Greek shipowners lash out against green shipping

Prominent Greek shipowners levelled against the measures projected by planetary organizations and the “bureaucracy” regarding greenish shipping  during the Maritime Cyprus 2025 Conference.

More specifically, the Greek shipowners, George Prokopiou, Dr. Ioannis Coustas, Athanasios Martinos, Andreas Hatzigiannis, Semiramis Paliou, successful the beingness of the Secretary-General of the IMO, Arsenio Dominguez, expressed their disapproval of the projected methods.

“It is inappropriate and a large injustice for ocean-going ships that transport goods to Europe and attack European Union ports for a fewer days to beryllium asked to wage exorbitant amounts, which are proportional to the full duration of their journey,” pointed retired Athanasios Martinos.

The president of the Cyprus Shipowners’ Association, Andreas Hatzigiannis, said that “as agelong arsenic Europe remains divided, China will grow its dominance adjacent further.”

On his part, Dr. Ioannis Coustas stressed that “huge funds are being raised from the imposition of the biology interest and we bash not cognize where these funds will beryllium channeled and however overmuch will beryllium returned to shipping for the modernization of the companies’ fleet.”

He stated that “only China is scaling up the accumulation of greenish fuels and Cosco is investing successful dual-fuel engines and methanol depletion and not successful LNG.”

“Decarbonization is simply a very costly process. The funds raised from biology regulations should beryllium used for the greenish transition, fixed that immense amounts are required for fleet modernization and larboard infrastructure. The deficiency of clarity astir the aboriginal causes uncertainty,” said Semiramis Paliou.