Here (please, find it enclosed below) is my compilation of some (most - I suppose) of the most important / most interesting events of interest for shiplovers.
The listing is not finished yet and mostly in "raw" format, but still usable - I suppose.
Even the listing is not full and not in its finished / polished form yet, it already took a lot of time in searching and compiling.
Some events, which seem to be very interesting not only to national / local audience / public but also to international shiplovers are at the same time a bit "xenophobic"
information on these events is available in local language only and not in English. Eg. Eems Dollart Haven Festival.I am a bit disappointed because of a weak response to my suggestion to users of this forum to provide information on maritime events from their area / country.
I think everyone knows more on events happening in their neighbourhood and could (should) help shiplovers from other countries to trace interesting events for possible vacation visit...
Please, be so kind as to append / correct / translate to English information provided below and please, send information on events not included in the listing yet - here in THIS thread or in the initial thread - here:
Regards,
Peter
APRIL
Titanic Made in Belfast Festival
7-14.04; Belfast, Northern Ireland
Fluids Rotterdam
18-19.04; Rotterdam, NL
port equipment & services trade fairs
Ocean 2006
23-26.04; Moscow, Russia
trade fairs; info: www.mirexpo.ru
SASMEX 2007
24-25.04; Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel / Organisers Fairplay Maritime safety exhibition and series of seminars aimed at bringing together manufacturers and distributors, fleet safety managers and purchasers and legislators. The two day seminar programme will cover evacuation systems; security; regulation and training & education.
http://www.sasmex.com/
MAY
Seatrade Awards
21 May
Venue Guildhall, London Organisers Seatrade Description
http://www.seatrade-global.com/Awards/AWARDS.HTM
probabbly on VIP invitations only
Hafengeburtstag Hamburg
11-13.05.2007; Hamburg, Germany
truly maritime (port) festival - "harbour birthday party"
tug ballet, possibility to board ships on display, etc.
International Waterbike Regatta 2007
17-20.05; Gdansk, Poland
students of naval architecture and marine / offshore engineering from the whole Europe in competition of brains (ship designs) and muscles (waterbikes are human powered)
you can even see human powered hydrofoil there...
Badjumble
May, Copenhagen, Denmark
floor market / nautical antiquarian items of interest available
17-05-2007, NL, Sleepbootdagen 2007
tug enthusiasts and tugs gathering
http://www.sleepbootdagen.nl/
Nationale Sleepbootdagen in Vianen 2007
17 t/m 20 mei.
Sleepboot dagen Vianen 2007
JUNE
Nor-Shipping 2007
12-15.06; Lillestrom / Oslo, Norway
this year's biggest shipping, shipbuilding and marine equipment trade fair / exhibition
lots of ship models and items of ship equipment on display
Maritime Heritage Event / Liverpool Maritime Festival
15-18.06 (most events seem to fall into period of 16-17.06); Liverpool – Albert Dock / Central Docks / Mersey,
info: www.liverpool08.com, www.merseyriverfestival.co.uk (this last address inactive at present)
Fairplay Cup
21.06; Port Solent, UK
www.fairplaycup.co.uk
Belfast Maritime Festival
29.06 - 01.07; Belfast, Northern Ireland
tall ships participation / presence expected
Event The Dragon Boat Challenge Date 16 June Venue Dorney Lake, Eton Organisers BISS Description Charity fund raising event for up to 36 teams from the maritime industry. Sponsored by Cargill and BP.
Whitehaven Maritime Festivals
June 15-17, 2007
UK
JULY
Nationale Vlootdagen 2007
13-15.07 or 22-24.07; Den Helder (there is contradictory information on dates available from various sources)
NATO / NL Navy base event, possibility of boarding of naval ships for "sightseeing" expected
A Magical History Tour
20.07.2007-30.11.2008; Merseyside Maritime Museum; Liverpool, UK
opening of a new exhibition
www.merseysidemaritimemuseum.org.uk
VI World Championship in NS section (NAVIGA)
25.07-02.08; St. Petersburg, Rosja
competition of scale floating models
info: www.fsmr.ru/wcns07en.htm oraz www.naviga.org
again - no English language information available - could anyone translate, please?...
