The Cyprus Shipping Chamber welcomes the positive results of the recently released ‘Ship Management Report’, which is published by the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Cyprus, covering the period January 01 – June 30, of this year, which indicate that the ship management sector marked a gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated decline in economic activity observed during 2020.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) welcomed the celebrations of the ‘World Maritime Day’ which has been established by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and celebrated globally every year at the end of September.
The annual Charity Beach Volley Tournament organised by Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) between the chamber’s member-companies, was held again after one year of absence due to the pandemic, completing 26 years of socio-economic contribution to the Cyprus society. The tournament was held with success, without the presence of the public, on September 5, 19, and 26, at the Cyprus Volleyball Federation courts in Limassol.
The international shipping community celebrated for the 10th year the ‘Day of the Seafarer’, which was set by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in 2011.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) following all the required safety measures and within the framework of its long-standing socio-economic and charitable contribution to the Cyprus society, organised its 55th Blood Donation Drive, on June 01, at Agios Georgios Havouzas Church Hall, in Limassol, with the participation of the employees of its Shipping Chamber’s Member-companies.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber held its 32nd Annual General Meeting, in hybrid format, through a virtual production, on May 20.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) noted with satisfaction the joint statement signed by the heads of five United Nation bodies, on March 25, which calls on all governments to prioritise seafarers in their national COVID-19 vaccination programmes, together with other essential workers, saying that their safe movement is essential to critical goods movement and travel on which the global economy depends for recovery.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), as the trade association of the shipping industry in Cyprus, welcomes the successful completion of three years since the establishment of the Shipping Deputy Ministry, on March 01, 2018.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), as the trade association of the shipping industry in Cyprus, signed the Neptune Declaration on Seafarer Wellbeing and Crew Change, together with a number of its member-companies and joined the worldwide call to action to end the unprecedented crew change crisis caused by Covid-19.
Just before the end of 2020, which has challenged humanity due to a world pandemic, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) expressed its sincere gratitude to the hardworking seafarers who are keeping the world supplied with food, fuel, medical equipment and other vital goods through the symbolic initiative ‘Seafarers Deliver for Us, We Walk for Them’, held on December 31, 2020.
The Cyprus Shipping Chamber’s president and members of its board of directors made a symbolic 10 km walk, from the Old Limassol Port right along the seafront to the old Amathusia Area, as a tribute to seafarers across the world for their valuable contribution and to show their solidarity against the discrimination they are facing during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite being key workers at the front line.
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