About SMM

Review SMM 2024

Partners & Sponsors

Voices about SMM

Aufnahme auf der Vogelperspektive der Messe.

The world's leading maritime industry event

With over 2,200 exhibitors and about 49,000 total attendees from all over the world, SMM continues to cement its position as the most important event in the maritime industry calendar.

The trade fair offers a perfect stage for gathering insights, networking, cementing business deals and contributing to debates with the thought leaders in this sector.

Facts & Figures

Es ist eine kleine Weltkugel zu sehen von der Wasser in alle Richtungen spritzt.

Sustainability

Voices about SMM

Es ist eine Schiffschraube zu sehen. Das Bild ist schwarz weiß.

History

SMM and MS&D are important platforms for identifying new technologies at an early stage and bringing innovations into operational use more quickly.

Rear Admiral Christian Bock
Head of the Bundeswehr Innovation Center

SMM is a unique meeting place for the maritime industry. Our exhibitors held numerous discussions with international business partners that will lead to new collaborations. We will be back in 2028 with a strong Danish presence.

Mie Jakobsen
Head of Marine
Danish Export Association

Decarbonisation remains important, but safety at sea and the protection of sea lanes are currently the number one priority. We need to get ships into the water quickly and significantly shorten procurement processes. Industry is ready: many of the products and technologies we need already exist and do not have to be developed from scratch.

Klaus Deleroi
Managing Director
REINTJES

At SMM 2026, we can clearly see that the conversations are becoming more specific: customers are asking less about the potential of AI and more about ready-to-use solutions for collision avoidance on board. The quality of the discussions was noticeably higher this year.

Patrick Haebig
Senior Sales Manager EMEA North
SEA.AI. Anschütz

A glass pane with a "hologram" of a ship. A group of men in suits sitting in the background.

SMM 2026 Product categories

The expertise of the internationel maritime industry is represented in its entirely at SMM. Exhibitors include large-scale industrial ship and shipyard engineering, ship fittings and equipment, cargo handling systems, offshore engineering, maritime services, and much more.

A detailed summary of the SMM spectrum can be found here.

SMM 2026 Product categories (PDF / As of 05.05.2026)

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