
Christos Stylianidis
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy
Greece's largest business newspaper, celebrating its 100th year of circulation this year, is organizing its 8th Naftemporiki's Shipping Conference on May 15th at the Piraeus Port Authority's Stone Warehouse.
The conference's themes are as follows:
What are the financing options and the challenges currently facing mid-sized shipping companies under the new regulations ESG 1, ETS, CII, EEXI, and EEDI.
Analysis of new trends and discussion of all issues in the shipping industry by leading Greek shipowners.
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy
Senior Vice-President LISCR (Hellas) S.A.
Area Manager East Mediterranean & Black Sea, DNV
Technical Director Rina
President and CEO, Seanergy Maritime Holdings
Founder and CEO, Neptune Leasing
Shipping Department Director, National Bank of Greece
General Manager, Head of Shipping and Structured Finance, Piraeus Bank
Chairman, Allseas Marine SA
Managing Director, Alpha Shipping Advisors
Shipowner, founder,Dynacom Tankers, Sea Traders, and Dynagas
Founder of Stealthgas Inc, Imperial Petroleum Inc, C3iS Inc, Vice President of EENE
Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy
Senior Vice-President LISCR (Hellas) S.A.
MICHALIS PANTAZOPOULOS, has more than 30 years working experience in shipping and offshore industries in Greece and United States. Graduating with a PhD in Mechanical/Ocean Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, he joined EXXON Corporation where for the next ten years served in engineering and managerial positions in offshore and marine engineering fields including 2 years of service as technical support to Exxon’s legal team in the EXXON VALDEZ trial. Upon returning to Greece, he joined ABS Consulting (American Bureau of Shipping) in managerial positions serving the shipping and offshore industry in Greece and south Europe. Cooperation with AVIN INTERNATIONAL as Manager of the Fleet Services Division started in 2000.
Since 2004, Michalis is part of the Liberian Registry, serving in their Piraeus office as Senior Vice-President.
A regular speaker and contributor to shipping conferences and technical magazines, Michalis has been affiliated with several shipping and technical committees including INTERTANKO Associate Members Committee, Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers of USA and Greece, Technical Chamber of Greece, HELMEPA, Propeller Club etc.
Area Manager East Mediterranean & Black Sea, DNV
George Teriakidis is a naval architect and currently holds the position of Area Manager for East Mediterranean & Black sea for DNV.
He has completed studies of B.Eng. in Naval architecture at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne as well as of a M.Sc. in Ship Production Technology at Strathclyde University of Glasgow. Upon completion of his studies, he joined Det Norske Veritas office of Dubai, UAE as surveyor. During his 8 year stay in Dubai he took various roles and responsibilities.
In August 2008 he joined Det Norske Veritas Piraeus and since 2013 he was responsible for the business development for Det Norske Veritas’s region of South East Europe and Middle East. From June 1st 2019, he holds the position of Area Manager for East Mediterranean and Black sea. In December 2019 he was awarded the “New Generation Award” from CAREER4SEA. He is member of the board (Governor) of Propeller Club Port of Piraeus and the secretary of the board of directors for DNV Hellas.
He is married and is the proud father of a young princess. During his free time he still enjoys photography, reading books and listening to music.
Technical Director Rina
Antonios Trakakis graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Dept of National Technical University of Athens in 1989 and carried out graduate studies at von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in the field of Turbomachinery.
He started his professional career as Cadet Engineer in 1989 and continued in 1993 as 3rd Engineer. He worked in shipping companies initially as Superintendent Engineer and since 2000 as Technical Manager, while in October 2020 he joined RINA as Technical Director, Marine Greece
Antonios has extensive experience with the regular and irregular matters involved with the technical operations of a shipping company, as well as with new building projects, sea trials and factory testing of engines. He has studied extensively the challenges and benefits associated with the application of natural gas as fuel.
President and CEO, Seanergy Maritime Holdings
"Stamatis Tsantanis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the shipping company Se- anergy Maritime Holdings Corp., listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange in New York (NASDAQ: SHIP). With over 23 years of experience in shipping and capital markets, he has been leading Seanergy since 2012, overseeing its significant growth into a globally recognized capesize company with a transportation capacity of over 3.0 million dwt.
