UBM, owner and organiser of Cruise Shipping
Miami, Marintec China, Sea Japan, and other events serving the Cruise and General
Maritime industries worldwide, today announces its acquisition of Seatrade
Communications Ltd.
Seatrade is recognised as a brand leader in
the global business to business maritime industries. The company’s Cruise
sector events include Seatrade Latin America Cruise Convention and Seatrade Middle
East Cruise Forum, supported by Seatrade Cruise Review and the online portal
Seatrade Insider. General Maritime events include Sea Asia in Singapore and
Seatrade Middle East Maritime in Dubai, supported by the online Seatrade Global
portal and Seatrade Magazine. In the Offshore Marine space it organises
Seatrade Offshore Marine and Workboats Middle East in Abu Dhabi.
UBM and Seatrade have a long history of
successful partnership on various maritime events worldwide. This acquisition
brings together the two leading portfolios in this sector, serving to simplify
the events landscape for customers and industry stakeholders alike.
Seatrade has been led by its Executive
Chairman and owner Chris Hayman since 2003. Chris will remain with the business
as Chairman, ensuring continuity of relationships, content and strategic
guidance.The business will remain headquartered in Colchester, UK, with its offices
in Dubai, Singapore and China continuing to drive growth in these regions.
Michael Duck, UBM’s Global Maritime Director and Executive Vice President of UBM
Asia said:
“We have enjoyed a successful partnership with Seatrade for many years, and are delighted to now
bring UBM and Seatrade together as one business to better serve our community
of customers, delegates and readers across the maritime world. The unified
portfolio and management structure will create a simplified, coherent and
stronger global offering for our clients. From both a company and personal
perspective, I am delighted that Chris Hayman – who is widely known and
respected throughout the maritime industry – will be
staying with the business. We look forward to working with him and the world
class teams at both UBM and Seatrade over the coming years.”
Chris Hayman,
Seatrade's Chairman and owner, said:
“Seatrade’s strategy of developing high
quality events and global intelligence for the general shipping, offshore marine
and cruise sectors, fits well with UBM’s world class events in these fields. We
look forward to working with them to expand our combined global reach, and to
provide the kind of content which is so critical to success in these dynamic
industry sectors.”
