A government deal with Limassol port management to avoid a hefty 16% increase in tariffs in exchange for taking over a €5 mln loan is under scrutiny by the Audit Office for
The three biggest container shipping groups in the world announced they were suspending non-essential deliveries to Russia, adding to the country’s economic isolation following a raft of sanctions by the West. Danish
Rescuers searching a burning ferry off the Greek island of Corfu on Sunday recovered the body of a trucker, the first confirmed fatality, as a 21-year-old Belarussian man was found alive three
Work on the much-awaited Larnaca port and marina €1.2 bln redevelopment is on track, with Cyprus soon reaping the benefits. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos visiting the port Friday along with MPs, said
A fire broke out Friday on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Ionian Sea, injuring one crew member among the nearly 300 people on board, the Greek coastguard said. The fire
French shipping giant CMA CGM on Thursday won a 10-year contract beginning in March to run the container terminal at Beirut port, Lebanon’s public works and transport minister said. CMA CGM —
Celestyal Cruises has launched a new reservations platform, Seaware, developed with travel specialists Versonix. The Piraeus-based cruise company, formerly a subsidiary of Louis Plc, said the new platform provides travel advisors with
Deputy Ministers for Tourism and Shipping have welcomed assurances of Royal Caribbean’s interest to invest in Cyprus, expressing their readiness to enhance cooperation with the cruise liner. The world’s biggest ship, the
The largest cruise ship in the world, the Wonder of the Seas, recently acquired by American cruise giant Royal Caribbean, has docked at Limassol Port ahead of its maiden season. The 362-metre,
Three European entities have submitted expressions of interest in the improved tender to operate the Cyprus-Greece passenger ferry, 22 years after it was abandoned. Officials at the Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) said
