The shipping and island policy minister of the caretaker government, Theodoros Kliaris, visited the Port of Piraeus on Friday ahead of the long weekend, when traffic to the islands peaks for this month.
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The captain of a cargo ship heavily damaged in a collision off the island of Chios with another cargo ship has headed to Turkey after refusing help from Greek rescuers and port authorities and .
Based on confirmed bookings for the whole of 2023 (data up to April 30), Greece remains the No 1 yacht charter destination worldwide, with a market share of 27% of all weekly bookings of yachts over 20 meters long, according to the International Yacht Company (IYC).
Ministry officials and representatives of shipyard workers have met and agreed on increased safety measures at shipyards during the summer, following a fatal accident on Monday.
The iconic Corinth Canal is preparing to reopen for four months on June 1 after eight months of work.
The Corinth Canal will reopen to navigation on June 1 for four months, its operator has said. The Corinth Canal company said that the final stages of restoration work on the canal will resume on October 1 and will continue until February 2024, when the waterway will return to normal 24-hour operation.
The exchange agreement between Marfin Investment Group (MIG) and Strix Holdings was signed on Friday, whereby the former gives the latter Attica Group shares corresponding to 79.4% of the shipping company’s share capital, against loans of 443.8 million euros of MIG held by Strix. Based on this debt-for-equity exchange agreement, the largest Greek shipping company […]
Concern is growing among ferry operator ANEK Lines’ employees, creditors and suppliers about the completion of its rescue by Attica Group.
The relaunching of works and the productive output of the Elefsis Shipyards, in Attica, “means rather a lot, because after so many years we can again secure our work, our salary and the money we thought was lost,” accident prevention worker Dimitris Charitos told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday.
MSC Cruises announced in Piraeus on Sunday that it is basing a new ship in Greece’s main port for this summer season.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second such capture by Tehran in under a week amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the Atlas shipyard in Perama, located near the port of Piraeus, on Wednesday. The shipyard is one of 24 active shipyards in the region, and Mitsotakis emphasized the significant support allegedly provided by his conservative government to Greece’s shipbuilding and repair industry.
Despite the recovery of tourism, which in 2022 helped companies such as Aegean, Autohellas and Attica Group to break historic records in their results, ferry company ANEK has recorded a further deterioration in its financial position.
Revenue from Cyprus’ ship management industry continued its upward trend in the second half (H2) of 2022, reaching 648 million euros, up 25.6% year-on-year.
The US confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker in retaliation, according to a maritime security firm. The vessel is managed by Greece-based Empire Navigation.
The Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum is opening its doors on Tuesday, taking place for the first time in Thessaloniki.
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