The Greek shipping community is waiting for government’s proposal regarding the creation of an environment in Greece which will enable them to invest more proceeds from the shipping industry to the country, by opening new horizons for the shipping industry. Shipping is Greece’s biggest industry. Its direct contribution to the country runs to to €140bn [...]
By Harry N. Vafias, CEO & President of StealthGas Inc.
Consistent to its policy of organizing technical seminars for the Greek shipping community MAN Diesel & Turbo gave a presentation of Low Speed Two-stroke Diesel Engines. The program included an introduction by Mr. Dimitris Vlantos, Managing Director of MAN Diesel & Turbo Hellas. In his address Mr. Vlantos pointed out that Greek shipping exited from [...]
ABS highlighted some of the recent environmental regulations and issues that impact ship and offshore operations. Speakers from ABS’ Environmental Solutions Group addressed topics of importance to the Greek maritime industry, including significant developments in environmental regulation decided at the IMO’s latest Marine Environment Protection Committee meeting, MEPC 62. An overview focused on ship emissions, [...]
Taking advantage of the extended network of Inchcape Shipping Services Group (ISS), ShipNet has managed to fully respond to its customers needs developing new innovative software packages. ShipNet was founded in Oslo in 1991 and provides leading edge enterprise solutions for the maritime industry. ShipNet was acquired by Inchcape four years ago. As it is [...]
By Capt. Malcolm MacKenzie.
