Tag: Greece

The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) and Olympic Shipping and Management SA (OSM) have signed an Impact Partnership Agreement, committing to a five-year collaboration to accelerate shipping’s decarbonisation across geographies.

Houlder is collaborating with Blue Sea Power to develop three innovative floating LNG-to-power barges (FSRPs), to provide greener, lower emission baseload and peak power to the non-interconnected islands of Kos, Chios and Lesvos. 

The Greek government and the shipping community signed an agreement that guarantees the state 60 million euros paid voluntarily per year, starting from 2022.

Greece’s shipping ministry informed that two Greek-flagged vessels seized by Iran in May have been released after months of negotiations between the two sides.

On October 21, a small ship assist tug sank while working a midsize cruise ship at the island port of Patmos, Greece. As a result the captain lost his life. 

Marlink announced that it has completed the acquisition of the satellite communications business of Hellenic Radio Services (HRS). The acquisition enhances local service and customer support, while increasing choice for ship owners to adopt Marlink’s smart network solutions to digitalise their vessel operations.

The Hellenic Competition Commission imposed fines of $4.4 million on six tugboat companies after a probe into alleged market collusion. 

Iran agreed to release the crews of two Greek tankers it seized in May in response to the confiscation of oil by the US from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece.

On September 10, Turkey's coast guard claimed that two Greek patrol boats fired shots at the Ro/Ro Anatolian off the coast of Bozcaada, Canakkale.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen is the first global shipping company to adopt a fully AI-based approach to voyage optimization. Having implemented live streaming of vital data onboard 65 vessels, this new approach will help reduce fuel consumption by up to 10 per cent.