PPA S.A. organized the 1st Compliance Brainstorming Forum, under the title: “Alliance for Compliance – United We Evolve”

This new initiative organized by the PPA’s Regulatory Compliance Unit, serves as a dynamic platform for dialogue and exchange of expertise among organizations and companies that play a decisive role in maintaining vital social functions and critical economic activities in our country, as defined within the framework of Law 5236/2025.

Global cooperation brings breakthrough on first international Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Code

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has welcomed global agreement on a new international Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Code, due to be published next month.
For eight years, the MCA's autonomy team has represented the UK's interests in working groups dedicated to the development of the first non-mandatory International Code of Safety for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS Code).

Posidonia 2026 - IBIA hosts reception preceding Posidonia

IBIA successfully hosted a reception on Sunday, 31 May, at the Official Residence of the South African Embassy in Athens, bringing together key stakeholders from across the global bunker, shipping, and marine energy sectors ahead of Posidonia 2026.

When these wars end: the world that emerges will look nothing like the one we know

By Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis

Senior Maritime Strategy Consultant - Chartering Executive & TMC Shipping  Commercial Director

There are moments in history when humanity does not immediately realize it is living through a massive transition.

Aging, Sanctioned, and Stranded: The New Structural Reality in the Market

One of the most defining developments in contemporary maritime dynamics is the increasingly distorted relationship between fleet aging, sanctions exposure, and demolition activity. While both the tanker and dry bulk sectors face aging fleet profiles, sanctions are influencing these markets in fundamentally different ways, creating a distinct two-tier structure in global shipping.

The Spirit That Moves the Sea

By Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis

Senior Maritime Strategy Consultant - Chartering Executive & TMC Shipping  Commercial Director

Holy Spirit Monday & Posidonia 2026 — A day where faith meets the maritime world

There are dates that do not simply sit on a calendar but feel as though they were carved by an invisible geometry. June 1st, 2026 is one of those days. Greece celebrates Holy Spirit Monday, one of the most luminous and quiet feasts of Orthodoxy, while at the very same moment the gates of Posidonia 2026, perhaps the world’s largest maritime exhibition, swing open.