Asian Shipping and Workboat 2009 already 66% sold

The sixth Asian Shipping and Work Boat exhibition (ASWB) is already 66% sold a full eight months ahead of the event which takes place at Suntec Singapore from 24-26 February 2009.

Exhibition organizer Neil Baird, Chairman of Baird Events and Baird Publications reported that 112 booths out of a total 170 have already been sold. “We are tremendously encouraged to see that sales are significantly ahead of our last ASWB event in 2007. It’s an indication that our niche focus on the workboat business is a real draw for our quality and, in most instances, repeat participants,” said Mr. Baird. Baird drew attention to the conference element of the show next February, adding that two conferences and a number of product presentation seminars would be “highly topical, useful and interesting to those in the trade”. “The market is still roaring in the workboat sector,” said Baird, “Particularly for OSVs, tugs and barges, which are ‘front-and-centre’ as subjects of our conference program”. Launched last year at ASWB 2007, Baird Online – the shipping industry’s most comprehensive, free-of-charge Web portal covering most aspects of the global marine and maritime industry – has already established itself as an invaluable resource. As with all Baird Events, Asian Shipping and Workboat 2009 is being heavily cross promoted by Baird Publications’ market leading international maritime magazines: Work Boat World, Ausmarine, and Ships and Shipping.
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