Kikilias: Shipping, Shipbuilding, Energy are the 3 pillars of cooperation between Greece and the US

Greece has a unique vantage with three pillars: Shipping, shipyards and energy. This was the connection sent by the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vasilis Kikilias, to the contacts helium had successful the United States, during his visit to Washington and New York.

“Greece combines its enactment successful shipping – with a Greek-owned fleet that represents 20% of the world’s fleet, 60% of the European and 25% of the LNG bearer capacity,” Kikilias stressed successful his gathering with US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

During the meeting, ways of practice betwixt Greece and the US connected maritime transport were discussed, fixed that 90% of world trade is carried retired by sea.
“In bulk carriers, containers and LNG, Greece has the lion’s stock done Greek-owned shipping,” helium emphasized.

Realistic model for practice policies
The treatment highlighted our country’s relation arsenic an vigor hub with captious infrastructure. At the aforesaid time, it was decided to make a associated Greece-US working radical with the purpose of shaping a realistic model for practice policies.
Sean Duffy will σύντομα visit Greece, where helium will person the accidental to get to cognize the ports, shipyards that are connected a way of regeneration and different strategic infrastructures, further strengthening the imaginable of bilateral cooperation.
The strong US concern involvement successful Greek shipyards was recorded successful each the contacts of the Minister, while astatine the aforesaid clip the important beingness of Greek shipowners successful the American marketplace was highlighted, arsenic galore Greek shipping companies are listed connected the New York Stock Exchange.
Kikilias besides met with Doug Burgum, Minister of the Interior and Head of the US National Energy Dominance Council (NEDC), who had antecedently visited our country.
In the gathering with Doug Burgum, it was emphasized that shipyards, shipping and vigor are inextricably linked. “Following the revival of Greek shipyards, which are already attracting American investments and creating support bases for the shipbuilding industry, Greece tin play an important relation successful further strengthening the strategic practice betwixt the two countries successful the Eastern Mediterranean,” Kikilias underlined.
At the aforesaid time, the strategic vigor infrastructures successful Revithoussa and Alexandroupoli marque the state an vigor hub of three continents.

Reliable partner
“Shipyards, Greek-owned fleet and vigor are linked successful a single framework, which makes Greece a reliable and stable spouse of the US and Europe, not lone successful transport, but besides successful the full vigor and shipping value chain,” emphasized the Greek minister.

US investments are already being made successful Greece. “Greek shipping, with its tankers and LNG carriers, ensures the transport of vigor with stability and reliability, making our state a pillar of vigor information for Europe and the SE Mediterranean,” emphasized Vasilis Kikilias successful the gathering with Doug Burgum.

Greece’s geostrategic importance
During the meeting, Kikilias had the accidental to item Greece’s geostrategic importance.
“Greece is astatine the crossroads of captious projects such arsenic the Vertical Corridor for the transport of earthy state from Alexandroupolis to the Balkans and the remainder of Europe,” emphasized the Minister. “The anticipation of interconnecting American and Greek shipyards with the Greek-owned fleet was specifically explored, a imaginable that tin make caller synergies and springiness impetus to concern projects,” helium added.

The recently appointed US Ambassador
During his visit to Washington, Kikilias besides met with the recently appointed US Ambassador to Athens, Kimberly Guilfoyle, which took spot connected the time of her authoritative presumption of duties. During the meeting, they emphasized that the practice will beryllium close, arsenic shipping is the country’s large plus for occupation creation, information and prosperity.