An international oil trafficking ring is believed to be hiding behind the case of the Eirini 1 oil tanker, which, although banned from sailing from the port of Rhodes island on December 8 last year, “escaped” to Turkey.
SHIPPING
Motor Oil announced on Wednesday the inauguration of the largest open-sea multi-buoy mooring for tankers in Greece at its premises in Agioi Theodoroi, Korinthia.
Gale-force winds on Thursday kept ships for the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Eastern Aegean Islands at the ports of Piraeus, Lavrio and Rafina.
Simpson Spence Young (SSY), the world’s largest independent shipbroker, announced on Monday it is opening a new office in Athens.
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Gale-force winds kept ships for the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Eastern Aegean Islands docked at Piraeus port on Wednesday.
5G Ventures announced that Latsco Family Office is the first investor of Greek interests that will participate in the first round of fundraising for Phaistos Investment Fund.
Greek shipowners have spent an estimated $16 billion on new and used ships this year, per the Clarksons shipbrokers.
Greek shipping’s international standing means it has the opportunity to attract young people to the sector to meet the large problem of unemployment, Shipping and Island Policy Minister Giannis Plakiotakis told the seventh annual Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association (EENE) Economic Forum on Wednesday.
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Pirates took six hostages during an attack on a Greek-operated container ship in international waters in the Gulf of Guinea on Monday, a spokesperson for the Danish military said on Tuesday.
Ferry schedules will return to normal at midnight Monday after shipping companies and unions clinched a deal on a new collective labour agreement.
Ferries are to remain docked at ports until midnight Monday as seamen hold a 48-hour strike over a series of demands including salary increases and improved social security.
Greece was elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the membership election for the 2022-23 biennium at its 32nd Assembly on Friday.
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A prosecutor in Rhodes has opened an investigation into a freighter detained by local port authorities for smuggling fuel which managed to flee under the nose of the authorities on Wednesday, state-run broadcaster ERT reported Friday.
The anticipated tripling of confirmed cruise ship arrivals in the city of Thessaloniki in 2022 justifies the government’s strategy for the cruise sector, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated Thursday.
Work on the Corinth Canal walls and basin will begin in January, Deputy Environment and Energy Minister Nikos Tagaras said on Thursday.
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Greece’s seamen’s union, the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO), Thursday announced a 48-hour strike for all categories of ships, starting Friday.
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