Silverstream精彩亮相德国汉堡海事展及米兰Gastech海事展

9月初，Silverstream团队兵分两路，分别在德国汉堡国际海事展（SMM）以及在米兰召开的国际天然气技术展览会（GASTECH 2022）中亮相。在此期间，我们很高兴能与众多合作伙伴再次面对面沟通，并与更多业内同僚讨论了我们的项目和技术。

由于全球疫情原因，国际航运界终于在近三年的等待后，于SMM汉堡国际海事展以及米兰Gastech海事展上再度相遇，一同探讨航运业的未来。尽管汉堡和米兰相隔甚远，但两个展会讨论的主题和基调却是相似的，它们都将目光聚焦于我们这个时代最大问题：如何在短期内高效且具有经济可行性地实现脱碳目标。

德国汉堡国际海事展（SMM）

我们在汉堡的一周以受邀参加SMM开幕式开始。不论是在开幕演讲或整个展会期间，“合作与伙伴”这一主题被反复提及。与之相似的，新型燃料与清洁技术亦是行业关心的重点。与此同时，今年的活动作为该展会的第30届，也给予了每一位参会者一个特殊的理由来庆祝和反思这个行业在过去60年里所取得的发展。

Silverstream也在本次盛典中出席亮相，并在展会中热情招待了众多新老朋友们。我们的首席技术专家David Connolly也受邀参加了全球海洋环境大会（gmec）。在小组讨论中，David谈到了合作与透明度的重要性，正如刊登在Seatrade Maritime News的文章中所阐述的那样。

“重要的是消除对抗，采取更利于合作的方式。我认为，重点是提升合作中的透明度，并确保各方都能从合作中有所收获。”——Silverstream首席技术专家David Connolly在SMM gmec会议（全球海洋环境大会）上发表演讲

四天时间里，在总面积超过90000平方米的11个展厅内，来自全球100多个国家和地区的超过2000家参展公司、40000余名专业参观商客参加了本届盛会，我们很荣幸能参与其中。

国际天然气技术展览会（GASTECH 2022）

在几百英里之外的米兰，我们的团队更多地与液化天然气市场的制造商、分销商、技术和服务提供商进行了密切沟通，这亦是Silverstream的重点关注市场。期间，我们更详细地向市场介绍了近期与壳牌公司以及其他企业在液化天然气领域的合作项目，包括针对天然气运输船Patricia Camila号的Silverstream®系统安装项目。

相约未来！

这两场展会向市场传递了一个明显的信号：除了脱碳和新型燃料，整个航运业已经开始重点关注创新精神的又一个现实体现：清洁技术。显而易见的是，不同于过往被贴上“前卫”的标签，可持续性的发展战略已经成为了该行业的发展主流方向。

虽然疫情给近三年的各项行业活动造成了不同程度的影响，但参与这两场盛会的Silverstream团队还是感到了满满活力。未来，我们将参加更多行业活动，包括中国国际海事会展（Marintec）以及2023年的其他展会。

让我们共同期待下次的相遇！

SMM & Gastech wrap-up: two industry events, hundreds of clean tech conversations

In early September, the Silverstream team were out in force at two industry events in Germany and Italy. Some of us attended SMM in Hamburg, and others were present at Gastech in Milan, during a busy week of reconnecting with partners and colleagues, and talking to more people about our work and technology.

As Hamburg and Milan became clusters of maritime activity for the first time in the post-pandemic age, they played host to a huge range of discussions on the future of the maritime sector. Despite a gulf of several hundred miles, those discussions were similar in topic and tone, with near unilateral focus on the single largest issue of our times: how to enable and realise profitable decarbonisation within an increasingly short timeframe.

Our week in Hamburg started with an invitation to SMM’s opening ceremony. Themes of collaboration and partnership were apparent in the speeches and performances, as was the industry’s growing focus on future fuels and clean technologies. Meanwhile, the significance of it being the 30th edition of the event gave everyone an extra reason to celebrate and reflect on the progress the industry has made in the last six decades.

Silverstream had a stand at the event, which proved the perfect venue to meet old friends and new contacts. Our Chief Technologist, David Connolly, was also invited to participate at the global maritime environment congress (gmec). During his panel, David spoke about the importance of collaboration and transparency, as this article in Seatrade Maritime News explains.

“It's important to remove the adversarial and come to a more collaborative approach. To me it is very much about transparency, but it’s also about making sure that all parties have skin in the game.”

We were overwhelmed with the amount of interest and engagement across the week and are proud to have been a part of a show that had 2000 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors.

A few hundred miles away, in Milan, more of our team at the Silverstream stand were closely engaging with the LNG market and its stakeholders, which is a key segment of focus for Silverstream. We were able to talk in detail about our recent projects with Shell and others, with a particular focus on our Silverstream^® System installation on Methane Patricia Camila.

What was clear at both events was the level to which the tone of debate had shifted, not just on decarbonisation or future fuels, but on clean technologies as well. The spirit of innovation was present at both events, and it was apparent that sustainability strategies are now mainstream, not the preserve of progressive outliers.

The attending Silverstream teams at these events were truly invigorated after meeting so many people in person following a hiatus of nearly three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are looking forward to the next events in our diaries, which includes Marintec and many more in 2023.