Ministry of Shipping
Cyprus greets Marine Academy on Chios
The qualitative upgrading of maritime education is of primary importance, Cyprus' Deputy Minister of Shipping Marina Hatzimanolis said recently in Greece, at the opening ceremony of the Merchant Marine Academy of Chios, held under the auspices of the Tsakos Group and the Maria Tsakos Foundation.
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Ministry of Shipping: Changing the framework for disabled access to ships following Myrto’s incident
Extended reactions were caused by the complaint of Mary Kotrotsou, the mother of Myrto who was found cornered in a boat garage while returning from Astypalaia.
Conservative MP Miltiadis Varvitsiotis resigns seat in Parliament, leaves politics
New Democracy lawmaker and former shipping minister MIltiadis Varvitsiotis announced on Thursday he had resigned his seat in Parliament and is leaving politics, without citing a reason.
The surprise announcement was made after he informed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis this morning, sources said.
Fire in Evia – Marmari is also being evacuated – Ships on standby
A large fire is in progress that broke out in the early hours of Monday in Fygias Karystos in Evia, while through 112 an order was given for the preventive evacuation of the settlements of Kokkini and the Doctors' Building Cooperative. A few minutes ago, a precautionary evacuation order was given for Marmari as well.
Ministry of Shipping: The new equipment of the Hellenic Ship Control Center is in operation
On June 10, the new equipment of the Hellenic Mission Control Center (GRMCC) was put into operation for participation in the new system for receiving and distributing alarms, based on medium earth orbit satellites (Medium Earth Orbit Satellites for Search and Rescue / MEOSAR), as announced by the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy.
Ports should become energy hubs with a priority in the use of RES
The Secretary General of Energy and Mineral Resources, Alexandra Sdoukou, referred to the priority of upgrading ports to energy hubs with the promotion of the use of RES and especially photovoltaics, participating in a working meeting on "Energy upgrading of ports through electrification" organized by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with the participation of the Hellenic Elec