Exhibitors Comments
Find out what our current and 2008 exhibitors think about Middle East Workboats.
“We have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of visitors to this show and we have a realistic change of getting new work from our attendance here.”
Alfonso Campos, Sales and Marketing Dept, Astander, Spain
“Great Exhibition – over 140 visitors to our stand and they were all serious clients. Will be back!”
Steve Dougal, MD, Century Marine Services Ltd, UK
“The oil and gas sector is booming in the region. It is important for a class society like DNV to be present and tap the immense potential for offshore class activities. Participating in Middle East Workboats was crucial.”
Eivind Grostad, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), UAE
"The event provided us with an opportunity to reach new customers in the Middle East. From the event we have been able to secure new orders for The Dynamic Positioning Centre within our two core business activities of DP Training and Technical Services (FMEA's). It just shows that the quality of the people attending was excellent as we were able to convert the enquiries into firm orders so quickly"
Dan Endersby, General Manager, C-MAR, Singapore
“Middle East Workboats is the best marine show outside of the United States.”
Jon Boc, National Sales Director, Julian A.McDermott Corp, USA
"The Middle East WorkBoat'08 is niche, targeted and it provides long term value, where buyers meet sellers and vice versa (clienteles wise) and partnership are forged.
This show personifies high probability clients rather than just the number game. I dare say that it is the quickest way to put a finger to the pulse of the middle east workboat market." Averill Tow Tee Jin, Manager (Yards and Marine Division), KTL Offshore PTE LTD, Singapore
“This has been an excellent event in its inaugural year. As a Middle East company with markets in African, Eastern Europe and Australiosia, we have found Middle East Workboats to be a valueable channel for our continued growth.”
Gary Dockerty, Group Business Development Manager, Lamnalco, UAE
“The show represents an importance platform for the industry in light of current developments and land reclamation underway in Abu Dhabi. There are a large number of marine projects including new islands, gas and oil operations which require marine transport and other related services.”
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Chairman of the National Transport Authority
“This region is important for a company such as. This show has provided a good opportunity to meet up with our clients in the region and establish new customers.”
David Lui, Business Development and Marketing Manager, Penguin, Singapore
"Strategic Marine found Middle East Workboats 2008 a highly successful development platform, that provided quality contacts............ we wil definately be back!"
Jamie Anderson, Marketing Manager, Strategic Marine, Australia
The Seatrade exhibition for workboats is a focused exhibition especially on our segment of the market. This was a good chance to meet up with suppliers and customers from our area of business.”
Bo Vestbirk Laub, Managing Director, Svitzer Middle East Ltd, UAE
“The Middle East Workboat Show was very targeted. Unlike other shows that we have participated in the past, there were real decision makers visiting this show with real interest. We believe that this is an important offshore show for both the industry and our company. Levingston is proud to have participated in this show and look forward be a part of this well organized event in the future.”
Ronald Sanders, CEO, The Levingston Corporation, USA
"This was our first time exhibiting in the Middle East. The show was a great success for Turner Diesel Ltd in terms of putting our company, its services and products back on the map and in to the thoughts of our existing clients and also informing the many new companys we met of our products and services.
Our main aim at the show was to sell our largest franchaised product which is the EMD diesel engine as we are a distributor. This was certainly achieved as we have many enquirys for the different models of this engine for new marine vessel builds in the Middle East area and throughout the world.
Overall a very successful show for Turner Diesel Ltd and I am sure we will be back.
I would like to extend our thanks to all at Seatrade for their support and help before and throughout the show."
Craig Butchart, General Sales Manager, Turner Diesel, UK