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Monday, March 11, 2024
Humanitarian aid for Gaza is loaded on a platform next to a rescue vessel of the Spanish NGO Open Arms at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Shipping

Gaza Aid Ship Waiting to Sail from Cyprus as Charity Builds Jetty

LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – By Yiannis Kourtoglou and Stamos Prousalis A ship carrying tonnes of food for Gaza remained docked in

March 11, 2024
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Friday, March 8, 2024
Palestinians gather on a beach in the hope of getting aid air-dropped over Gaza, amid the ongoing the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip February 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Gaza Maritime Aid Corridor From Cyprus Could Start This Weekend

LARNACA, Cyprus, March 8 (Reuters) – A sea corridor to take desperately needed aid from Cyprus to besieged Palestinians in Gaza could start this

March 8, 2024
Total Views: 440

Sunday, November 5, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken visits Cyprus. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
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Blinken Discussed Maritime Aid Corridor To Gaza In Cyprus 

NICOSIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken briefly stopped over in Cyprus on Sunday where a Cypriot proposal to establish a

November 5, 2023
Total Views: 1052

Friday, February 17, 2023
Cyprus Rallies EU Partners to Get Shipping Sector Support
Shipping

Cyprus Rallies EU Partners to Get Shipping Sector Support

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Cyprus is speaking to other European Union member states to shore up support for

February 17, 2023
Total Views: 1004

Friday, January 13, 2023
Cyprus Floats Automatic Ship Tonnage Tax Renewal to Buffer EU Shipping Sector
Shipping

Cyprus Floats Automatic Ship Tonnage Tax Renewal to Buffer EU Shipping Sector

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Cyprus has suggested automatic renewals of tonnage tax systems as one of a series of measures to

January 13, 2023
Total Views: 588

Thursday, July 21, 2022
Cyprus Ship In Singapore
News

Cyprus Shipping Pivots From Russia To Asia

By Jonathan Saul (Reuters) Cyprus has already overcome the loss of Russian maritime trade due to European sanctions and the Mediterranean shipping

July 21, 2022
Total Views: 2288

Thursday, September 2, 2021
Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister explores EMSA’s environmental impact report
Press Releases

Cyprus Shipping Deputy Minister explores EMSA’s environmental impact report

Press Release – A new report by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), titled the “European Maritime Transport Environmental Report,”

September 2, 2021
Total Views: 265

Monday, June 28, 2021
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Uncategorized

Cyprus Sets Out to Vaccinate Some 40,000 Seafarers

Cyprus has announced plans to vaccinate all seafarers, some 40,000 of them, on Cyprus-flagged and managed vessels. The plans were announced Friday in a

June 28, 2021
Total Views: 1844

Tuesday, March 9, 2021
offshore oil rig
Offshore

Israel, Cyprus Agree to Framework for Settling Offshore Gas Dispute

NICOSIA, March 9 (Reuters) – Israel and Cyprus have reached an understanding over gas reserves straddling their maritime border, the Cypriot energy

March 9, 2021
Total Views: 655

Monday, August 17, 2020
women-ships-binoculars
Offshore

Drillship Standoff Intensifies Off Cyprus

(Reuters) – Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union on Sunday when it said its Yavuz energy drillship would extend operations in disputed

August 17, 2020
Total Views: 23

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Cyprus’ Maritime Cluster Prospers Under New Shipping Deputy Ministry
Maritime News

Cyprus’ Maritime Cluster Prospers Under New Shipping Deputy Ministry

On the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea near the major shipping routes connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa lies the island country of Cyprus, a small but

May 26, 2020
Total Views: 90

Tuesday, June 26, 2018
bulk ship in egypt
Maritime News

Israel Asks Cyprus to Consider Shipping Route for Gaza, Official Says

ATHENS/JERUSALEM, June 26 (Reuters) – Israel has asked Cyprus to examine the possibility of establishing a shipping point on the island for sending goods

June 26, 2018
Total Views: 13

Tuesday, May 8, 2018
cargo ship in cyprus port
Maritime News

Cyprus’s First Shipping Minister Sets Herself Ambitious Targets

By Paul Tugwell and Georgios Georgiou (Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s first-ever shipping minister is setting her sights high. The country’s location and tax

May 8, 2018
Total Views: 11

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Cyprus to Pursue Exploratory Drilling in Mediterranean Amid Standoff with Turkey
Maritime News

Cyprus to Pursue Exploratory Drilling in Mediterranean Amid Standoff with Turkey

ATHENS, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Cyprus said on Wednesday it would press ahead with oil and gas exploration, signalling resolve in a standoff with Turkey over

February 21, 2018
Total Views: 15

Thursday, December 24, 2015
Cyprus’ Plan to Boost Shipping’s Role in Economy Within Reach, Ross Says
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Cyprus’ Plan to Boost Shipping’s Role in Economy Within Reach, Ross Says

By Paul Tugwell and Georgios Georgiou (Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s target to increase the contribution that shipping makes to its economy by around two

December 24, 2015
Total Views: 4

Friday, July 12, 2013
LNG dahej terminal
News

Cyprus Considers Eight Train LNG Export Terminal

(Bloomberg) — Cyprus, the Mediterranean island that reported its first offshore natural-gas find in 2011, is studying an expansion of planned export

July 12, 2013
Total Views: 26

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
noble energy east mediterranean
News

Cyprus Aims to Be Mediterranean Energy Hub with New $6 Billion LNG terminal

By Michele Kambas NICOSIA, June 26 (Reuters) – Aiming for energy hub status and hoping to reboot an economy hobbled by a debt bailout – Cyprus

June 26, 2013
Total Views: 15

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
cyprus ship managers
News

Ship Managers Contribute Largest Amount in 2 Years to Cyprus GDP

(Bloomberg) — Cyprus’s ship-management companies contributed more to the island’s gross domestic product in the first half of 2012 than they

November 27, 2012
Total Views: 24
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