Common Greek-US plan on shipping American LNG in the next few months

Greek and US officials are working intimately to make a associated program to transport American liquefied earthy state (LNG) done Greek-owned ships, and the program will beryllium presented successful the coming months, Maritime Affairs Minister Vasilis Kikilias said connected Wednesday.

Speaking astatine the 15th Capital Link league successful Athens, the curate noted that “the US produces and exports LNG, while the Greek-owned fleet, with 5,700 ships, constitutes 20% of the planetary fleet and 24.5% of the planetary LNG bearer capacity. It is evident that we tin work intimately together to execute caller jobs and growth, done partnerships successful vigor and its transportation.”

He added that earlier and during his caller trip to the US, helium had successive meetings successful Athens and Washington with US Secretary of the Interior Doug Bergham, who is liable for coordinating vigor policy, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, and high-ranking State Department officials, arsenic well arsenic with concern banks, senators, governors and the backstage sector.

The curate commented that “the talks were productive. There is simply a wide will to cooperate. Our teams are working together connected a realistic, workable program that will beryllium presented successful the coming months.”

Kikilias besides referred to the imaginable Greece has to look arsenic a cardinal vigor center: “Greece is simply a gateway for LNG from various countries, such arsenic the US, facilitating state flows to conscionable the vigor needs of different countries arsenic well. We are so contributing to the vigor information of some the state itself and the full Southeast Europe.”

The curate added that “the narration betwixt Greece and the US is astatine a very precocious level. It is being upgraded and strengthened. In energy, shipyards and shipping, large opportunities are opening up successful the adjacent future. Our work is to marque the astir of them.”