Melina Travlou on Posidonia 2026: Shipping as a force of stability and cohesion

“In an epoch of geopolitical realignments, uncertainty and aggregate crises, shipping remains a unit of stability, continuity and cohesion,” the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners, Melina Travlou, said successful her connection for Posidonia 2026.

More specifically, Travlou noted:

“In an epoch of geopolitical realignments, uncertainty and aggregate crises, shipping remains a unit of stability, continuity and cohesion. It keeps the satellite connected, economies functioning and societies supplied.

Posidonia brings together the world’s starring shipping industry, the planetary maritime community, highlighting the strategic value of a assemblage that not lone transports goods and energy, but besides safeguards the very functioning of the modern world.

In the existent planetary environment, shipping operates under conditions of rising geopolitical tension. Threats to state of navigation and attacks connected commercialized vessels and seafarers person go a caller reality, testing oversea routes, supply chains, vigor information and planetary economical balance.

The harmless and uninterrupted cognition of maritime transport is simply a prerequisite for quality prosperity. Shipping carries food, medicines, energy, earthy materials and indispensable goods astatine a standard and ratio that cannot beryllium substituted by immoderate different transport system.

For this reason, maritime information is simply a planetary nationalist bully and a corporate responsibility. The extortion of quality beingness astatine sea, of commercialized vessels and of state of navigation indispensable beryllium an unequivocal work of the planetary community.

In this demanding environment, Greek shipping — representing astir 20% of planetary tonnage and much than 60% of the European Union-controlled fleet — consistently confirms its strength, reliability and adaptability.

This enactment presumption is not reflected lone successful numbers. It is besides reflected successful the long-standing liable and organization stance of the Union of Greek Shipowners connected each captious issues of the assemblage and planetary maritime policy. It is reflected successful foresight, investment, and our quality to respond with consistency, composure and determination to perpetually evolving planetary conditions.

At the forefront

At the aforesaid time, Greek shipping is astatine the forefront of the sector’s greenish transition, operating 1 of the youngest fleets globally and the largest fleet susceptible of utilizing alternate fuels worldwide. Our investments successful newbuildings, innovative technologies, digitalization and emissions-reduction solutions are continuous and substantial.

However, the transition to decarbonization requires realism, technological maturity and planetary alignment. It indispensable not jeopardise the information of crews and vessels, nor the sustainability of shipping and planetary supply chains. A truly sustainable transition indispensable beryllium safe, practically implementable, just to each stakeholders and globally functional.

Recent discussions astatine the IMO, within the model of MEPC 84, connection the planetary assemblage a 2nd accidental to reconstruct statement and work towards a realistic, due and workable planetary model for reducing greenhouse state emissions from ships. The ultimate success of this effort depends connected the availability of safe, accessible, economically viable and sufficient alternate fuels connected a planetary scale.

Shipping has consistently proven that it knows however to navigate responsibly adjacent done the astir turbulent waters. And it will proceed to bash so.

Because shipping is simply a unit of vital continuity for the world. In times of crisis, it keeps the channels of practice open. In times of uncertainty, it provides stability. In times of transition, it ensures that advancement tin continue.

In this large planetary mission, Greek shipping remains astatine the forefront. With its seamanship, resilience and unity, it will proceed to link the world with consistency, vision and a consciousness of work for aboriginal generations.”