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 Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), as the trade association of the shipping industry in Cyprus, held its second blood donation drive for the year, with the supportive participation of its shipping member-companies employees, on December 15 at the Agios Georgios Havouzas Reception Hall, in Limassol.
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 2nd CSN Cyprus Shipping ICT Conference brought together key industry experts from industry bodies, shipowners, ship managers, service providers and equipment manufacturers and have looked into at the operational aspects impacting the Cyprus Shipping ICT sector.
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 Deputy Ministry (SDM) has announced a new range of green incentives to reward vessels that demonstrate effective emissions reductions. From fiscal year 2021, annual tonnage tax will be reduced by up to 30 percent for each vessel that demonstrates proactive measures to reduce its environmental impact, ensuring shipowners are rewarded for sustainable shipping efforts.
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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