Shipping minister, Kostis Mousouroulis in London
Shipping and Aegean Minister Kostis Mousouroulis will
be having contacts in London as of Monday with members of the shipowners'
community in an effort to attract additional ships to the Greek registry and
the activation of maritime companies in Greece, while on Wednesday he will be
giving a press conference for Greek reporters.
The Shipping ministry is already moving for the elimination of bureaucracy and for the computerisation of all services related to maritime activity, while an electronic register is being created to simplify the process for a ship's registration in it.
Greece has the
sixth biggest register in the international market with 1,989 ships, of which
862 are ocean-going.
On Wednesday Mousouroulis will be attending a working luncheon with the members of the Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee and then he will be meeting the British Deputy Minister responsible for Shipping issues Steven Hammond.