Tag: 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. 

Seven seafarers from an Italian cargo ship have been rescued, after the ship began taking on water off Greece.

Saronic Ferries announced their partnership with C-Job Naval Architects, that will develop the design of the first fully-electric Ro-Pax ferry in Greece.

The Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) welcomed the proposed revisions of the EU ETS Directive regarding the shipping sector.

Fire broke out onboard the passenger ro-ro ship Andros Queen as it was undergoing repairs at Perama Ship Repair Yard, Piraeus.

Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation (PMO) said that the Iranian-flagged Lana tanker ship seized in April by Greece is no longer seized and its oil cargo will be returned to its owner.

Europe needs to understand the strategic importance of Greek shipping as the owner of 59% of the EU fleet, especially in times when shipping can play a crucial role in the continent’s scramble for energy independence, said Melina Travlos, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS).

A Greek court overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the US of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek coast.

Shipping is required to face the complex challenges placed by the progressively stricter IMO and EU environmental legislation and the financial issues related thereto, according to Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Ioannis Plakiotakis.