KARACHI: The maiden edition of the Pakistan International Maritime Exhibition and Conference (PIMEC) will be held from February 10 to 12, 2023, at the Karachi Expo Centre, according to a media briefing held on Thursday.
Commander Karachi Rear Admiral Mian Zakirullah Jan along with Ministry of Maritime Affairs Additional Secretary Asad Rafi Chandna briefed the media regarding PIMEC.
A total of 133 exhibitors, including 21 international firms and 112 local firms and international organisations are participating in the exhibition.
In addition 37 international delegations from 17 countries, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Turkiye, the UK, Italy, Germany, Portugal, the US, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and Kazakhstan will also attend the event.
Another highlight of the event is active participation of Sindh and Balochistan governments, which have established exclusive pavilions aimed at promoting investment in the maritime sector.
PIMEC will include maritime exhibition, business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) meetings, signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and media interactions.
The main objectives of PIMEC are to highlight Pakistan’s potential for a blue economy, provide opportunities to the maritime industry both in the public and private sectors to display products at one forum.
This will also provide a platform for interaction with the international maritime industry for joint ventures, transfer of technology and research to provide importance to Pakistan’s maritime and defence industries.
In parallel, the PIMEC’s conference part, i.e., International Maritime Conference — 2023 spearheaded by the National Institute of Maritime Affairs, has also been organised on the theme “Embracing Blue Economy — Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries”.
The IMC, thematically distributed under four sessions, will cover 27 papers by the national and international speakers of repute.
PIMEC is being conducted in tandem with the multinational exercise AMAN-23, which will provide an opportunity to over 122 delegates from 50 participating navies to witness this event.
This will also increase the opportunities for the local exhibitors to interact with the international attendees of the visiting navies from across the globe.
The maritime sector is the heart of the global trade and economy. The existing value of the global ocean economy is around $1.5 trillion/annum, which is expected to double in size by 2030.
It can; therefore, be construed that the prosperity of a nation and economic growth are to a greater extent facilitated by the maritime sector.
Pakistan Navy; therefore, in coordination with the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, took initiative of bringing the national and international maritime stakeholders to enhance maritime awareness and bring to fore the largely untapped maritime sector of Pakistan.
It is believed that the Pakistan Navy-Ministry of Maritime Affairs joint initiative of holding the first Pakistan International Maritime Exhibition and Conference will not only bolster the blue economy but also become the harbinger of the socioeconomic development of the coastal belt of Pakistan.
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