Greek shipowners have slammed the renewed European Union (EU) attack on shipping tax claiming Commission moves would “seriously disrupt the shipping sector in the EU after 20 years of successful growth".

Greece is set to be hit a 48-hour strike that will impact, commercial vessels calling at major ports and domestic and local ferries.

China's Cosco Pacific has emerged as the only bidder for the Greek government's 67% stake up for sale in the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP).

Globus Maritime president and ceo Georgios K. Karageorgiou has resigned, with the company’s chairman taking over.

Alarm bells are again ringing within the Greek shipping community following a call by the European Commission for a radical change in the way shipping firms are taxed.

Cosco Pacific is understood to be the only party bidding to acquire of the 67% stake held by the Greek state in the country’s largest port, Piraeus.

Already the largest fleet outside the society's home bases in Norway and Germany, class society DNV GL has big plans for the Greek fleet and its home port of Piraeus.

The Piraeus waterfront is rife with rumours a number of the community’s most prominent members are activating “Plan B” and are in the process of moving their operation, and home, from Greece.

While there are still more questions than answers when discussing the eco-ship, the commercial incentive of significant fuel savings, workable finance solutions and increased regulation means it is inevitable shipowners will have to adopt a more...

Greek shipping continues to demonstrate its durability in the face of the challenges prevailing in the market in most sectors and dry bulk in particular, as well as the poor associated cashflows and the selective financing policy by banks.