Ports & Vessels: Charting the future
Posted on 22 November 2024

Registration is now open!
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Ports & Vessels is returning to the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead.
25th February 2025
This one-day conference will bring together key maritime and renewables industry stakeholders. It promises to facilitate collaboration, promote high-level networking, and drive discussions vital to unlocking the full potential of offshore wind.
Key topics addressed in 2025:
- Decarbonisation of maritime activity
- New technologies, efficiency and innovation in vessels and port infrastructure
- Supply chain visibility: finding clear pathways for growth and certainty
- The contract and alliancing landscape: how to manage risks associated with vessel and port contracting
- Collaboration agreements: learning lessons from regional partnerships
- The maturation of floating offshore wind: what do new projects mean for port and vessel decision-making?
Call for abstracts
Submission deadline: 31 December 2024
We are looking for abstracts offering ideas and solutions that will help unblock industry challenges and deliver net zero.
If you have original and relevant ideas and would like to field a speaker, please submit a short 250-word abstract via Oxford Abstracts platform by the submission deadline.