Shipping & Island Policy Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis expressed his satisfaction after meeting late last week with seamen’s associations, who decided to call off their strike.
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Seamen’s unions announced on Wednesday they were extending their 48-hour strike for another day to Thursday.
The Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) is set to receive with two specially designed gantry cranes, costing 15.6 million euros, which will enable the northern Greek port to directly serve mainline ships with a capacity of more than 10,000 TEUs (New Panamax).
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday lauded the investment of Chinese company Cosco as an “example of mutually beneficial cooperation.”
Coastal shipping sources consider the decision of Italy’s Grimaldi group to add two more ships to the Greece-Italy line as a "declaration of war."
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis signed a 9-million-euro package for the studies and construction work necessary for the complete restoration of the sides of the iconic Corinth Canal in southern Greece which are prone to landslides that have led to the frequent barring of ships from passing through on public safety grounds. A new state of emergency was declared only a few days ago. The canal connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. The initial proposal for the construction of the canal was supposedly made in ancient times and a failed effort was recorded in the 1st century AD. Work recommenced in 1881 and was finally completed in 1893. [Charalambos Vlasis/Intime News]
A Panama-flagged freighter carrying salt ran aground at the entrance of Katakolo's harbor, in western Greece, on Friday.
Greek refueling innovator probunkers announced on Thursday it has joined 300 companies in signing the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change.
Kathimerini understands that a ministerial decision has been signed for the state to support coastal shipping companies to the tune of 15 million euros.
Greek cruise lines hope a swifter vaccination rollout and the government’s proposed vaccine certificates scheme can help get ships out of the docks where they have been idling empty for the past year and back to sea for the vital summer season.
The United States has filed a lawsuit to seize a cargo of oil it says came from Iran rather than Iraq, as stated on the bill of lading, and contravenes US terrorism regulations.
Despite an initial interest shown by several companies in reviving a ferry link connecting Cyprus and Greece,not a single offer was submitted in the tender launched by the Cypriot government on December 2020, the country’s Shipping Deputy Ministry announced Friday.
More than 25 cargo ships were waiting outside the port of Piraeus on Wedneday, unable to approach it as the Greek port pilot service called a 48-hour strike, creating major delays and serving a blow to the port’s international prestige.
Pierfrancesco Vago, executive chairman of MSC Cruises, has been appointed to a two-year term as global chairman of the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA).
Greek shipowners invested a total of more than $9 billion in new and secondhand vessels in the last 12 months.
Coastal shipping suffered estimated losses of 120 million euros last year, with its turnover shrinking by €300 million due to the pandemic, bringing an end to a period of five consecutive years of progress.
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