Ministry of Shipping

The Norman Atlantic will be arriving in the port of Brindisi today, where it will be thoroughly search in order to find any of the...

The Italian authorities have raised the number of people who died in the Norman Atlantic tragedy to 13, after recovering the...

All passengers and crew members have been evacuated from the Norman Atlantic, which went up in flames early on Sunday...

The huge operation to rescue the 422 passengers and 56 crew members that began on Sunday has concluded and five people are...

A rudderless ship carrying about 200 migrants was located about 117 nautical miles west southwest from Pylos early on Friday...

The total contribution of coastal shipping to the Greek economy in 2013 has been estimated to be about 11.8 billion euros, or about...

The federation of dockworkers (OMYLE) and the dockworker union of Piraeus have announced a series of actions scheduled...

The Coast Guard has issued a statement, detailing how it rescued a total of 42 migrants in two rescue operations which took...

A demonstration is being held outside the Ministry of Shipping by Coast Guard officers, over the planned changes to their...

The Minister of Shipping and the Aegean Miltiadis Varvitsiotis spoke to Vima 99.5 FM regarding the Coast Guard’s recent operations...

Following the Coast Guard and Police operation from last week that resulted in the confiscation a ton of heroin from a warehouse...

The Coast Guard announced today that it confiscated 1,133.420 kilos of heroin as a result of a combined operation that took place in Attica...

The candidate of the European People’s Party for the presidency of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is scheduled to visit the Ministry of Shipping...

The Ministries of Shipping and Education are planning a series of meetings in order to come up with a plan to overcome the difficulties and establish private...

The executive committee of the nationwide seamen federation PNO will convene today in order to decide on continuing or suspending their current protest actions...

The nationwide seaman federation PNO has called a 48-hour strike, effective as of 6am on Monday, in response to an amendment included in the multi-bill...

The privatization process for the Port Authority of Piraeus (OLP) will be discussed today in Parliament, with the MPs expected to formally announce the initiation of the sale via TAIPED, while the nationwide federation of dockyard employees OMYLE goes on a 24-hour strike in protest. The Minister of Shipping Miltiadis Varvitsiotis is expected to appear […]

The Minister of Shipping Miltiadis Varvitsiotis met with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Sang-jick, with whom he discussed the possibility of Greek shipping companies and South Korean shipyards cooperating. At the meeting, the Greek and South Korean Ministers had the opportunity to exchange ideas on further expanding the business ties between the two countries, including […]

The state privatization fund TAIPED convened yesterday and finalized its plans regarding the sale of a 67% stake in the Port Authority of Piraeus (OLP). After finalizing the plans, TAIPED will send a copy of the terms of the sale to Parliament for consideration. A few weeks ago the Ministry of Shipping decided to include […]

The president of the Panhellenic Merchant Navy Union (PENEN) Antonis Ntalakogiorgos has asked for the intervention of the Ministry of Shipping in the plight of the employees at the Stheno cargo ship. According to a PENEN announcement, the ship owning company owes between two to ten months of wages to the ship’s employees and officers. […]