The predecessor of the Nor-Shipping trade fair was organised for the first time as Deck and Engine Room in the early 1960s by Norwegian Industrial Fairs（now Norway Trade Fairs） in cooperation with the magazine Skip. This event stayed entirely national on the first two occasions it was staged， focusing more on Norwegian seafarers and their shipboard workplace than on wider aspects.

Organised with the support of Selvigs Norwegian Shipping News journal， the event was renamed as the first International Shipping Exhibition before it opened in Oslo during May 1965. A slump in maritime markets in the late 1960s meant that the next exhibition was not staged until late May 1968. The Nor- Shipping name， now so familiar， was first applied for the third event in 1971.

Nor-Shipping is today an important meeting place for companies from across the entire maritime value chain and from around the globe. If your business falls within our main theme areas， you will fit right in at the exhibition. These are： IT and navigation； safety and rescue； shipbuilding and repair； maritime services and logistics； and propulsion and machinery. For those who are more focused on the commercial side of the industry， our conferences have proven to be a big draw.The international potential for a shipping exhibition in Norway was spotted by a Norwegian shipowner and magazine publisher， Per Selvig. He contacted Edvard Mowinckel- Larsen， then head of Norwegian Industrial Fairs， to propose a broader and more international focus for the next maritime exhibition.

Nor-Shipping 2013 from June 4th-7th was truly a week to remember. The Nor-Shipping team extends its heartfelt appreciation to all exhibitors， visitors， partners， sponsors， conference speakers– and more. The list of those who played an integral part of the weeks success is naturally quite long because more happened than ever before at this event week， which expanded to include a dizzying array of activities and elements –both those organized by Nor-Shipping as well as the wider maritime community.