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20–22APR 2027
Industry-adjacentExhibitionIn-person

Seafood Expo Global 2027

World's largest seafood trade fair — 2,290 exhibitors from 85 countries and 35,500+ professionals at the 2026 edition; reefer, cold-storage, freezing and packaging suppliers exhibit and attend, but there is no formal cold-chain conference track.

Diversified Communications · Fira Barcelona Gran Via
Barcelona, ES
Industry-adjacent
CFP closes
14days
Closes 18 Sep 2026

The ColdChainer Briefing

What it is

Seafood Expo Global, with its co-located Seafood Processing Global, is the largest seafood trade exhibition worldwide, organised by Diversified Communications; the 2027 edition is the 33rd. The 2026 edition drew 2,290 exhibiting companies from 85 countries and more than 35,500 professionals, the largest attendance in its history. Coverage spans the full seafood supply chain from harvest and aquaculture through processing equipment, packaging, cold storage and distribution.

Why it matters

Seafood is a perishable commodity wholly dependent on unbroken refrigeration, so this is where reefer-freight, cold-storage, freezing/processing and temperature-controlled packaging suppliers meet buyers and set annual sourcing and logistics arrangements. Seafood Processing Global specifically exhibits freezing, refrigeration and packaging machinery. Sourcing contracts struck here shape a season's cold-chain volumes across Europe and global trade lanes.

Who you'll meet

The floor is seafood importers, exporters, processors, retail and foodservice buyers and aquaculture producers, alongside cold-storage, reefer-logistics and packaging-equipment vendors. Seniority runs from category buyers to commercial directors and owners of trading and processing firms. It is a commercial trade floor, not an academic conference.

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Pricing & exhibiting

From the organiser · Verified 14 Jul 2026
Expected attendance
35,500+
(2026 edition)
Delegate passes
Exhibit Hall Only – Industry Buyers & Professionals (Early Bird)€100
Exhibit Hall Only – Industry Buyers & Professionals (Onsite)€130
Exhibit Hall Only – Non-Exhibiting Suppliers (Early Bird)€200
Exhibit Hall Only – Non-Exhibiting Suppliers (Onsite)€250
Full Conference Pass (Early Bird)€310
Full Conference Pass (Onsite)€399

The page's own pricing table labels the early-bird cutoff 'Through 20 April' but pairs it with an 'Onsite (21-23 April)' column, which is one day later than this event's officially confirmed 20-22 April 2027 exhibition dates (per the site's own homepage: 'Tuesday 20 April: 10:00-18:00' ... 'Thursday 22 April: 10:00-17:00'). The conference-information page likewise lists sessions on 21-23 April, one day offset from the expo-floor dates of 20-22 April. This looks like copy possibly not fully reconciled to the shifted 2027 calendar (a common stale-carryover from the prior edition's date pattern) — flagged, not corrected, since the organiser's own page states it verbatim this way.

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