following encouragement from the Greek Workboat community and with Athens' central location from Europe and the Middle/Far East providing a convenient\, historic and very beautiful meeting place for the forum! Meet the Buyer Workboats will again attract 70+ Buyers (responsible for over 2500 Workboats) from Europe\, the Middle and Far East. This will include some of the world's biggest Workboat Owners and Operators who continue to support the forum and our highly successful and time efficient "Meet the Buyer" concept. Confirmation of attendance has already been received from major players in the market - such as ESNAAD (UAE)\, Fugro (Holland)\, Great Offshore (India)\, Swire Pacific Offshore (Singapore) and many more! Contact Thomas Cox for a full list of participating Buyers. With over 70 international vessels owners/operators joining MTB Workboats 2013 to have focused meetings with suppliers to help them with their Supply Chain Managment\, Fleet Operations/Management\, New-builds and Maintenance programmes; MTB Workboats has become the event of choice for both Suppliers and Workboat Owners/Operators worldwide. The Workboat market continues to remain in a stable position. Workboat Owners/Operators have been in high demand in recent years and most service craft have been able to find a wide array of employment opportunities\, especially in the new and exciting offshore wind farm installations. Also the demand for Offshore Support Vessels is continuing its positive growth; driven by strong international demand for even deeper offshore rig fleets and higher levels of spending continuing to stem from steady growth in exploration and production. MTB remains the only highly focused programme of one-to-one appointments between Senior Directors\, Technical Purchasing Managers\, General Managers\, Operations Managers and other individuals responsible for purchasing decision-making within Workboat Companies; together with Supplier Companies from all areas of the industry. Workboat Owners and Operators include supply boats (OSV/PSV)\, dredgers\, MPSVs\, WFSVs\, tugs\, AHTS\, survey vessels\, fishing vessels\, pontoons\, cranes\, floating cranes\, barges\, jack up rigs\, ROV’s\, river / coastal / short sea barges etc. LOCATION:Athens, Athens, Greece URL:http://gcaptain.com/event/mtb-workboats-athens-18-21st-september-2013-athens/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130928 DTSTAMP:20130619T073415 CREATED:20130416T071545 LAST-MODIFIED:20130418T071538 UID:70607-1379980800-1380326400@http://gcaptain.com SUMMARY:NEVA 2013 – International Maritime Exhibition DESCRIPTION:The outstanding success of the NEVA Exhibition was based on the effective presentation of the most modern technologies and equipment available to meet the large-scale demands of the Russian commercial maritime industries and administrations to develop the urgently required renewal of the shipbuilding\, shipyard\, ship equipment industries\, the sea and inland waterways shipping fleets\, the marine support sector for the offshore energy expansion and for the ports systems throughout the Russian Federation. The NEVA Exhibition Programmes provide the widest opportunities to present and promote products and services to the Russian market on a practical business-to-business platform. We warmly invite your participation to demonstrate your valuable contribution to the technologies and engineering expertise necessary to secure the development of efficient\, safe and environmentally aware maritime industries of Russia. To secure your Exhibition Space / Stand please contact the Organiser without delay. Welcome to NEVA 2013 in St. Petersburg. LOCATION:103 Bolshoi Prospect, Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation URL:http://gcaptain.com/event/neva-2013-international-maritime/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131016T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131019T080000 DTSTAMP:20130619T073415 CREATED:20130102T124716 LAST-MODIFIED:20130306T163417 UID:61766-1381950000-1382169600@http://gcaptain.com SUMMARY:MTB - Marine Europe - 16-19th October 2013 - Algarve DESCRIPTION: For our 7th annual MTB Marine Europe "Meet the Buyer" forum for the European Shipowner/Operator market we are delighted to announce Algarve has been chosen as the location. The Algarve is the southernmost region of Mainland Portugal. Algarve is recognized for many of the luxury resorts and hotel spas that meander the beaches of the region. The weather in October is usually glorious being just a little cooler than the height of summer but with temperatures in the low to mid 20's in the shade and from 25°C to 35°C in the sun it's still very warm. Meet the Buyer Marine will attract 100 Buyers from the top European and Middle Eastern Shipowners/Operators. Everything from small containers and chemical carriers to large bulk carriers and tankers will be represented at the forum\, with some of the biggest Owners already confirmed. Suppliers will join us from worldwide to take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet and have focussed sales appointments with so many Purchasing/Technical Managers/Directors in one place over two days. Please get in touch if you would like to see a list of attendees and if you would like further information: annette@coplandevents.com LOCATION:Algarve, Algarve, Portugal URL:http://gcaptain.com/event/mtb-marine-europe-16-19th-october-2013-algarve/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131113T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20131116T090000 DTSTAMP:20130619T073415 CREATED:20130102T124716 LAST-MODIFIED:20130102T124716 UID:61771-1384369200-1384592400@http://gcaptain.com SUMMARY:MTB - Shipyards Europe - 13-16th November 2013 - Athens DESCRIPTION: Athens is one of the world's oldest cities and is well known for its shipping market. As the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy Athens is the ideal location for our 4th MTB Shipyards forum. Situated to at the South of Europe\, Athens is perfectly located for us to host our MTB Shipyards forum dedicated companies who conduct business in the EU and Middle Eastern regions. Senior Buyers/ Technical Purchasing managers from the leading Shipyards in the region will attend the forum in order to meet with Suppliers to the Shipyards industry from worldwide. LOCATION:Athens, Athens, Athens, Greece URL:http://gcaptain.com/event/mtb-shipyards-europe-13-16th-november-2013-athens/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR