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14 SMM 80 9th Exhibition And Congress Ship, Mad mery, Marine Technology Internationa! facing page, aerial view of Hamburg Amid general signs of a world- wide recovery in the shipbuilding industry, the 9th Exhibition and Congress of Ship, Machinery, Ma- rine Technology International will be held in Hamburg, West Ger- many, from September 23 to 27, organized by Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH. Some 450 exhibitors from 24 countries—including all European shipbuilding nations—will occupy the 52,500 square meters of the Hamburg exhibition halls. The range of sectors represented at the exhibition is equally compre- hensive: shipyards for vessels of every size, manufacturers of en- gines and related propulsion ma- chinery, navigational aids, meas- urement and control equipment for automated and semi-auto- mated operation of vessels, as well as outfit and equipment for both deck and engine room. This extensive display of ma- rine technology will be supple- mented by the concurrent exhibi- tion IOPPEC '80 —the Interna- tional Oil Pollution Prevention Exhibition and Congress. Major European shipyards will present their latest products and ideas for the construction of new ships, ship repair, marine tech- nology, and mechanical engineer- ing. Among the companies that have registered for the exhibition are Blohm + Voss of Hamburg; Bremer Vulkan shipyard in Bre- men ; the Polish shipyard orga- nization Centromor; the Buda- pest, Hungary, works for ship assembly and crane construction; Maritimex shipbuilding organiza- tion (Czechoslovakia) ; the Fin- nish shipyard Wartsila of Hel- sinki; Setenave in Portugal; Howaldtswei'ke-Deutsche Werft (H-DW) of Hamburg/Kiel; the Hapag-Lloyd shipyard in Bremer- haven; and many other major shipbuilders. The major shipyards share a growing conviction that the ra- tionalization of capacity for con- struction of new vessels and the recovery in demand for shipbuild- ing and ship conversion have cre- ated a marked improvement in business prospects. Many Euro- pean shipyards, particularly in West Germany, are following the trend toward increased specializa- tion by devoting a considerable part of their scientific and techni- cal resources to the development of specialized vessels, floating pro- duction plants, and installations for offshore work and marine en- gineering. For example, Bremer Vulkan shipyard in Bremen leads the world in the construction of con- tainerships, with 28 completed to date, while the Hapag Lloyd yard in Bremerhaven recently im- pressed the world of shipbuild- ing with a record performance in converting the passenger ship France into the Norway, the larg- (continued on page 16) Maritime Reporter/Engineering News ^EN-UND TURBi^11 -IURB!NEN-UNION
