More than 50% of shares in the public offering allocated to retail investors, a development of 'enormous importance,' Evangelos Marinakis tells Bloomberg in New York

Capital Maritime Finance makes its debut on Euronext Athens, becoming the first shipping company to choose Athens for the exclusive primary listing of its shares

Market sources report strong participation by retail investors in the IPO, which has attracted bids totaling 1.1 billion euros as the shipping company seeks to raise up to 300 million euros through its Euronext Athens listing

Capital Market Commission approves Capital Maritime Finance prospectus; public offering of 42 million shares targets 250 million euros in proceeds for Evangelos Marinakis-controlled company

Ship movements in Arctic waters have increased by 82% over the past three years

The closely watched 49th annual conference on Oceans Law & Policy is expected to bring Mediterranean security and maritime law center stage in the Greek capital

Greece's foreign ministry expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and warns that attacks on shipping pose a serious threat to regional stability and civilian safety

Greek and Japanese ministers discussed investment, shipbuilding, port logistics and cooperation between their coast guards during Japan's participation as honored country at the Thessaloniki International Fair

Travlos says shipping must decarbonize but warns against policies that raise costs without delivering measurable environmental gains

Intercargo urges all sides to protect civilian seafarers and commercial shipping amid heightened security risks in the strategic waterway

Greece and Italy are seeking closer cooperation to protect European ports, support maritime competitiveness and promote a realistic energy transition for the shipping industry.

25 commercial vessels crossed the strategic waterway on Thursday, five times above the early-June daily average, following the US-Iran preliminary agreement

Markets reward audacity, until suddenly, they don't

Officials and industry leaders highlighted the east Mediterranean country's role in energy security, investment plans for domestic shipyards and new technologies aimed at reducing shipping emissions

At the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum, on the sidelines of Posidonia 2026, the chairman of Capital Maritime & Trading argued that a transit fee would beat years of war-risk premiums — and spoke about the day after in the markets, the 'dark fleet' and the strength of Greek shipping

Understanding the new reality—in terms of sanctions, the insurance market, shipbuilding power, and energy flows—is a lot more than an academic exercise for Greek shipping. It is a prerequisite for its survival and competitiveness in a world where the "tolls" are no longer purely economic; they are geopolitical.

The challenge now is to link these four roles more organically, thereby ensuring that shipping is no longer viewed as an isolated ecosystem, but rather as the very core of the nation's international presence

Ships may be becoming increasingly complex, automated, and energy-efficient, but the long-term safety and sustainability of the energy transition in shipping will ultimately depend on the industry's ability to produce seafarers who can understand, manage, and respond effectively to increasingly complex operational systems under real-world operating conditions.

Piraeus—the city of seamanship and sailors, shipowners and major shipping corporations—has played a decisive role in the exponential growth of the Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition, particularly during the event’s formative decades