Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, is heading the drive to muster up Chinese interest in the sale of Greece's two largest shipyards.

The long drawn-out privatisation process of the Greece’s second port, Thessaloniki is now in the home stretch, though it appears the February 14 deadline for the submission of bids will be extended by about 20 days.

With a growth of 6.5% in vessel numbers and 10.26% in carrying capacity Greek shipping continued to power forward in 2016, an impressive feat, given the challenging market conditions limited cash flows and restricted bank lending.

On of Greece’s best know shipowners, Captain Nikolaos “Nicos” Frangos died on 11 December, aged 90.

Greek ports ground to halt with scores of vessels tied up in port or at anchor as Greek seafarers extended a 48-hour strike on all types of vessels for a second 48 hours to 6 December in protest of the pending abolition of their long standing...

Piraeus port’s Cosco administration has welcomed the prospect of the merger of Japan's K Line, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and NYK believing it bodes well for Greece’s largest port.

The new Cosco Shipping management of Piraeus were reminded of the realities of dealing with a cash-strapped government the night of 17 October when the port of Piraeus was left without a pilot service down leaving 10 large containerships at anchor...

The shipping industry is in flux of that there is no doubt as was hammered home at the recent Marine Money Greek Shipping Forum.

The role of the shipping industry in reaching a settlement of the Cyprus problem will boost the prospects of the island nation’s shipping sector, the country’s President Nicos Anastasiades told the Cyprus Union of Shipowners in Athens on 10 October.

Container traffic overseen by China's Cosco in the Greek port of Piraeus continues on its record breaking way, further consolidating its position as the main pillar of the Chinese group’s overseas activity and the port’s new owner intends to build...