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Friday, 21 November 2025

Countdown to SAFE – Greece’s focus

The time is counting down for the submission of proposals by member states of the European Union for participation in the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) financial instrument. Specifically, on…

24th NAVIGATOR 2025: Green, digital and human-centric shipping

The 24th NAVIGATOR 2025 – The Shipping Decision Makers Forum was successfully concluded, bringing together 670 top executives from 361 companies, as well as representatives from 20 Embassies and 41…

Motor Oil: Domestic fuel market is booming

Motor Oil’s readiness to fully utilize the positive momentum in the refining market in combination with the promotion of its investment plan is confirmed by the Group’s management. During the…

Papakonstantinou to “N”: A holistic national plan for the role of private insurance is necessary

Bank of Greece deputy governor, Christina Papakonstantinou, stated  in an exclusive interview with “N” that she is in favor of strengthening supplementary insurance, adding that a long-term and holistic national…

Neptune Lines: Two important milestones in the Genesis Project

Neptune Lines, owned by Melina Travlou, has recorded two key milestones as part of the ambitious Genesis Project: the launching of Neptune Piraeus and the keel laying ceremony of the…

Celestyal: Leading initiative in the adoption of biofuels

Celestyal highlighted its experience in adopting biofuels, as the first company to implement it in practice in Greece, during the ESG Shipping Awards 2025 The Conference – Sustainable Shipping: “ESG…

Greek Supermarket Association: Challenges and priorities for 2026

The Greek Supermarket Association (GSA) continues to follow a strategy that strengthens the sector based on its commitment to reliability and transparency. Its goal is to shape strong positions and…

Medical Tourism: 12.8 million action plan to promote Greece

The Greek Health Tourism Council – Elitour revealed a pioneering study, the first of its kind in Greece on Health Tourism and funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and…

The Ellinikon: Lamda Development-​​ION agreement to be signed in Q1

The management of Lamda Development estimates that it will sign the binding agreement with the Italian financial services technology group ION for the development of a Research and Innovation Center…

IRIS system to be implemented in retail trade as of December 1

As of Monday, December 1, the obligation to accept payments through the IRIS system will be implemented in all retail trade. The Independent Authority of Public Revenue (AADE) has already…

Thursday, 20 November 2025

Kikilias: The port of Elefsis is a strategically important investment

“The port of Elefsis is a strategically important investment. I want to clarify that the legislative initiative by the Ministry of Development exclusively concerns the use of the Elefsis shipyard.…

Star Bulk Carriers: Fleet renewal with new orders

Star Bulk Carriers is on a positive course, continuing to record profitable quarters, while it has returned 2.8 billion dollars to shareholders since 2021. Over the same period, it has…

Top Ships: Liquidity of 27.2 million dollars thanks to new SLB agreements

Top Ships Inc. (TOPS), owner of ECO tankers, has completed new sale and leaseback (SLB) financing agreements for four vessels with a major Chinese financial group. The agreements concern the…

Rigas (Energean): The supply of natural gas via pipeline from Israel is of strategic importance for Cyprus

Energean CEO Mathios Rigas spoke about the benefits that Cyprus could gain from importing natural gas via a pipeline from Israel, speaking at the 13th Energy Symposium taking place in…

Navios announces contracted revenues of 3.7 billion dollars in 9 months

Navios Maritime Partners, owned by Angeliki Frangou, ended the first nine months with strong profitability, contracted revenues of 3.7 billion euros and continued investments in fleet renewal. The NYSE-listed shipping…

US-China dispute transferred to Greece

The Sino-American dispute over control of trade and energy flows is being transferred to Greek territory, highlighting the geostrategic importance of our country. At a time when everything indicated that…

Piraeus Chamber assumes ASCAME vice-presidency

Piraeus emerged as the protagonist of the developments in the elections that followed the work of the General Assembly of the Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry …

Intralot sells stake in Athens’ Parnitha Casino for 8.0 million

Intralot announced that it sold its stake in the Parnitha Casino for 8.0 million euros. Specifically, the company announced that its fully controlled subsidiary, Intralot Global Holdings BV, has sold…

Intervention to dismantle the “shadow fleet”

The need for immediate intervention by US and European authorities for the safe removal of the tankers of the “shadow fleet” was underlined by shipowner Evangelos Marinakis, in an interview…

Danaos expand in the feeder market with six new orders

Danaos is expanding into the feeder containership market, with six new orders for ships with a carrying capacity of 1,800 TEUs, its CEO Dr. Ioannis Coustas said in the announcement…

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

PPC Group: Strategic investments of 10.1 billion euros in 2026–2028

PC management will present the Group’s vision, strategy, and targets to investors at the 2025 Capital Markets Day in London on Wednesday. At the 2025 Capital Markets Day in London,…

US and Greece launch infrastructure investments

The bilateral cooperation between Greece and the United States in shipping is entering a new, more ambitious stage, Minister οf Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Vasilis Kikilias said in a…

A new port at the Elefsis Shipyards: US Gateway to Europe for Trade, Energy, Defense

The ONEX Shipyards in Elefsis will be used by the US to open their own commercial and energy corridor to Central and Eastern Europe, following recent agreements to upgrade the…

Piraeus: New losses in container traffic

Container traffic at piers II and III of the Piraeus Container Terminal showed a significant decline in October 2025. The significant drop was recorded in a period traditionally characterized by…

PPC: Strong 9-month results; net profit of 0.4 billion euros

PPC recorded strong performance in the third quarter of 2025, following the very good results of the second quarter, due to the improvement of its overall vertically integrated activity, as…

GEK Terna: Projects of 1.5 billion euros in Ukraine

GEK Terna is the first Greek and European Group to sign an agreement for the construction of specialized energy projects in Ukraine, with an estimated budget of 1.5 billion euros…

TEN: Environmental upgrade plans

The environmental upgrade of its fleet is a key priority of Tsakos Energy Navigation. Therefore, the company aims at the construction of new modern and technologically green ships as well…

Piraeus Bank inaugurates the first Bloomberg Lab

Piraeus Bank inaugurated “Bloomberg Lab powered by Piraeus” at the University of Piraeus, as part of the strategy to enhance quality education following the “MBA in Sustainability powered by Piraeus”.…

Containerships: Falling freight rates in the liner market

Container rates fell for the first time after four consecutive weeks of gains, with Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) falling 5% to 1,859 dollars per 40-foot container. The correction comes…

Tuesday, 18 November 2025

Prospects and challenges in the tanker market

The challenges of the tanker market were at the heart of INTERTANKO’s Hellenic Mediterranean Panel, held in Athens under the chairmanship of Dimitris Patrikiou. Compliance with FuelEU Maritime was a…