Buy Blue 2025
German Innovation & Quality meets European maritime demand
In October 2025, our popular B2B matchmaking event Buy Blue will take place in Hamburg for the fifth time.
What is Buy Blue?
Buy Blue is a unique B2B speed dating event specifically designed to connect suppliers and buyers in the maritime industry. In short, 10-minute meetings, companies can get to know each other. The goal is to quickly and precisely communicate needs, offers, and potential to lay the groundwork for future collaboration.
Through individually created and coordinated meeting plans, the maximum benefit from the event is to be drawn for each participant.
Buyers can be purchasing agents from European shipyards or system providers as well as technical managers from European ship-owners or converter platform operators. Suppliers must be based in Germany. If you aren't sure whether you'd like to participate as a buyer, a supplier or even both, feel free to contact us.
How does Buy Blue work?
In 2023, Buy Blue attracted about 20 Buyers and over 50 suppliers, nearly 110 individual participants in total. More than 500 meetings were held in one day. 90% of attendees were satisfied or very satisfied, according to the post-event survey. The following shipyards, shipowners and system providers were registered as buyers in the last event 2023:
Registration
Registration for buyers and suppliers will start soon.
If you provide your contact details here, we will be happy to inform you by e-mail as soon as registration for participants is possible.
Registration Deadline will be the 8th August 2025. You will get an Early Bird discount until 9th May 2025.
We have reserved a hotel contingent for Buy Blue participants at the Hotel Hafen Hamburg (the venue of the main event). You can find more information in the downloads on the right-hand side.
Agenda
Pre Evening Event
Networking & Dinner for all attendees
October 7th: 18:00 h – 22:00 h
Hafen-Klub Hamburg - Bei den St. Pauli Landungsbrücken 3, 20359
Main event BuyBlue - B2B Speed Dating
Meeting sessions with several breaks offering networking opportunities
October 8th: 08:00 h – 17:30 h
Hotel Hafen Hamburg, Seewartenstraße 9, 20459 Hamburg
More information about the agenda will follow soon.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in HAMBURG!
Contact
For further information or inquiries please contact:
Christian Schilling / Jon Steinlein
Tel.: +49 (0)40 - 28 01 52 0
Email: buyblue@vsm.de
VSM is the association of the German shipbuilding and ocean industry, which organises this event as a contribution to strengthen the cooperation within the European shipbuilding community. GeMaX is an initiative of German maritime companies offering a VSM-hosted financing and procurement platform.
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