More than 200,000 tonnes of plastic waste is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year destroying the marine environment, a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) shows. According
By Zacharias Kapsis According to the Merchant Shipping Laws of 1963, the main statutes for all matters relating to the registration of ships and related transactions in the Register of Cyprus Ships,
By Zacharias Kapsis The Tax Department has introduced new procedures regarding the leasing from December 23, 2019, onwards of recreational vessel owning companies registered on the VAT Registry. The Interpretative Circular 240
The pandemic has taken its toll on the maritime sector as foreign yacht owners are not able to dock their boats at Cyprus marinas due to restrictions on arrivals from high-risk COVID
The Covid-19 crisis has led to a rapid advance of technology in shipping while experts believe there is a silver lining amid the pandemic. “The Covid-19 crisis has severely impacted the shipping
VTT Vasiliko, the Dutch-controlled international energy trader playing a key role in developing the Vasiliko energy hub since 2014, has two more storage projects in the pipeline worth about €150 mln. The
In a demonstration of the breadth of the UK-Cyprus defence relationship, HMS Albion, the Royal Navy’s flagship, will participate in an extensive programme of exercises and training with Cypriot forces throughout October-November.
The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association’s new European office in Limassol gives prestige and consolidates Cyprus as a quality cluster of international maritime activities, the island’s junior minister for shipping said. SMUAE is
The Cyprus Deputy Ministry for Shipping should be fully digitised in around a year, the junior minister told a gathering of ship owners and maritime executives in Limassol. Speaking at the Cyprus
Celestyal Cruises said the first sailing of its recently acquired vessel will be on March 6, 2021, with a seven-night “Three Continents” itinerary calling on Greece (Athens, Rhodes), Turkey (Kusadasi), Israel (Ashdod),
