Tag: Greece

The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) announced that the Greek Committee of Planning and Development of Ports (ESAL) approved investments of € 611.8 million, covering all the business units of the company. This investment paves the way for waterfront improvements at Greece's main seaport.

On Sunday, Greek Prime Minister urged the US to take place in the tensions between Greece and Cyprus concerning drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean, where Cyprus and Turkey are locked in a dispute over offshore rights.

The European Commission greenlighted Greece's plan to grant €47.3 million of public support for the construction of a new quay in the port of Igoumenitsa, on the north-west coast of Greece. The project aims to decrease congestion, harmful emissions and the risk of accidents by relocating the port's international activities to a new quay situated out of the city of Igoumenitsa. 

Greek law enforcement authorities have seized more than 100 banana containers at the Port of Piraeus, after locating more than 120 kg of pure cocaine on a ship arriving from Ecuador. This is part of an investigation initiated in early August by Greek authorities.

During the G7 summit in Biarritz, the French President Emmanuel Macron suggested that reducing ships' speed would be one way to decrease maritime transport's carbon emissions footprint. This is a proposal that Greece has supported as well.

Iran claims that it has sold the oil from the tanker Adrian Darya, that was released by Gibraltar after weeks in the custody of British Royal Marines, according to IRIB news agency, which quoted an Iranian government spokesman. Iran did not identify the recipient of the oil carried by the Adrian Darya tanker. He added that the owner and purchaser of this oil will now decide the destination of the cargo.

The Iranian tanker 'Adrian Darya', formerly known as 'Grace 1',which has attracted media attention for being at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran over the last month, has switched destination and is now heading to Turkey instead of southern Greece. 

While the Iranian tanker Grace 1, that was recently released, is sailing across the Mediterranean, the US State Department has come once again to make clear that it does not want any country or entity to help the ship. The ship was renamed 'Adrian Darya 1', while it was also reflagged to Iran. It has now left Gibraltar, as the territory's supreme court ordered its release.

Greece's newly elected right-wing Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced plans to boost domestic maritime industry, on the sidelines of a visit to the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy in the port city of Piraeus, Thursday. The plan is threefold.

Greece, Israel, Cyprus and the US agreed to boost cooperation in energy, as well as cyber and infrastructure security, Greek Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said, following a meeting among the ministers of the four countries in Athens, Wednesday.