First ‘Naftemporiki’ Shipping Forum to Tackle Challenges, Debate Change for Greece’s Key Industry

Recognizing the crucial role of Greek shipping internationally and locally, financial daily Naftemporiki launches its first shipping forum on January 22 at the Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso.

Shipping experts, shipowners and market insiders will attend to share views, discuss the challenges and offer viable solutions for the future of one of Greece’s driving forces.

Subjects to be addressed include the enduring contribution of Greek ship ownership to the economy and society: assessing the past, outlining the future, Funding: from the Ralli Brothers to bank lending and from Wall St to private equity funds, the state of the freight market in maritime trade: obstacles, challenges and prospects and Greece as an international shipping hub.

Speakers include Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, Shipping and the Aegean Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis president and CEO of the Piraeus Port Authority Yiorgos Anomeritis, president of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) Thomas Rehder, and Vice-president of NASDAQ OMX Meyer “Sandy” Frucher.

Founded in 1924, by the Athanasiadis brothers, Naftemporiki is a leading financial daily in Greece.