The second edition of the Libyan maritime show, "LIMEX 2009", was flagged off Tuesday at the International Fair of Tripoli, with by 75 local and international companies, specialising in industry, equipment, maintenance and maritime transport, in attendance. Organised by the Office of Ports and Maritime Transport at the Libyan General Popular Committee for Communications and Transports, the show will end 16 October.
It aims at highlighting the latest inventions and technologies in the area of maritime industry. These will be documented to enable the different institutions monitor and adapt to developments in the sector.
The programme will feature a workshop, attended by academicians, researchers and specialists.The president of the organising committee, Miloud Omran Tabiaa, said in a statement, which was made available to PANA, that companies participating in the eventwere from 12 countries -- US, Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Malta, Australia, the Philippines, China, South Korea, Tunisia and Finland.
Tabiaa emphasised that the main objective of the show was to enable Libyans learn from the technologies on exhibition, notably in the maritime sector.He said, for instance, that Libya needed to learn about scanning equipment for navigation, surveillance of the coasts, communication equipment and how to detect pollution sources.According to him, this informed the organisation of the show aimed at attracting the biggest companies which specialise in those areas.
He disclosed that a notable technological display at the show was the exhibition , for the first time in the world, of a flying ship, invented in South Korea, adding that "this boat has the capacity to lift up to a height of between 5 and 100 metres and is able to carry out surveillance missions.
However, during the show a Libya jet crashed on Tuesday 6th Oct 2009, the jet was a Meg 23 which was a Russian made,, there is a video on Youtube, the video which was posted by pilot Saleh Wafi shows the last moments before the crash. It was participating in the air show and belonged to the Libyan army, killing the pilot, co-pilot and wounding several others on ground.
Source: PANA & Sahra Oil Consultancy - London
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