ShipTek 2008, the two-day international conference on Shipbuilding and Conversion Technology was inaugurated on 29 April 2008, Tuesday, 9.00 am at Hotel Taj Residency, Kochi.
Mr. Noboru Ueda, Chairman, Class NK, Japan lit the lamp for the prestigious event organized by Marine BizTV and Aries Marine. Over 200 delegates from across the world attended the conference. The mega event was sponsored by the members of International Association of Class Societies (IACS) like Class NK, Germanischer Lloyd and RINA. Other lead players like Keppel Offshore & Marine, MSI, Transas, Zebec Marine and Seagull Marine were also among the sponsors. The event was co sponsored by Master Shipyard. The inauguration of ShipTek expo 2008, the two day exhibition also took place in the same venue at 1.00pm by Mr. Kevin Shakesheff, ICS, UK and Rear. Admiral Ajit Tewari, Indian Shipbuilders Association, India. The conference had four sessions on the most relevant current issues of the maritime world scheduled for two consecutive days, out of which two sessions including eleven paper presentations were scheduled for the first day. The remaining two sessions of the conference will be held at the same venue on 30 April 2008. The topics for paper presentation for the first day were Indian Shipbuilding Industry and its Future Prospects, Super Eco-Ship - A Human and Environmentally Friendly Ship, World Shipbuilding Trends & Korea Shipbuilding Industry, Strength Aspects and Weather Routing of Multi-Purpose Ships, Assessment of Hull Structural Slamming Loads on High Speed Planing Crafts, Design and Strength Assessment of Moonpool Region and Development of Design of Heavy Lift Cum Pipelay Vessels LTS 3000.
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