Prior to Seanergy, he served as Chief Financial Officer and board member in private and listed shipping companies. Before entering the shipping industry, he worked as an investment banker at Alpha Finance, specializing in initial public offerings and particularly those in New York markets.
Stamatis Tsantanis is also a board member of Breakwave Associates with two ETFs listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BDRY & BSEA). Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Shipping Trade and Finance from Bayes (formerly Cass) Business School in London, and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Shipping Studies from the University of Piraeus."
Founder and CEO, Neptune Leasing
Shipping Department Director, National Bank of Greece
General Manager, Head of Shipping and Structured Finance, Piraeus Bank
Konstantinos Petropoulos is General Manager responsible for the Shipping and Structured finance Lending Units within Corporate and Investment Banking Group of Piraeus Bank.
Having worked for several financial institutions domestically and abroad, he has extensive experience in various areas of banking including project finance, shipping, corporate and real estate. Before joining Piraeus Bank in 2013, he was Director of Special Loans and Project Finance at Cyprus Popular Bank in Athens. Prior to that, he worked for 11 years at Hypovereinsbank in Athens in various managerial positions with emphasis on Project Finance and Advisory.
He started his career in banking in 1994 as an Assistant Vice President at Citigroup in New York in Global Operations & Technology. In 1996 he joined the Risk Management Unit of Commerzbank in Frankfurt.
Konstantinos Petropoulos holds an MBA in Finance and an MSc in Electrical Engineering, both from Columbia University in New York, and a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.
Chairman, Allseas Marine SA
Managing Director, Alpha Shipping Advisors
Founder and Managing Director of Alpha Shipping Advisors Ltd with offices in Athens, Oslo and exclusive partners in Shanghai and Singapore.
Former senior banker with a leading western traditional ship finance bank- London and Piraeus and former Head of Greece of a Chinese Finance Shipbroking Company.
Over 25 years of experience in shipping, dept finance transactions and unique expertise in leasing transactions (Chinese, Japanese, Finance, Operating), equity, ECA finance, joint ventures and commercial advisory. Has successfully led the completion of high profile and notable transactions for private and US listed shipping groups.
BSc from Southampton Solent University and MSc from University of Wales, Cardiff.
Member of Piraeus Propeller Club, Hellenic Ship Broker Association, Association of Greek Bankers and Financial Executives and Chios Marine Club.
Shipowner, founder,Dynacom Tankers, Sea Traders, and Dynagas
Founder of Stealthgas Inc, Imperial Petroleum Inc, C3iS Inc, Vice President of EENE
Harry Vafias founded Stealth Maritime Corp in 1999. Stealth Maritime Corp has invested in new generation newbuilds between for the renewal of its tanker fleet and today operates twenty five 50,000 – 170,000 dwt modern double hull oil tankers.
In 2004 he founded Stealthgas which was listed on the NASDAQ in October 2005 and up to today has raised approx $500 mill from the capital markets. Stealthgas owns 45 gas ships (including newbuilds) and is the largest company, in number of owned vessels, in gas transportation worldwide.
In 2021 he founded Imperial petroleum which was listed on the NASDAQ in December 2021, and is the 7th most traded stock on any US stockmarket!
In 2023 he founded C3iS inc which listed on the NASDAQ in the summer of 2023.
In 2005 Harry Vafias founded Estates Corporation Inc, a real estate company, investing in Greece, London, New York, and Switzerland.
Hellenic Environmental Center – HEC - is one of the largest and most experienced companies within the field of waste management globally.
Founded in 2000 as a pioneering environmental company in Piraeus, Greece, HEC has envisioned the effective protection of the maritime environment in the Greek ports and has expanded internationally, growing its range of services and infrastructure. It is established as the leading Port Reception Facilities provider in Greece and offers exemplary quality services in key European ports, namely Piraeus, Hamburg (as Green Ports Hamburg GmbH), Gibraltar (as Green Ports Gibraltar LTD), and Valetta (as Green Ports Malta LTD). HEC invests constantly in cutting-edge technology and is devoted to breakthrough research and development, as well as to the exemplary management of its worldwide operations.
