A specialized exhibition of shipbuilding for fishery industry at Seafood Expo Russia 2024 stirred a lot of interest among the professional audience. This positive response, paired with industry needs, has expanded the project format. This year, the renewed Fish Tech Global exhibition will showcase vendors of the full range of fisheries equipment.
A good start
In 2024, Seafood Expo Russia featured, for the first time, a specialized exhibition uniting shipbuilding, ship repair, equipment and coastal infrastructure for the fisheries industry. Over the course of three days, the exhibition was visited by 3,815 people, almost 20% of the event’s entire audience.
More than 50 businesses from Russia, China, Vietnam and South Korea took part in the exhibition: United Shipbuilding Corporation, Marine Instrument-Making Corporation, MSS Group, Pregol Shipyard, Sever Amphibious Plant, Marine Pro Boats, Furuno Evrus, Valcom, E8, Armalit, Marine Integrated Systems, Nautic Rus, Marine Engineering Bureau – SPb, Adomat Design Bureau, Marine Solutions, Surimi Tech, Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern companies and other industry leaders, as well as emerging small and medium-sized enterprises.
The exhibition was supplemented by a busy programme with a business agenda focusing on practical solutions to burning challenges in commercial shipbuilding, from validation of Russian equipment manufacturing capabilities to maintenance of foreign-made ship systems. Experts also discussed harmonization of fishing vessel design and equipment certification practices. The exhibition included five events organized with the assistance of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Industry Shipbuilding Association, Petrobalt Design Bureau and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.
A new format
This year, the project is known as Fish Tech Global, with new categories of exhibitors joining the specialized exhibition. They will include processing companies, equipment vendors for fish and seafood packaging, logistics, storage and quality control, operators of transportation and refrigeration facilities, etc., helping each exhibitor find appropriate customers.
Participants will have a chance to showcase their solutions and gain access to advanced technologies for improving of their products and upgrading logistics. This kind of platform for meaningful discussion and shared development will help optimize production chains across the fisheries industry. So, reduced operating costs will boost efficiency.
The new Fish Tech Global format will enable representatives of various industry sectors to fast-track adoption of innovative solutions in their respective businesses. The specialized exhibition also inspires international cooperation by inviting leading global manufacturers and experts to share their knowledge, organize joint projects and expand markets for local producers.
Time and place
This year’s Fish Tech Global specialized exhibition will take place at the ExpoForum Convention and Exhibition Centre in St. Petersburg on 22–24 October 2025. The organizers invite experts and representatives of interested businesses to submit proposed issues for discussion.