Heavy weather disrupts shipping in Greece

A wave of significantly cold weather with high winds and rain in Greece has disrupted shipping and left the islands of the Aegean cut off for several days as ferry boats stayed moored. With temperatures ranging close to zero, most ships remained docked at ports across the country.

On Sunday night and Monday morning, Force 10-11 winds were reported in several parts of the Aegean, while, since last week, strong winds prevented ferries from sailing from Athenian ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio,...

https://safety4sea.com/heavy-weather-disrupts-shipping-in-greece/

Greece, Cyprus, Israel sign EastMed gas pipeline deal

On Thursday, December 2, Cyprus, Greece and Israel inked an Intergovernmental Agreement for the construction of the EastMed natural gas pipeline, a 1,900 kilometer (1,180 mile) subsea pipeline to carry natural gas from the eastern Mediterranean’s rapidly developing gas industry to Europe, with Italy expressing its support for the project by sending a letter of support.

Specifically, the three partners aim to a final investment decision in 2022 and completion by 2025.

The decision for the...

https://safety4sea.com/greece-cyprus-israel-sign-eastmed-gas-pipeline-deal/

Pirates attack Greek tanker in Cameroon, 8 crew kidnapped

On December 31, pirates attacked the Greek-flagged “Happy Lady” tanker from Limboh port in Cameroon; The attackers managed to kidnap 8 crewmembers out of which 4 of Greek nationality, two Filipinos and one Ukrainian.

The attack took place on the early hours of Tuesday, as the Greek Shipping Ministry informed. The situation was reported to the Operations Centre of the Hellenic Coast Guard.

In a statement, the Ministry highlights that it closely monitors the situation, while the Minister of...

https://safety4sea.com/pirates-attack-greek-tanker-in-cameroon-8-crew-kidnapped/

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GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Wednesday 18, December 2019)

GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Wednesday 18, December 2019)

GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY

HIGHLIGHTS

December 18, 2019

Global Markets

Fixed income markets remained supported in early trade today and the GBP extended recent losses on fears over the risk of a no-deal Brexit. Focus today is on Germany’s IFO business climate index for December.

Greece

According to press reports, the SSM requests cash collateral or the issuance of government bonds in order to assign zero risk factor to the senior notes under the...

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