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Friday, May 27, 2022
Iran Seizes Two Greek Tankers After U.S. Confiscates Oil Cargo
Shipping

Iran Seizes Two Greek Tankers After U.S. Confiscates Oil Cargo

DUBAI/ATHENS, May 27 (Reuters) – Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, shortly after Tehran warned it would take

May 27, 2022
Total Views: 47535

Thursday, May 19, 2022
two tankers conduct ship-to-ship transfer
Shipping

Greece Emerging as Hub for Russian Ship-to-Ship Fuel Oil Transfers

By Rowena Edwards, Angeliki Koutantou and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON/ATHENS, May 18 (Reuters) – Russian fuel oil arrivals offshore Greece

May 19, 2022
Total Views: 16662

Monday, May 9, 2022
Greek PM Mitsotakis
News

Greek Shipowners Kill EU’s Russian Oil Tanker Ban

By Nikos Chrysoloras, Alberto Nardelli and Ewa Krukowska (Bloomberg) The European Union is set to soften its sanctions package on Russian oil exports after a

May 9, 2022
Total Views: 106746

Thursday, April 21, 2022
Russian-flagged oil tanker Pegas docked in Greece.Picture taken January 16, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik
Incidents

Sanctions Mistake Leads Greece To Release Russian Tanker And Crew

By Renee Maltezou and Jonathan Saul (Reuters) A Russian tanker impounded by Greece this week and reportedly carrying Iranian oil will be released amid

April 21, 2022
Total Views: 3213

Sunday, November 14, 2021
Suspicions Of  Sabotage Proliferate At Most Attempts To Solve Greece’s Aquifers Problems
Environment

Suspicions Of Sabotage Proliferate At Most Attempts To Solve Greece’s Aquifers Problems

By Alexander Clapp and Peter Schwartzstein(Bloomberg) –Alexandros Petropoulos pauses as he surveys the miles of pipeline arrayed in front of him,

November 14, 2021
Total Views: 3298

Friday, October 22, 2021
Piraeus Port
Environment

Greece Calls for ‘Realistic’ EU Emissions Policy for Shipping

ATHENS, Oct 20 (Reuters) – EU shipping power Greece has told the European Commission that adding the industry to the bloc’s carbon

October 22, 2021
Total Views: 502

Thursday, October 7, 2021
Piraeus Port
Shipping

Greece Completes Transfer of Piraeus Port Stake to COSCO

ATHENS, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Greece’s privatisations agency transferred shares corresponding to a 16% stake in Piraeus Port Authority to Chinese port

October 7, 2021
Total Views: 783

Thursday, September 30, 2021
Piraeus Port
Ports

China’s COSCO To Raise Piraeus Port Stake

by Angeliki Koutantou (Reuters) Greek lawmakers on Thursday approved an amended deal with Chinese shipping group COSCO that will allow it to raise its stake

September 30, 2021
Total Views: 1212

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus
Interesting

Containership Maersk Launceston and Greek Minesweeper Collide Off Piraeus

Update: Maersk Launceston Captain Arrested A Greek Navy minesweeper was badly damaged after colliding with a much larger containership off Piraeus port on

October 27, 2020
Total Views: 1685

Monday, August 3, 2020
Greece to Require Masks on Ferry Decks
Shipping News

Greece to Require Masks on Ferry Decks

By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Greece will make mask-wearing compulsory on the decks of ferries sailing to its islands, extending the

August 3, 2020
Total Views: 46

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Turkey Holds Off Sea Survey to Defuse Tensions with Greece
Shipping News

Turkey Holds Off Sea Survey to Defuse Tensions with Greece

By Firat Kozok (Bloomberg) — Turkey will hold off on surveying the seabed in an area of the eastern Mediterranean disputed by Greece to give time for

July 28, 2020
Total Views: 89

Monday, November 11, 2019
cosco shipping
Shipping News

China, Greece Agree to Push Ahead with COSCO’s Piraeus Port Investment

ATHENS, Nov 11 (Reuters) – China and Greece agreed on Monday to push ahead with a 600 million euros investment by COSCO Shipping into Greece’s

November 11, 2019
Total Views: 79

Wednesday, February 27, 2019
cargo ship
Shipping News

Greek Shipowners Agree to Pay 75 Million Euros Annually to State

ATHENS, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Greek shipowners will pay at least 75 million euros ($85.37 million) annually to the state budget, the prime minister’s

February 27, 2019
Total Views: 45

Friday, December 14, 2018
noka ship drug bust
Shipping News

Greece Seizes $113 Million Worth of Drugs from Libya-Bound Ship

ATHENS, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Greece has seized drugs worth more than 100 million euros ($113 million) after intercepting a Syrian ship sailing for Libya,

December 14, 2018
Total Views: 243

Friday, October 19, 2018
Piraeus Port
Ports

Piraeus Port Urges Greece to Speed Up Investment Plan Approval

By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), operator of Greece’s largest port, wants the Greek government to

October 19, 2018
Total Views: 135

Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Greek Seamen End Strike After Reaching Deal on Wage Increase
Shipping News

Greek Seamen End Strike After Reaching Deal on Wage Increase

ATHENS, Sept 4 (Reuters) – Greek seamen on Tuesday called off a strike that had kept ferries and passengers stranded in ports around the country, after

September 4, 2018
Total Views: 12

Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Greek Shipowner Olympiakos Piraeus
Finance

Greek Shipowner Denies Drug Trafficking Charges

by Constantinos Georgizas (Reuters) – Greek shipping tycoon Vangelis Marinakis, the owner of Olympiakos Piraeus and Nottingham Forest soccer

August 28, 2018
Total Views: 96

Friday, June 8, 2018
Greek Shipowners Say EU Tax Pressure Could Make Brexit ‘Not a Bad Thing’
Shipping News

Greek Shipowners Say EU Tax Pressure Could Make Brexit ‘Not a Bad Thing’

ATHENS, June 8 (Reuters) – Greek shipowners could relocate to Britain after it leaves the European Union if European regulators demand changes to

June 8, 2018
Total Views: 47

Friday, May 4, 2018
KARMATE
Collision

Greek Naval And Turkish Cargo Ship Collide

by Michele Kambas (Reuters) – A Greek gunboat was nudged by a Turkish cargo vessel early on Friday while on patrol for unauthorized migrant crossings in

May 4, 2018
Total Views: 53

Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Greek Ferry Crews Strike
News

Greek Ferry Crews Strike

ATHENS, April 18 (Reuters) – Greek ferries remained docked at the country’s ports on Wednesday as seamen, marine engineers and ship cooks walked

April 18, 2018
Total Views: 59