* * Sail De Ruyter te Vlissingen Vaartuigen - Zeeuwse Havendagen * >>
6 - 9 juli 2007
Meer dan 30 internationale marineschepen zullen ligplaats nemen in de haven van Vlissingen en worden opengesteld voor publiek.
Het verwachte aantal bezoekers bedraagt 300.000.
Op deze dagen zullen de volgende evenementen plaatsvinden: een kranslegging, officiële ontvangsten, concerten van de Koninklijke Marinierskapel en Het Zeeuws Orkest en vliegdemonstraties.
AUGUST
23.08; Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool, UK
Slavery Remembrance Day and opening of the International Slavery
Museum
info: www.merseysidemaritimemuseum.org.uk; www.liverpool08.com
Visserijdagen 2007
29.08-02.09; Harlingen, NL
13th BALTIC HERRING Short Film Competition
The 14th Blue Sea Film Festival will be held in Rauma in 16th - 19th August 2007. During the festival,
there will also be arranged the 13th Baltic Herring ? short film competition for the residents of the Baltic Sea area.
The theme should preferably have something to do with the sea, or at least to be somewhat watery.
SEPTEMBER
The Docklands Maritime Festival
1-4 Jun 2007 (annual)
Dublin Docklands
As the summer begins, Dublin's Waterfront Quarter celebrates with the Docklands Maritime Festival, featuring tall ships and maritime-related street theatre, musical entertainment and plenty of shopping opportunities.
Please visit the Dublin Docklands website for the latest information on this year's programme.
Baltexpo 2007
4-6.09; Gdańsk (Olivia hall), Poland
International Maritime Trade Fairs - similar to SMM and Nor-Shipping, but smaller
Clipper Round The World Yacht Race Start
15.09; Liverpool (Albert Dock / Mersey); UK
XIV Naviga World Championships RC Sailing Classes F5-E, F5-M, F5-10
15-25.09; Senec, Slovakia
remotely controlled sailing yacht models in competition
info: www.zmos.org
Cruise Terminal Official Opening
21.09; Liverpool (Prince's Landing Stage), UK
with visit from QE2 cruise liner
NEVA 2007
24-27.09; St. Petersburg (Lenexpo Complex), Russia
International Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ports and Offshore Energy Exhibition
similar to SMM and Nor-Shipping, but smaller
Wereldhavendagen
07-09-2007, Rotterdam, probably one of the two Europe's biggest port festivals
similar to Hamburg port birthday
19-09-2007 Monaco Yacht Show
luxury yachts, including motor superyachts on display
www.monacoyachtshow.com
OSV Singapore 2007
24-25.09; National University of Singapore, Singapore
conference; info: www.osvsingapore.org
World Maritime Day
27.09; HQS Wellington, London, UK (entry probably on VIP invitations only)
central celebrations of IMO proclamed World Maritime Day
info: www.worldmaritimeday.com
14-09-2007 Southampton Boat Show
Eems Dollard Havenfestival 2007
I do not understand whether this event, which seems to be VERY interesting is held on 8-9 or on 15-16 September...
Eems Dollard Havenfestival 2007 – 15 en 16 September 2007. (Datum is gewijzigd) was in eerste instantie 8 en 9 September. Dit evenement wordt voor de tweede ...
Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/beve/wh ... n_maritime
Great Yarmouth's spectacular Maritime Festival celebrates the town's rich maritime heritage.
The 2007 event takes place on Saturday 8th September 10am - 6pm and Sunday 9th September 10am - 4.30pm on the South Quay, Great Yarmouth.
NOVEMBER
Europort Maritime 2007
06-09.11; Rotterdam, NL
this year's second biggest (after Nor-Shipping) maritime trade fairs
www.europortmaritime.nl
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other events or more info on some of the events mentioned before:
Terneuzen Harbour Festival
http://www.havendagen-terneuzen.nl/programma/24/?id=22
http://www.havenfestival.com/
http://www.havenfestival.com/deelnemend ... chepen.php zdj statkow
http://www.havenfestival.com/14092006/14092006.php
13th BALTIC HERRING Short Film Competition
The 14th Blue Sea Film Festival will be held in Rauma in 16th - 19th August 2007. During the festival,
there will also be arranged the 13th Baltic Herring ? short film competition for the residents of the Baltic Sea area.