DNV is an independent assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise DNV advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry standards, and inspires and invents solutions.
Whether assessing a new ship design, qualifying technology for a floating wind farm, analysing sensor data from a gas pipeline or certifying a food company's supply chain, DNV enables its customers and their stakeholders to manage technological and regulatory complexity with confidence.
Driven by its purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, DNV helps its customers seize opportunities and tackle the risks arising from global transformations. DNV is a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful and forward-thinking companies.
In the maritime industry, DNV is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. We enhance safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental performance of the global shipping industry – across all vessel types and offshore structures. We invest heavily in research and development to find solutions, together with the industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory challenges.
Established in 1998, HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A. (formerly known as HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A.) is one of the leading energy groups in South East Europe, engaged in various activities across the energy value chain and operating in six countries.
The primary shareholders of HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings are Paneuropean Oil and Industrial Holdings S.A. (40.41%) and the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (31.18%), while institutional and private investors hold the remaining shares. HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A. is listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: ELPE) with a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: HLPD) through GDRs. Additionally, the Group's international bond issue (HEF, 2%, 04 Oct 2024) is listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange.
In 2023, net sales reached €12.8bn and Group Adjusted EBITDA amounted to €1,237m.
The Group's primary business focus is refining, with operations in three out of the four refineries in Greece (Aspropyrgos, Elefsina, Thessaloniki), which collectively possess a total
capacity of 344 kbpd. Furthermore, the Group holds a 60% share in the Greek wholesale oil products market.
Moreover, the Group holds a leading position in the domestic ground fuels marketing sector, boasting a retail network comprising more than 1,600 service stations throughout Greece. Additionally, the Group is involved in LPG, industrial, aviation, marine fuels, and lubricants businesses.
In the Southeast European markets, the Group is a significant player in the fuels marketing industry, operating through a network of over 300 petrol stations in Cyprus, Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, and the Republic of North Macedonia.
The Group is the sole producer of petrochemicals in Greece, primarily engaged in the propylene-polypropylene value chain, commanding a market share exceeding 50% domestically. Furthermore, approximately 65% of the Group's sales come from exports.
Leading the energy transition, HELLENiQ ENERGY has made substantial investments in renewable energy sources (RES), currently possessing a portfolio of 356 MW in operation and over 4.3 GW in various stages of development. The Group aims to achieve more than 1 GW of operational capacity by 2025 and surpass 2 GW by 2030.
The Group's exploration and production activities primarily focus on Greece, with an exploration portfolio encompassing six offshore areas, either independently or in collaboration with prominent companies in the sector.
HELLENiQ ENERGY is also actively involved in the power and gas sectors.
Power generation and trading activities are conducted through ELPEDISON, a joint venture with EDISON, in which HELLENiQ ENERGY holds a 50% stake. ELPEDISON owns and
operates two CCGT plants in Greece, boasting a combined capacity of 840 MW, and is also present in the retail electricity market.
Additionally, the Group participates in the wholesale, supply, and distribution of natural gas through its 35% stake in DEPA Commercial and DEPA International Projects.
Mylaki Shipping Agency Ltd., established in 1982 in Aliveri (Mylaki port), Evia Island, and is engaged in offering agency services to all types of vessels.
Over the years, Mylaki Shipping Agency Ltd has expanded, with offices all around the main Greek ports (Piraeus, Chalkis, Thessaloniki, Patras, Volos, Alexandroupolis, Kavala, Eleusis, Lavrion, Ag. Theodoroi, Yali Island), and Cyprus (Limassol). The Operations are mainly run from our head office in Piraeus, and the services we offer cover a broad range of shipping agency responsibilities. We have been recognized by both returning and new clients as a reliable company. Among the companies being served on a regular basis are oil majors, oil traders, well-known cement companies, coal and wheat traders, as well as almost every managing and shipping company trading in the area. By investing in an experienced and hard-working team, Mylaki Shipping Agency Ltd intends to maintain its leading place in the shipping agency business, and continue its growth with a view to expand its reach in this competitive and challenging environment.
