Market focus on The Baltic Sea Region:
Report from a fact-finding business mission 26-28 June 2023 by the Norwegian Green Maritime Business Cluster (NGMBC) organized by East CCI of Norway. The delegation consisted of the following participants: Ulstein Group, Port of Narvik, Fiskerstrand Yard, Sparebanken Møre, NTNU Ålesund, and Optimar.
The business delegation started at June 26th including meeting with management of Tallinn Port authorities followed up by lunch with Kaupo Läänerand, Deputy Secretary General for Maritime at Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communication and BLRT Grupp. The program continued with B2B presentation of the executive management, and a guided tour at the yard of BLRT Grupp, Tallinn & Tallinn Shipyard. The program also included a presentation for chargé d’affaires Isabel Kemp from the Norwegian Embassy in Tallinn, before the program ended up with an introduction to the SRC Group AS (on-site). More details: Norwegian Green Maritime Business Cluster Delegation Visited BLRT Grupp – BLRT Grupp
Later the delegation continued to Klaipeda, Lithuania for meeting with top management at the Western Shipyard, followed up by a guided tour at the impressive yard, giving work to 4000 employees. The group continues with business talks at the Port terminal “Bega” we ended this noon at the Klaipeda science and technology Park for mutual business talk.
Later on, we were invited for a study visit at the KU Marine research institute – to see how the academia and business implement their various strategies.
This afternoon ended up with a very good mutual presentation of Klaipeda Port authority and the NGMBC network.
The last topic was a B2B meeting with Lavango Group, introducing us to their fish farming technology, including Norwegian partners for joint cooperation.
The program was concluded with a joint dinner at the Vessel Meridianas, and it was made clear that the distance from the Baltics to Norway is very short, in all terms – we`ll be back…soon!
