Greece can evolve into a shipbuilding hub for the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeastern Europe and the Black Sea, leveraging its geographical position, the scale of the Greek shipping industry, and the growing requirements for energy and defense security, said the president of the Hellenic Shipyards Association and Head of ONEX Shipyards & Technologies, Panos Xenokostas, speaking at the Blue Strategy Summit 2026 on “Greece as a Strategic Link between Europe-America-Asia.”