Mylaki Shipping Agency Ltd has made an impact on the shipping agency industry, by constantly exceeding industry standards. Our team steps into the future with a drive for continuous growth and further expansion of our Operations.
The ISO 9001 certificate by Lloyd’s Register in combination with P&I insurance coverage guarantees and indicates the high quality of the services provided. Mylaki is also member of BIMCO.
“Seaven”, features the company’s scope and speaks to its vessels’ potential of travelling across the Seven Seas, all over the globe.
The fleet of Seaven is comprised of medium sized, Greek flag, modern oil / chemical tankers, double- hulled and equipped with the most technologically advanced equipment.
The tankers are mainly trading in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Northern Europe ports, chartered by demanding and well-respected companies, with oil majors and known oil traders being among them.
Additionally, Seaven has under its management pneumatic cement carrier vessels which mainly trade within the Mediterranean ports and are chartered by first class cement major companies and cement traders. Seaven is a Member of Intertanko, Bimco, Helmepa, UGS (Union of Greek Shipowners) and HSSA (Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association) .
In November 2018, Seaven became the first company in the world, with vessels under 10,000 DWT, to be certified by the Green Award Foundation. Seaven aims to continue its expansion and growth, offering the best quality service in demanding trades.
The sea is our route and corporate reliability has always been our utmost priority. This is what makes Seaven unique and globally appreciated.
National Bank of Greece was founded in 1841 (General Commercial Registry No. 008805601000, nbg.gr) and is one of the largest Greek financial institutions by market capitalization, holding a significant position in the domestic financial services sector.
Backed by its strong tradition and noteworthy contribution to the development of Greece, and above all by the trust of customers, shareholders, depositors and employees alike, the Bank serves as a pillar of stability for the Greek economy, with the expertise and experience of its officers and the cutting-edge digital services it offers for your every banking need.
For more than 60 years, NBG has been an active provider of shipping finance, regardless of market volatility, steadily developing its shipping portfolio to reach circa $3.03 billion in 2023, widespread to almost 80 shipping groups.
Clients range across a wide spectrum, from small and medium-sized private owners up to large US listed public companies. Its core funding priorities and long-standing relationships involve dry bulk carriers and tankers, while it also holds a small market share in financing coastal and container ships.
Given the importance of the sector for the Greek economy, NBG remains committed to the shipping industry, aiming to expand further by developing relationships with longstanding clients and forging new ties, putting emphasis on reputable and financially prominent Greek shipowners. To support its long-standing commitment to Greek Shipping, NBG has enhanced the quality and range of products and services offered to its shipping customers via implementing improvements to its dedicated Shipping Branch to meet all its shipping customers’ operational needs, providing sophisticated global markets solutions products, including i-FX platform, interest rate hedging products, Commodities & EUAs hedging products and various investment products, as well as structured deposits.
The Bank has always viewed its role in shipping finance as a key strategic choice, fully aware of the sector’s positive contribution to the Greek economy and society.
Its vision is to become the “Bank of First Choice” for customers, talent, and investors. A trustworthy, human, responsive bank, that acts as a growth catalyst and unlocks potential for households, businesses, communities, and employees.
Caliber Maritime SA is an Independent Shipmanagement Company, established in 2019, from principals with long presence and vast experience in Shipmanagement. The company possesses the appropriate knowhow for operating vessels with excellent utilization rates and competitive operating expenses, while maintaining top quality standards.
Caliber’s skilled crew onboard and vast expertise ashore, its proven track record and transparent modus operandi, have urged diverse shipowners, from small private investors to large multinational corporations to entrust their vessels into Caliber’s management. Transparent financial reporting, tailor-made MIS and KPI reporting along with live performance monitoring with real data via an in-house developed mobile application, are among the benefits that Caliber’s clients enjoy.