The ?Herring-Oscars? have been presented in Rauma for 11 years and many of the directors
who nowadays have their long films in the theater distribution, have been awarded in the Baltic Herring competition,
for example Lenka Hellstedt, Mika Ronkainen, Klaus H?r? and Maarit Lalli.
The theme should preferably have something to do with the sea, or at least to be somewhat watery.
Money prizes and the traditional ceramic award-herrings, made by Seija Palonen, are being presented in the competition.
The competition films are on public display during the film festival.
Showing of the best films and the prize award will take place in the festival marquee.
The awarded films will also be shown on the local TV-channel.
The Rules of the Baltic Herring Competition
- The competition is meant for the people in the Baltic Sea area (Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Denmark and Sweden).
- There are two categories in the competition, open category and the category directed for the students of audiovisual schools.
- Maximum length of the films is 30 minutes.
- English subtitles or a synopsis of the film are required.
- The original format of the film is not limited, but the competition film must be sent in MiniDv tape or in DVD-disc.
- The movie maker(s) is/are responsible for the recording permissions and reimbursements of the possible copyright protected material in the film content.
The competition films are to be sent to the following address:
Baltic Herring / Blue Sea Film Festival
PL 274
26101 RAUMA
FINLAND
The deadline for submission is June 10th 2007.
The films will not be returned.
Great Yarmouth Maritime Festival
http://www.great-yarmouth.co.uk/beve/wh ... n_maritime
Great Yarmouth's spectacular Maritime Festival celebrates the town's rich maritime heritage.
The 2007 event takes place on Saturday 8th September 10am - 6pm and Sunday 9th September 10am - 4.30pm on the South Quay, Great Yarmouth. A celebration of the Borough's seafaring heritage and fishing industry with a mixture of maritime crafts, maritime music and visiting vessels as well as costumed folk giving heritage tours to nearby historical sites, fresh fish stalls and shanty men singing traditional folk songs.
Whitehaven Maritime Festivals
June 15-17, 2007
In October 2006 Carlisle airport boss Andrew Tinkler flew to the rescue with an L80,000 donation to ensure the future of the 2007 Whitehaven International Maritime Festival.
WHITEHAVEN’S Maritime Festival has gone International. The bi annual event has now officially been branded the Whitehaven International Maritime Festival.
Chief executive for the festival, Gerard Richardson, said: “Ever since the very first festival Whitehaven has been truly international. At that first festival we had representatives from both Russia and the USA and the international spirit is a key factor for the festival, so we thought it important that we reflect that in the title of the 2007 event.”
The organisers have now settled the date for the big event as the long weekend of June 15-17, 2007
Red arrows over the Irish Sea at the 2005 Festival
The 2005 Festival, the fourth hosted by the town, took place on June 25-26 and is timed to coincide with the International Year of the Sea and Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar 200 years ago. It attracted 250,000 visitors and was blessed with sunshine throughout.
Among attractions were the Utterly Butterly flying circus (Pictured).
There were fly pasts by the Red Arrows, and Tornado jets plus a World War 2 fly-past..
Four tall ships came for the event; Liverpool's flagship the Zebu and sail training ship, Jean de la Lune, Scotland's only working square-rigged tall ship. They will also be joined by Jeannie Johnston and The Kathleen & May a wooden coaster launched in 1900, costing around L2,700 at a time when shipwrights earned the equivalent of L1.25 a week and was among the last four vessels who remained on trade routes in British and Irish waters. Her home was the Port of Bideford in the West Country until her retirement in 1961. She was purchased by a private trust in October 1998 from Gloucester Docks and brought home for a L1million restoration.
The Zebu came to Whitehaven last year especially to take part in the festival, choosing it over Liverpool's own maritime event. Its success in the town convinced the crew to return to Whitehaven when it took part in a BBC film later in the year.
