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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Greek Shipowners Reject European Commission Call for Tax Reform
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Greek Shipowners Reject European Commission Call for Tax Reform

ATHENS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Greece’s top shipping lobby on Thursday rejected a European Commission call for the government to reform its shipping

January 21, 2016
Total Views: 16

Monday, January 18, 2016
Piraeus Port
News

Greece Asks COSCO to Improve Bid for Piraeus Port

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Greece will evaluate on Wednesday an improved bid that China’s Cosco is due to submit for a

January 18, 2016
Total Views: 33

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Piraeus Port
Shipping News

China COSCO Emerges as Sole Bidder in Piraeus Port Sale

ATHENS, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Greece only received a bid from China’s Cosco Group for a majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority, the operator of the

January 12, 2016
Total Views: 40

Monday, December 21, 2015
Shipping News

Greece Receives Final Bids in Piraeus Port Sell-Off

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Greece said that final bids for a majority stake in Piraeus Port Authority, operator of its biggest

December 21, 2015
Total Views: 163

Thursday, December 17, 2015
Interesting

WATCH: Drone Films Ferry’s Flawless Med-Moor in Tight Harbor

The  192-meter Hellenic Seaways ferry Nissi Rosos filmed making a quick turnaround at the port of Chios with the ANEK Lines’ ferry Eleftherios

December 17, 2015
Total Views: 102

Wednesday, November 25, 2015
News

Greek Shipowners Talk Up Their Role to Protect Tax Breaks

By Tom Bergin PIRAEUS, Greece, Nov 25 (Reuters) – On the day he took office as Greece’s shipping minister in June 2012, Kostis Moussouroulis

November 25, 2015
Total Views: 23

Thursday, November 19, 2015
News

Greece delays Piraeus Port Sale

ATHENS, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Greece has pushed back the date for the submission of binding bids for the sale of its biggest port Piraeus (OLP) by two weeks

November 19, 2015
Total Views: 89

Thursday, October 22, 2015
News

Greek Dock Workers Walk Out Over Planned Port Privatization

  ATHENS, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Greek dock workers walked out on Thursday in protest at the planned privatisations of the country’s two biggest

October 22, 2015
Total Views: 73

Friday, September 25, 2015
Multimedia

WATCH: Greek Ferry Docking Like a Boss!

Blue Star Ferry coming in hot! Hopefully this one makes up for all the other ferry docking and ship handling videos we have posted lately. And for all the

September 25, 2015
Total Views: 504

Wednesday, September 2, 2015
News

Greek Coast Guard Nabs Arms Smuggling Ship Bound for Libya

ATHENS, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya, coast

September 2, 2015
Total Views: 19

Sunday, August 16, 2015
News

Greece Using Car Ferry to House Syrian Migrants

  KOS, Greece, Aug 16 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Syrian migrants on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday began boarding a passenger ship that is to house

August 16, 2015
Total Views: 13

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Shipping News

Greek MOU Foresees Rapid Sale of Ports

BERLIN, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Greece will move rapidly to privatise its ports, regional airports and its power grid operator under a memorandum of

August 12, 2015
Total Views: 12

Sunday, July 19, 2015
News

Turbulent Waters in the Country of the God of Shipping

  In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the waters and oceans, and bearing a trident, he was riding imperially in a sea-chariot or playfully

July 19, 2015
Total Views: 60

Friday, July 10, 2015
News

Maersk Interested in Greek Ports Marked for Sale

By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S wants to buy Greece’s two biggest ports after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras put them up for

July 10, 2015
Total Views: 20

Thursday, July 9, 2015
News

Greece’s Latest Bailout Proposal Includes Shipping Sector Tax Hikes

By Renee Maltezou and John O’Donnell ATHENS/FRANKFURT, July 10 (Reuters) – The Greek government sent a package of reform proposals to its euro zone

July 9, 2015
Total Views: 14

Tuesday, June 30, 2015
News

Maersk: No Issues Funding Greece Operations, Paid Staff Early

Oil and shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Tuesday it was experiencing no problems funding operations in Greece or getting paid by Greek

June 30, 2015
Total Views: 45

Monday, June 29, 2015
Shipping News

Greeks’ Role in Shipping Seen Unscathed Regardless of EU Destiny

Greek shipowners dominant’ role in world trade faces little threat from the financial turmoil that’s roiling the Mediterranean country, according to

June 29, 2015
Total Views: 22

Friday, June 26, 2015
News

Greece’s Creditors Propose Targeting Shipping Sector Taxes

Under the latest proposals made by Greece's creditors, the country's shipping companies face paying a higher tonnage tax and a phasing-out of special tax

June 26, 2015
Total Views: 14

Friday, May 15, 2015
Shipping News

Greece Unblocks Piraeus Port Sale

May 14 Greece has asked three firms to submit binding bids by September for a majority stake in the country’s biggest port, Piraeus, a senior

May 15, 2015
Total Views: 19

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
News

Greece Considering Sale of Piraeus and Thessaloniki Ports to Reach Deal – Source

Greece's government is considering selling stakes in its two largest ports as a concession to reach an agreement with its lenders and unlock bailout funds, a

April 29, 2015
Total Views: 11
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