A presentation delivered by George A. Gratsos Ph.D., President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, keynote speaker at the conference “Greener Shipping Summit 2012”

There are some clearly identifiable steps which need to be taken to enhance the already very impressive record of maritime safety of shipping

The World Maritime Day theme for 2012 is IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic”.

The International Chamber of Shipping has called on the International Maritime Organization to address some critical issues concerning the imminent implementation of

A presentation of George A. Gratsos, President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, at the National Council for Research and Technology on the 31st of July 2012

On June 19th, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (referred to as CSSC), leading its three subordinated engine makers, Hudong Heavy Machinery Co.,Ltd

Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) to make mandatory the International Code for the Application of Fire Test Procedures

A presentation of George A. Gratsos Ph.D., President of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, at the Annual Seminar 2012 of NATOs Transport Group of Ocean Shipping held

The Union of Greek Shipowners has published its Annual Report 2011-12 with a foreword by its president Theodore E. Veniamis. The report, inter alia, underlines: – In 2011, the world shipping market failed to register a recovery from the low levels of previous years with uncertainty reigning high and making further predictions very hard. –(…)

The commitment of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia through boosting capacity building in the region has been underlined with the signing of five strategic partnerships with a number of UN agencies and the EU, following a Conference on Capacity Building to Counter Piracy off the Coast of(…)