Maritime and Island Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias, speaking at the Posidonia press conference on Thursday.
Posidonia 2026 is opening next week, bigger than ever, not just in terms of numbers of countries and exhibitors participating, but also in sectors, subjects and significance, as global shipping faces unprecedented challenges regarding freedom and regulations of sailing, organizers and officials told a press conference in Piraeus on Thursday.
The traditional, curtain-raising press conference at the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club, in Greece’s biggest port and original home of Posidonia half a century ago, heard Maritime and Island Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias refer to the significance of Greek shipping for global transport of goods, for the Greek economy and society in general, and stressed that in the tug-of-war within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) about the rush toward zero-emission shipping, Greece has been vindicated with its wise stance to head to the right direction but only with sure and cautious steps.
The situation in the Persian Gulf has vindicated the Greek position that we should not rush with biofuel, said Kikilias: “So what we are seeing now is that everyone is arriving at the Greek position,” he said.