ESG is at the forefront of Caliber’s mentality and growth strategy. The company’s approach is not limited only to the daily business practices but focuses on the wider spectrum of its people, external partners as well as the environment and society.
Caliber’s vision is to establish new benchmarking standards in Shipmanagement.
Operating since 2007, Five Oceans Salvage is an international salvage, towage and wreck removal contractor, based in Greece and operating worldwide. The company is the offspring of a visionary team of specialists who bring together over a century of combined experience with solid know-how and innovative ideas.
Five Oceans Salvage is one of the few privately-owned companies committed to global salvage and emergency response services, providing essential services ranging from salvage and towage to wreck removal and antipollution services with the aspiration to meet our clients’ diverse needs.
Through our joint ventures, synergies and partnerships, our clients can rest assured that they are supported to the fullest at any maritime emergency, to the highest standards, even under the most demanding circumstances.
As an international salvage contractor and a dedicated supporter of the Lloyds Open Form (“LOF”), at Five Oceans Salvage we provide immediate, effective and efficient solutions that protect our clients’ interests. Having successfully performed over 100 salvage operations under LOF plus a large number of salvage type work and wreck removal on commercial terms, Five Oceans Salvage is in the top tier of first class professional international salvors as recognised by the LOF Panel of Arbitrators.
Navios Maritime Partners L.P. (“Navios Partners”), (“the Company”), is a diversified marine transportation company that owns and operates dry cargo and tanker vessels.
Navios Partners is a leading US publicly listed maritime company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "NMM".
The Company has a leading US-listed fleet of 177 vessels, across three segments with 15+ different types of vessels servicing 10 end markets. It has a modern fleet consisting of a mix of Capesize, Panamax, Ultra-Handymax vessels, Containerships and Crude and Product Tankers with and average age of approximately 9.6 years, well below the industry average.
Navios Partners maintains offices in Monaco, Piraeus-Greece, New York-USA and Antwerp-Belgium.
RINA, leading certification and engineering company, provides a wide range of services across the Energy, Marine, Certification, Infrastructure & Mobility, Real Estate and Industry sectors. With revenues in 2022 of 725 million euros, 5,300 employees and 200 offices in 70 countries worldwide, RINA is a member of key international organizations and an important contributor to the development of new legislative standards. www.rina.org
TURBOMED SA since 1976 holds a leading position both in the domestic and international market in the shipbuilding sector and especially in the field of turbocharger services and spare parts for Marine, Navy, Oil & Gas, and Power Plants.
Over 48 years, it evolved into the TURBOMED Group, expanding globally with subsidiaries and service stations in major ports, ensuring prompt turbocharger services.
Known for its experience, expertise, and professionalism, the company commits to high-quality products and services. Our highly trained technicians are ready to respond at any time to the most demanding situations, traveling to any port in the world, offering their services to our clients.
Authorized as a service agent for KBB Turbochargers in Greece since 1995, TURBOMED SA provides turbocharger services for the full range of KBB turbochargers.
The company is dedicated to international growth, technological advancement, and eco-friendly practices, aiming for sustainable development and a better future.
Alpha Shipping Advisors is a boutique advisory firm specialising in ship finance, dept finance transactions and unique expertise in leasing transactions (Chinese, Japanese, Financial, Operating), equity, ECA finance, joint ventures and commercial advisory.
Αlpha operates mainly in the dry-bulk, tanker, containership, Liquified Natural Gas and Liquified Petroleum Gas markets.
It has offices in Athens, Oslo and exclusive partners in Shanghai and Singapore.
Consists of a team of professionals with great experience in ship investments and financing.
It has an extensive network of excellent relationships with most international and especially Chinese, Taiwanese, and Japanese financial institutions.
Alpha is the partner of choice for world leading ship owning groups both privately owned and publicly listed on international stock exchanges.
Langlois Enterprises Ltd is a grain transportation company with a presence in the shipping market for the past 15 years. Based in Piraeus, Greece and Lugano, Switzerland is focused on meeting clients’ grain carriage demand in line with the highest industry standards standards and with the expertise needed to be efficient and reliable.
