Greek shipowners continue with their shopping spree when it comes to ordering newbuild vessels. Namely, Greek shippers have ordered 11 vessels with an estimated price of $390.5 million, according to International Shipbroking Company Golden Destiny. The first on the list to add new vessels is Consolidated Marine Management Inc., which has entered into a shipbuilding [...]
International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens said that changes recently approved by the Greek parliament to the country’s tax laws will impact companies engaged in the shipping industry. There is a new requirement for Greek shipowners to pay tonnage tax on ships operating under flags other than the Greek flag which are managed by [...]
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Environmental Protection Engineering S.A.(E.P.E.) has become the first Greek company to obtain certification from classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) as a certified provider of Inventory of Hazardous Materials (IHM) services. E.P.E. becomes one of only a handful of companies worldwide that are able to offer IHM in compliance with the Hong Kong International Convention for [...]
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DSME’s affiliate Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) from Romania has won a contract to build four LR2 product carriers for Greek-based Eastern Mediterranean Maritime. As TradeWinds reports, Thanassis Martinos of Eastern Mediterranean Maritime confirmed the deal for the four vessels with delivery set for the first half of 2015. Daewoo-Mangalia Heavy Industries, a joint venture between [...]
ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering Solutions S.A. has successfully concluded the installation of its Ballast Water Management System “Erma First” in two containerships being built at Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding for Greek owner Evalend Shipping Co. S.A. The agreement for the installations was signed in 2012 with ERMA FIRST who was awarded the contract against seven competitors. [...]
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Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp. (Nautilus) announced on March 22 that it has taken delivery of the SK Line 69, to be renamed Vega Jaanca, a 5150 BHP Anchor Handling vessel, built in December 2012 in China. Nautilus has taken control of the vessel under a bareboat charter at a daily bareboat charter rate of $4,000, [...]
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The annual GL Hellenic Technical Committee was held in Athens yesterday. The Committee brings together representatives from the Greek maritime community, to hear and discuss presentations from both GL and external experts. This year, GL’s experts provided the Committee members with an update on the latest market trends and shipbuilding technology and examined some key [...]
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On 20 February, ESPO awarded five new PERS certificates during a seminar held in Piraeus. ESPO congratulates the Greek ports of Corfu, Lagos, Kavala and Volos, and the Italian port of Piombino for this significant achievement. The Port Environmental Review System (PERS) is the only port sector specific environmental management standard. PERS is the flagship [...]
Lloyd’s Register announced yesterday that Diana’s ‘Maersk Malacca’ is the first Greek owned vessel to be issued with Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) certification by Lloyd’s Register. Simeon Palios, Director and President of Diana Shipping Services S.A., said: “We are proud to be amongst the pioneers in obtaining a Maritime Labour Certificate and in implementing the [...]
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Greek shipowners seem to be continuing with their shopping spree of second hand bulk carriers . Two vessels, CURIA and MAHA AVANTI, became property of Greek shippers last week, Lion Shipbrokers said in their latest Weekly Report. Namely, 51,029 dwt modern supramax CURIA has been sold for USD 13.9 million. The vessel was built in [...]
