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Chandris Line was a Greek shipping company founded in 1960 by Antonios Chandris to operate ocean liners between Greece and Australia. [1] Initially the company also traded under the names Greek Australian Line, National Greek Australian Line and Europe-Australia Line.
Greece is a maritime nation by tradition, as shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks and has been a key element of Hellenic economic activity since ancient times. [2] The Greeks continued to be involved and play a major role in shipping during the Byzantine period as well as during the Ottoman period , and Greek ships ...
The vessel was launched on 20 March 2005 as Highspeed 5 by Austal at Henderson, Australia and completed later that year for the Greek ferry operator Hellenic Seaways. [1] [2] She entered service with Hellenic Seaways in July, initially sailing between Piraeus and the Cyclades, and subsequently between Heraklion and central Cyclades.
Earnings from shipping amounted to €35.4 billion in 2014, [12] while between 2000 and 2010 Greek shipping contributed [citation needed] a total of €280 billion [12] (almost the country's public debt in 2014 and 4.5 times the receipts from the European Union in the period 2000–2013). [12]
In 2004, Panagiotis ("Takis") Iliopoulos (1932–2022) and his son Marios founded Seajets, originally named Dolphin Sea Lines. [3]Today, it operates a fleet of 14 high speed vessels, [4] and 3 conventional Ro-Ro ferries which services routes from the ports of Piraeus and Rafina to several Cycladic islands.
The headquarters of the Ministry of Shipping at the Port of Piraeus.. The Ministry of Shipping and Insular Policy (Greek: Υπουργείο Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής) is a government department of Greece responsible for managing the nation's maritime and shipping sectors, as well as developing policies concerning the country's numerous islands.
Hellenic Seaways is a Greece-based ferry company founded in 1984. [1] Hellenic Seaways is a subsidiary of Attica Group along with Blue Star Ferries and Superfast Ferries . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hellenic Seaways .
Hellenic Register of Shipping was founded in 1919 and is active in the industry inspections and certifications of facilities and equipment as well as the Certification of Management Systems. HRS is an international NGO -non-governmental International Organization-, dedicated to the safeguarding of both life and property at sea, the prevention ...