“The situation in the shipbuilding sector must be reversed quickly as the country’s coastal shipping will seek shipyards either to modernize existing units or to build ships adapted to the needs of Greek Polynesia and, on the other hand, because the country’s defense industry can not left without support. ”
This was emphasized by the President of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vassilis Korkidis, in his greeting at the “Day of Industrial Cooperation” event organized today and tomorrow in Elefsina by the American investment group ONEX through Elefsis Shipyards SA and the global company
“Nothing is impossible. As long as we want …”. And the response from the private sector was in the affirmative. Yes, he wants to and he proved it by investing in the Shipyards of Syros and he expects to invest in Elefsina and Scaramangas. Yes, he wants to “wake up the sleeping giant”, Mr. Korkidis emphasizes.
He adds that today in the wider Piraeus area there is a large number of companies, of all sizes, in the field of shipbuilding repairs, construction and repair of spare parts for ships of all types and consumables that expect to “co-operate” with the shipyards.
The president of EBEP adds that because there has been a lot of talk lately about the blue economy, he must remind that, among other things, in the context of related shipbuilding activities, the country lacks a shipyard. An issue that concerns, among others, European shipping.
“The field of ship dismantling materials, or the regeneration and repair of spare parts and technological equipment, which are demolished by ship dismantling, can offer another field of action for shipbuilding and repair business. “mainly, blue economy, as the recovery of shipbuilding steel and other metals and materials, not only helps to reduce the depletion of raw materials, but also saves resources for the shipbuilding industry,” he said.
Mr. Korkidis states that the E.B.E.P. has argued and advocated the creation of Ship Recycling Units in organized shipyards, with the appropriate high environmental standards and standards of Health and Safety at Work, provided by the legal framework of the European Union.
It also underlines that the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry has, for the most part, advocated and substantiated arguments in favor of the efforts to revive activities and, in general, shipbuilding, expressing the hope that the units of the Gulf of Elefsina will soon “baptized” a shipbuilding trident.
Source: AMPE
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