Ministry of Shipping

The appeal trial over the sinking of the Sea Diamond has been postponed to the 13th of February so that the court can hear all remaining cases in its backlogs and to be updated on the case file. In the July 2013 trial, nine of the thirteen defendants who received suspended sentences launched an appeal. […]

The recent developments in immigration are expected to be discussed at the upcoming session of the Parliamentary Committee on Production and Trade which will take place at 2pm on Wednesday the 29th of January. The Minister of Shipping and the Aegean Miltiadis Varvitsiotis took the initiative, after discussing the matter with the President of parliament […]

According to the sixth study of the Hellenic Center for Marine Research (ELKETHE), the shipwreck of the Sea Diamond cruise ship has not had any obvious impact on the marine ecosystem of Santorini. The study shows that the presence of heavy metals in the water is similar to the concentrations found in the open sea, […]