The Gulf Maritime exhibition has set sail into its ninth edition, leveraging on the success of its past eight editions and expanding along with the fast-growing regional maritime industry. Each of its editions has entered and successfully weathered uncharted waters, be it new markets, new economic developments, and changing trade and political balances. Today, Gulf Maritime is know globally as a premier event that brings together trade representatives and professionals from across the world at a single platform, when the who’s who of the maritime industry converges on Expo Centre Sharjah for three days. These three days also see the latest products and services for the commercial, government, leisure and maritime industry going on display, attracting visitors from the whole of the Middle East and Africa, Central Asia and the Indian sub-continent. Gulf Maritime thus becomes a comprehensive sourcing and networking platform that is eagerly anticipated by the industry.