For the first time in its 106-year history, the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) has elected a woman to be its president.
She is Melina Travlos, chairwoman of Neptune Lines Shipping & Managing Enterprises. Founded by her father Nikos Travlos, in 1975 the company operates a fleet of 18 PCTCs (pure car and truck carriers) with capacities ranging between 1,500-4,600 cars.
“I would like to express my gratitude for the honor of being unanimously elected President of the Union of Greek Shipowners,”...
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Up to now, the Union has provided 335 medical ventilators suitable for Intensive Care Units, (ICU), 20 portable medical ventilators, 100 ICU bedside monitors and 100 ICU hospital beds as well as significant amounts of consumables for ICUs.
In...
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During the annual assembly of the members of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Theodoros Veniamis, President of UGS, provided his comment on the 2020 sulphur cap, which is already in place.
According to Mr. Veniamis, shipping has been called upon to implement a regulation without guarantees of safety and security. He explained that, for this reason, he had frequent meetings with the IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim, and former Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, during which he described the...
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The Union of Greek Shipowners, in light of the recent piracy incidents that gained attention, expressed their great worry and concern and highlighted that all shipping stakeholders should place the piracy incidents as a top priority, as they pose great challenges for the seafarers.
Specifically, the Union noted that the recent incidents have taken an alarming turn for the safety not only of the seafarers but also for the whole, international shipping industry, as this kind of attacks indicate...
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The Panama Maritime Authority visited Greece, meeting the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Island Policy Ioannis Plakiotakis and discussing Panama’s plans on simplifying even more vessel registration through its “Electronic Ship Registration System”.
Specifically, a delegation of the Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) led by Panama’s Minister of Maritime Affairs and Administrator of the Panama Maritime Authority Noriel Arauz, accompanied by Panama’s new Ambassador to Athens Ms Julie Limberopoulos...
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In line with IMO’s Initial Strategy for decarbonisation of shipping industry, Greece has come forward with a concrete proposal for a short-term, prescriptive measure to improve the operational energy efficiency of existing ships, to be considered at the forthcoming meeting of the IMO’s intersessional technical group in November.
The IMO’s so-called GHG initial strategy, adopted in April 2018, envisages for the first time, a reduction in total GHG emissions from global shipping by at least 50% by...
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The Union of Greek Ship Owners applauds MSC’s 101 decision on adopting an action plan for mandatory measures to enhance the safety of ships relating to the use of fuel oil, as well as Resolution MSC.465(101) recommending as a matter of urgency governments to, inter alia, take action against oil fuel suppliers in confirmed cases of deliveries of fuel oil that does not comply with the minimum flashpoint as required by the SOLAS Convention.
As the President of UGS, Mr Theodore Veniamis commented
We...
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During ABS’ event in Athens, representatives from the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Chevron Shipping Company and Clarkson Research Services, gathered to discuss the role technology plays in the shipping industry and the path to IMO 2050.
Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and CEO, one amongst other panellists, noted that the shipping industry is circled from rapid changes and barriers; New fuels, new approaches to vessel design...