OREANDA-NEWS. August 19, 2010.  IX International Exhibition and Symposium on shipping, shipbuilding, port development, "Odessa-216" will be held on October 20-22, 2010 in Odessa of Ukraine. Scores of target seminars were scheduled to be held during the exhibition, including the 8th International Conference "Maritime and River Transport. Issues of Economic Interaction, Functioning and Development," the committee said.

INNOSPEC (Germany) plans a presentation of various fuels and additives for ships and other craft at the conference to be attended by shipping companies, shipyards and other participants.

The exhibition and conference have been supported by the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, Association of Shipbuilders of Ukraine UkrSudProm, BINSA, BRASS, UkrPort associations and other organizations.

Every even year the exhibition "Odessa" is attended by representatives from more than 20 countries, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Italy, Belize, Greece, Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Hungary, Romania, Britain, Russia, Ukraine and others. The increasing number of guests and participants of the expo, as well as the interest of international organizations indicate that the exhibition "Odessa" has become an event that attracts public attention and experts of the marine and transportation industries.

This year, several leading companies have confirmed their participation in the event, such as Shiptec (Finland), Composite CJSC (Russia), Wadan Yards (Germany), Selco (Denmark), Volvo-Penta (Sweden), DMT-Production (Ukraine), H. Cegielski -Poznan SA (Poland), Bogorodsky Engineering Plant (Russia), Stinis (Netherlands), Eliche Radiche (Italy), the port of Aktau (Kazakhstan), BarnaulTransMash (Russia), Armada Llc (Russia), Tikkurila (Finland), Torolla (Ukraine) , Zeppelin, Ukraine, geoWestfalia (Germany), Transas Ukraine and many others. The display of the Polish and Czech companies have been scheduled to be held during the Expo.

Ukrainian shipbuilding and ship repair industry will be represented by Feodosia shipbuilding company Morye (Sea), ChernomorSudoProekt JSC Shipyard Pallas, Seago Marine company, Trawl Llc, Black Sea Shipyard.