The Company has reached a carrying capacity of 95.300.000 MTS of grain, between its establishment and the end of 2023, and whilst having operated 1.548 ships.
In recent years, Langlois has upheld an average grain cargo quantity of 14.000.000 MTS on an annual basis and is set to gradually exceed the 20,000,000 MTS of its annual carriage capacity by 2029.
Marichem Marigases is a leading company in the international marine chemicals and gases industry, manufacturing and providing high quality chemicals, chemical equipment, gases and refrigerants, cutting and welding machinery, accessories and equipment, fire-rescue and safety services to the shipping industry. We offer a variety of products at more than 2.100 ports, supplied by a distribution network of 196 stock points, on a 24/7 basis. The efficient operation of our network is backed up by decades of experience from dedicated marine experts, operating according to ISO 14001 & 45001, thus ensuring smooth corporate functioning and ultimate customer satisfaction. We are totally committed to preserving ecological consciousness throughout our business, both individually and collectively, as we believe we all play an active role in creating a sustainable future for our society and the environment. Our main objective is to successfully contribute to meeting the marine industry needs, whilst we decrease our total ecological footprint.
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (Wilhelmsen) is a part of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services, a Wilh. Wilhelmsen Group company. Wilhelmsen is one of the world’s largest third-party ship managers with a portfolio of more than 450 vessels and 11,000 active seafarers. Wilhelmsen provides technical and crew management services for various vessel segments: LNG/LPG; Ro-Ro and PCC/PCTC vessels; FPSO/FSO; Container; Cruise; Bulk; Seismic; and Offshore. Wilhelmsen manages vessels from eight offices worldwide alongside a crewing network of 21 manning offices in 13 countries. Other key services include dry-docking services, layup services and newbuilding supervision.
Evdemon & Partners is a leading independent Marine Technical Consultancy firm, established in 1975 in Piraeus, Greece, carrying out H&M damage surveys and casualty investigation, P&I surveys and risk assessment surveys on a 24/7 worldwide basis.
We provide our services upon direct instructions by the majority of worldwide insurance markets such as London, Nordic, French, German, P&I Clubs, Solicitors, Average Adjusters, Banks/Mortgagees, Flag States and on occasion Shipping Companies.
Our Piraeus head office in Greece serves as the hub of our operations, providing support to our office network. From the early 2000s onwards, with cautious and solid steps, we developed a network of owned offices in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, namely Gibraltar, Las Palmas, Constanza, Istanbul, Shanghai, Singapore, Buenos Aires, Asuncion, Rio De Janeiro, Panama, Mexico and Ghana.
Hydor S.A., founded in 1984 and based in Piraeus, is a global leader in supplying marine and industrial equipment.
As a manufacturing and commercial company, with a creative focus on marine spare parts and equipment for pumps, purifiers, air compressors, a wide range of hoses, and accessories, as well as press fitting systems, we offer high-quality products, expertise, continuous improvement, and professionalism.
Our company is staffed with specially trained and highly motivated specialists.
Our expertise and individual dedication enable us to achieve our goal of providing customers with prompt and personalized service.
Thanks to our extensive experience in the marine industry, we can guarantee our customers high-quality products, excellent after-sale support, and maintenance to meet their needs.
We continually seek new and innovative methods to better serve our customers and strive to remain at the forefront of the market, addressing the global needs of our customers.
We consistently upgrade our service facilities and expand our production line, resulting in comprehensive service for our customers.
We can provide our customers with a quick response and delivery to the highest standards, regardless of how small or complex the request, as we operate 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.
Mitsis N’U Piraeus Port is the first urban lifestyle hotel by Mitsis Group at the Piraeus Port, one of the largest passenger ports in Europe. The hotel offers a home for the world’s travellers, lifestyle and gastronomy enthusiasts to come together.
