Exhibitors Comments
Find out what our current and 2008 exhibitors think about Middle East Workboats.
“The Middle East is a significant market for all our yards and Workboats offers a great opportunity to showcase our capabilities”
Geoff Taylor, Executive Chairman, Drydocks World, UAE
“The event provides a great opportunity for delegates to discuss and share ideas and knowledge and to view the latest technologies and methods.” Darwish Al Qubaisi, General Manager, Esnaad
“We are exploring the international market and this region is very strong in the offshore supply support sector and that is why Middle East Workboats comes into the picture for us.”
Ma Guohua, Vice Mayor Zhoushan Municipality, People’s Republic of China
“We came to meet the owners and operators and have met the right people who are the right decision makers. It is very important for us to be at Workboats in Abu Dhabi and will come back in 2011."
Arthur Boogaard, Business Manager, Wartsila
“This was our first time exhibiting at Middle East Workboats and it has exceeded our expectations. The visitors to the show were exactly who we wanted to meet and we have had a lot of enquiries for new business.”
Christophe Mourot, Executive Vice President, Schottel, Germany
“As a new exhibitor to Middle East Workboats we came to meet with our existing clients and make new contacts. It is a great opportunity to be here and feel the pulse of the market.” Dharmesh Dhanani, Director, Lion Rubber, India
“We made some valuable contacts at the show, and I'm sure we will be back as exhibitors in 2011.”
Justin Steel, Senior Project Manager, Incat Crowther
"We decided to exhibit to further raise the profile within the region. In this respect the show was very successful for us. What we were particularly impressed with was the quality and quantity of the new contacts we made, and that many of them came from outside of the UAE. We had not expected the show to attract quite so many visitors from the wider region."
Chris Sparrow, Sales and Marketing Manager, Hippo Marine Limited
“Middle East Workboats was again a great success for SVITZER. As a leading operator in marine services it is important to be part of the maritime community and play an active role in this key event in our market.”
Rene Kofod-Olsen, Managing Director SVITZER Middle East, India & Africa
“This was a return visit having participated in the first show in 2008. We were pleased with the quality of visitors to our stand and the level of leads and enquiries collected. We are convinced our presence as a supplier of Fire Fighting packages in the region and beyond will grow as a result of our attendance, we intend to be back for next show.”
Richard Lucas, CounterFire Ltd
”The Middle East Workboats Exhibition has been the highlight of our marketing campaign for this year. It was well worth the investment in terms of generating new customers and re-connecting with old customers, meeting new source suppliers and developing network opportunities. “
Michael Kaczmarek, Business Development Executive, Heavy Engineering Industries & Shipbuilding Company K.S.C. (HEISCO)
“Middle East Workboats 2009 has established itself as the most important event taking place in the region for the offshore industry. The people who attended the exhibition were all professionals and it was a pleasure to attend the exhibition. As it generated a huge amount of leads for us, we are looking forward to attend the next one taking place in 2011.”
Asim G. Kiyani, Vice-President, Sales, Middle-East, Africa, Asia & Pacific, Shipadmin
“We have been pleasantly surprised by the quality of visitors to this show and we have a realistic chance 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 important 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 enquiries 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