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The fireships were a weapon of necessity used by the skilled sailors of the Greek navy to a devastating, asymmetric effect during the Greek War of Independence.

As a Hydriot, I had been raised on a pantheon of grizzled war heroes — Miaoulis, Koudouriotis, et al—with a focus on their virtues rather than their vices, but I was only vaguely aware that Hydra also exported naval...

A Greek shipowner and World War II veteran donated his entire wealth to the Greek armed forces earlier this week. Iakovos Tsounis, 97, donated 23 million euros and 60 landing craft, declaring that he wants to leave life as he...

Rising, almost vertically from Hydra’s pier, there is a stately mansion housing the world’s oldest continuously operating merchant marine academy. Sailing and shipping, after all, is a knowledge business. For millennia Aegean islanders have plied the seas seeking the fortune...

Greece's beloved hydrofoil vessels, better known in the country as ''flying dolphins,'' will no longer be actively used by Hellenic Seaways. The news was recently made public by the Hellenic Seaways company, which operates sea routes between Athens and the...

Greece's beloved hydrofoil vessels, better known in the country as ''flying dolphins,'' will no longer be actively used by Hellenic Seaways. The news was recently made public by the Hellenic Seaways company, which operates sea routes between Athens and the...

There is no interest in reviving a Greece-Cyprus ferry service at the present time, despite some initial statements on behalf of several companies when the idea was floated in February of 2020, according to a statement issued on Friday...

Greek shipowners have placed orders for 85 new vessels in the past year, according to an encouraging report released today by the Union of Greek Shipowners. These mavens of the shipping industry have invested more than $9 billion recently in...

At least four Turkish fishermen were reported killed after a Greek tanker collided with their boat about 15km (9 miles) off the coast of Turkey’s Adana province on Wednesday. According to Turkish media reports, the fishing boat "Polatbey" was lying...

The economic publication New Money rates Greek shipowners as still the most dominant group in the world of shipping, according to a new article, despite the widespread economic devastation wreaked by the coronavirus lockdowns this year. Despite acknowledging that shipping as...

The public prosecutor in the city of Piraeus has now called for the arrest of the captain of the container ship "Maersk Launceston" on charges that he caused a maritime accident through negligence and violated the international rules on...

Despite the coronavirus crisis that has affected the entire world, Greece remains among the top five ship-owning nations -- along with China, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong -- with Greek ship owners controlling 20.67 percent of global shipping capacity...

A boat with about 50 migrants has being towed to the port of Rhodes, completing the rescue operation that started on Thursday night. Initially, an attempt was made to transfer the passengers to the three ships that were at the...

A passing Greek ferry rescued a small child that was floating adrift in the open sea near the port of Rio, east of the city of Patras, on Monday. "She was in a state of shock. She was clinging on...

A 55-year old Greek sailor died and another member of the crew was injured during a fire on a Greek-flagged cargo ship on Wednesday in the Arabian Sea. The fire broke out on the vessel "Faneromeni", which was heading from...