Operating 24 hours all year long, the hotel offers 101 rooms & suites within five different room types, the contemporary Greek bar-restaurant Amber Cellar and the rooftop bar 801 on the 8th floor. Art plays a central role in the guest experience as the hotel features art pieces by leading Greek artists Kostas Varotsos, Konstantin Kakanias and Cacao Rocks.
Right at the heart of the business world of Piraeus and next to gates E7/E8/E9 and Cruise Terminals A, B, and C, the hotel is located just 200 meters from the train, metro, and tram stations, providing a direct connection from Piraeus to Athens International Airport.
International Registries, Inc. and its affiliates (IRI) provide administrative and technical support to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime and Corporate Registries. The RMI Registry is the leading quality registry in the world surpassing 201 million gross tons with 5,620 vessels at the end of March 2024. IRI has a network of 28 worldwide offices located in major shipping and financial centers throughout the world that have the ability to register a vessel, including those under construction, record a mortgage or financing charter, incorporate a company, issue seafarer documentation, and service clientele.
The most important asset to the RMI Registry is its customers, and IRI strives to provide them with full service from any office, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Piraeus Tower S.A. is a joint venture between Cante Holdings Ltd (joint venture between DIMAND and EBRD) & PRODEA Investments at a rate of 70% and 30% respectively. On July 6, 2020, following a tender process by the Municipality of Piraeus, the consortium signs a 99-year concession contract for the exploitation and maintenance of the Piraeus Tower.
Safe Bulkers, Inc. is an international provider of seaborne transportation services of dry bulk commodities. With a modern fleet of 45 bulk carriers and an outstanding orderbook for 8 newbuildings (EEDI - Phase 3, NOx-Tier III), two of which dual-fueled, the Company’s vessels transport a wide range of dry bulk cargoes across the globe, including major bulks as grains, coal and iron ore and other minor bulks as bauxite, alumina and fertilizer.
The Company is incorporated in the Marshall Islands with offices in Cyprus, Greece, Monaco and Switzerland. The Company is listed on the NYSE since 2008 with its common stock trading under the symbol "SB".
Headquartered in Limassol since 2015, Safe Bulkers is the largest ship-owner under the Cyprus Registry with 43 out of 45 of its vessels flying the quality Cyprus flag.
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. is a prominent pure-play Capesize shipping company listed in the U.S. capital markets.
Seanergy provides marine dry bulk transportation services through a modern fleet of Capesize vessels. The Company’s operating fleet consists of 17 vessels (1 Newcastlemax and 16 Capesize) with an average age of approximately 13.0 years and an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of approximately 3,054,820 dwt. Upon the completion of the delivery of our latest acquisitions, the Company’s operating fleet will consist of 19 vessels (1 Newcastlemax and 18 Capesize) with an aggregate cargo carrying capacity of approximately 3,417,608 dwt.
The Company is incorporated in the Marshall Islands and has executive offices in Glyfada, Greece. The Company's common shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SHIP”.
George Moundreas & Company S.A. the leading shipbroker in Greece, operates on a global scale with highly qualified staff, delivering top-notch services to its clients.
We specialize in: Newbuilding contracting; Sale and purchase of second hand vessels; Repairs, Conversions & Retrofittings; Drycargo chartering; Special projects; Ship financing as well as Technical and Commercial Shipmanagement.
Piraeus Container Terminal, one of the leading container terminals in the Mediterranean region, is a company founded in Greece, and a fully controlled subsidiary of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (a leading container terminal operator ranked in 1st place in the world). As of October 1st 2009, PCT S.A. has undertaken for 35 years the implementation of the Concession Agreement for Piers II and III, which, following an international tender process, PPA S.A. assigned to COSCO Pacific Limited (now COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited), to which the tender was awarded. Main activities of PCT S.A. is the provision of loading/unloading and storage services for imported and exported containers moving through the Port of Piraeus, including cargoes that use Piraeus only as a transit station (transshipment cargoes). The strategic location of Piraeus , being the first European Port after Suez canal with direct connection to E.U road and rail network makes it not only an ideal port-hub for destinations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea, but a sustainable partner for all stakeholders of distribution and Logistics services in Europe Middle East and Africa.