Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, CEO of the Skaramangas Shipyards presenting the vision of shipowner/investor George Procopiou the new owner of the historic shipyard, reports Seatrade Maritime.
“Skaramangas Shipyards was, is and will be one of Greece’s largest industrial infrastructures and a vital asset for national defense,” said, Varvitsiotis an ex-Shipping Minister.
The goal and challenge for Skaramangas Shipyards is to be able to repair LNG carriers, being the only shipyard in Greece and one of the few in Europe that will serve these ships.
Revival phase
Varvitsiotis declared that the Greek shipbuilding industry is in a phase of revival after the investments of fellow panelist Panos Xenokostas, President and CEO of ONEX Shipyards & Technologies Group and Procopiou.
Bringing the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry back to Greece and Europe was the main message delivered by Xenokostas who reported on how the revival of the Syros island and Elefsina’s Elefsis Shipyards was achieved. He underlined the impact of the reopening of Syros’ Neorion shipyard on the local economy of Syros as it currently employs 650 workers. In Elefsis, he said full ownership of the shipyard is still pending, but it has already served 120 ships in 18 months.
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Source: Seatrade Maritime
