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Piraeus 6-11 June 1988 Posidonia

The International Shipping Exhibition

Posidonia 88, the biennial inter- national shipping exhibition, will be held at the Piraeus Exhibition Cen- ter in Piraeus, Greece, from June 6- 11, 1988.

The week-long Posidonia exhibi- tion, which includes the Posidonia

Forum, draws marine industry lead- ers from around the world. Typi- cally, exhibitors have included ship- ping companies, port authorities, shipbuilders and ship repairers,ship products and services, engine manu- facturers, cargo-handling equip- ment manufacturers, engine room machinery makers, shipping agents, maritime consultants, navigation and communications equipment manufacturers, marine paint sup- pliers, ship classification societies, towing and salvage equipment sup- pliers, etc. This year, more than 650 companies from 45 countries will be exhibiting. This eclipses the Posi- donia 86 total of 620 exhibitors from 49 nations.

Launched in 1964, the Posidonia exhibition was first held in the Zap- peion Palace in Athens. Posidonia 88, the 11th of its kind, is being held in the newly refurbished Posidonia

Exhibition Center. This year's exhi- bition marks the 7th time it has been held at the Exhibition Center.

Posidonia 88 is being sponsored by the Hellenic Chamber of Ship- ping, the Union of Greek Shipown- ers, the London-based Greek Ship- ping Cooperation Committee, the

Union of Mediterranean Cargo Ves- sels' Shipowners, the Shipowners'

Union of International Lines, and the Association of Greek Passenger

Ships.

Evangelos Giannopoulos, the

Minister of Mercantile Marine in

Greece, will open the Posidonia Fo- rum, along with Stathis Gour- domichalis, president, the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS). Mr.

Gourdomichalis will chair a dis- cussion on issues affecting the fu- ture of international shipping. The

Athens Intercontinental Hotel will be the site of the Forum on June 9.

The event is open to Posidonia ex- 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News