Boot Düsseldorf 2022 has been cancelled, marking the second successive year that one of the largest marine tradeshows in the world has been unable to proceed due to COVID concerns. The cancellation was threatened for several weeks as the Omicron variant took hold in Europe, and after the German government announced a ban on indoor events with more than 750 people until the end of January. All of which as been subsequently confirmed in a statement from Messe Düsseldorf, the host venue of boot Düsseldorf: