Leading international maritime tradefair SMM, has been postponed to 2-5 February 2021 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. SMM had been originally set to take place from 8 to 11 September 2020.
“Finding a suitable new timeframe for SMM was not an easy task for us, and we are happy we have been able to do so,” said Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO of Hamburg Messe und Congress.
The move in dates means SMM will be the new year’s first international gathering of the maritime industry.
“We will offer the global maritime community an extraordinary, more compact SMM in February 2021. Together we will overcome this crisis and host an SMM that will live up to its own, high standards. We are looking forward to welcoming everybody back,” said Aufderheide.
On its website the venue advises exhibitors that can submit proof that their participation “would constitute an unreasonable burden, we grant the right to withdraw from the contract. In this case we reserve the right to bill you a compensation fee of up to 25% of the participation fee to cover our expenses, rather than charging you the standard cancellation fee”.
Full details available via the show website: www.smm-hamburg.com.
