Nor-Shipping gets underway
Today sees the official opening of Nor-Shipping 2023, with a high-profile event at Oslo City Hall, a special bell ringing ceremony at Oslo stock exchange, a UN Global Compact high-level meeting, and a range of other partner and networking activities.
Nor-Shipping’s main exhibition, gathering almost 1,000 international exhibitors and tens of thousands of delegates, kicks off in Lillestrøm tomorrow, with organisers claiming today the show will be the biggest and best Nor-Shipping week ever.
Sidsel Norvik, Nor-Shipping’s director, commented: “This is the 29th Nor-Shipping and I’ve never known such a sense of excitement as our business gets the chance to re-engage, experience the very latest innovations and developments, share knowledge, access new opportunities and, last but not least, have fun.”
The highlights awaiting delegates and participants are myriad. With John Kerry, the US climate change envoy, just confirmed for tomorrow’s Ocean Leadership Conference – joining speakers including Dr Andrew Forrest of Fortescue Metals Group, Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz, and IMO’s Kitack Lim, amongst others – the big names are out in force, while the weather gods look to be benign this week with no rain forecast for Wednesday’s famous barbecue at the headquarters of class society DNV .
Splash will be bringing readers updates from Oslo all week.