The Cyprus Shipping Chamber was established on 26 January 1989, and constitutes the trade association of the Shipping Industry in Cyprus.

From earthquakes to excessive floods, extreme and unpredictable natural hazards impact every country around the world. To combat the effects of climate change and the vast rise in natural disasters over the past 50 years, nearly 200 countries agreed to the ‘Glasgow Climate Pact’ at the 26th global United Nations climate summit (COP26) in November 2021.

The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry (SDM) recently announced the launch of a tender (Tender No. SDM 1/2022) for the Digital Transformation of the Shipping Deputy Ministry. 

The project is co-financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (Resilience and Recovery Facility).

The Statistical Service of Cyprus announced that it had recently published the monthly electronic publication ‘Intra & Extra EU Trade Statistics (by commodity and country)’ for January - October 2021.

Signed on January 20, the mayor of Limassol and A.N. Christou Properties & Construction Ltd. signed a contract for the construction works of the renovation of the historic centre of Agia Fyla.

The first of this year’s issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer indicates that rising rates of vaccination, combined with easing of travel restrictions due to increased cross-border coordination and protocols, have all helped release pent up demand. 

Giannis Karousos, minister of transport, communications and works, Cyprus, expressed satisfaction with the implementation process of the largest development project of the Republic of Cyprus, who was briefed on January 19, on the final General Spatial Plan for the Port and Marina of Larnaca. 

Savvas Perdios, deputy minister of tourism, Cyprus,  recently presented the work of the of the Ministry to date, and the direction tourism in Cyprus is now gaining.

Century Travel, a renowned cruise specialist in Cyprus, has been appointed preferred sales representative of Royal Caribbean International for Cyprus.

The EU has the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world, known as Natura 2000 and consisting of almost 27,000 terrestrial and marine sites.