Posidonia 2024 Show Breaks Exhibitor, Visitor and Space Records

The 2024 edition of Posidonia broke the show’s record for exhibit space and attendance, according to organizer Posidonia Exhibitions SA.

A total of 32,527 visitors from 130 countries and territories attended the international shipping exhibition during June 3-7, an increase of 12 percent compared to Posidonia 2022.

“Posidonia 2024 has already gone down in history as the best-attended in the biennial event’s 55 years of existence,” the organizer said.

A total of 81 countries and territories from around the world exhibited with the majority coming from Europe and Asia, but this time there was also an increased participation from the Americas.

“Every sector of the marine economy and all shipping associations gathered once again in high volumes and high spirits to showcase innovations, network, do business, discuss, and debate the future of the industry,” Posidonia Exhibitions SA Managing Director Theodore Vokos said.

According to Vokos, “everyone” from the industry was at the Athens Metropolitan Expo Center, from shipyards to shipowners, ship registries to ship chandlers, classification societies, propulsion system manufacturers, energy providers, software developers, trading, brokerage, legal, consultancy, and financing firms.

“Εveryone was here again for two weeks to work and play in true Posidonia fashion,” he said.

Having long been established as one of the major calendar events of the shipping industry, Posidonia 2024 was also the place where the maritime world came together once again to finalise and confirm highly lucrative new business deals or announce previously signed contracts. One such occasion was the showstopper announcement of Navig8’s tanker fleet and pool business being taken over by ADNOC L&S in a reported $1.5 billion deal that was made public during Posidonia 2024.

Organizer Posidonia Exhibitions SA is already busy receiving enquiries and pre-registration applications for the next event, scheduled for June 1-5, 2026.

Posidonia 2024 was organised under the auspices of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Insular Policy, the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and the Union of Greek Shipowners and with the support of the Municipality of Piraeus and the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee.