Brief Update: No 26/06 Date: April 02, 2026 Executive summary Objectives SEA GUARDIAN, pursues innovative approach by analyzing Maritime Security in accordance with international standards and a certain frame of…
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Monaco Weekly TV News Sunday, April 12, 2026 This week’s news summary along with an exclusive interview with Interview with Gaby Tarkan Founder of Valtoria This show is intended to…
Vergina TV’s Stergios Kalogiros interviews All About Shipping’s John Faraclas on the Middle East mess and in particular on the Strait of Hormuz
An interesting debate with Vergina Tv’s CEO Stergios Kalogiros at Vergina’s Athens studio last night with the participation of Chrsitakis Meleties of Dimokratikos Synagermos political party from Nicosia, Cyprus. John…
EFIP members meet in Prague to explore the European Port Strategy and the Czech Republic’s inland waterways, ports, and logistics within this framework
On Friday, 27 March 2026, EFIP members gathered in Prague for their annual General Assembly Meeting, hosted by Cesko-saske pristavy s.r.o / SBO GmbH. The Elbe waterways constitutes and essential…
B rief Update: No 26/06 Date: March 22, 2026 Executive summary Objectives To provide in a 15-day cycle, the maritime industry and Security Stake or Shareholders with: Major maritime security…
Olga Psaridou and Ion Tsohos of EPT3 interview All About Shipping’s John Faraclas on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, the Energy prices, War et al
Further to last week’s interview on the mess in the Middle East and the worsening of the energy issue engulfing slowly, but steadily, the global economy with Iran countering assymetricaly…
Vergina TV’s Christina Tsorba discusses the Hormuz Strait issues with General (HAF Rt.) Ioannis Zoukas and John Faraclas
Further to our last, another brief but to the point discussion on the issue of the Strait of Hormuz, the cost of rising energy affecting all means of transport and…
Admiral Pavlopoulos speaks to ERT’s Antonis Karagiannakis on the enfoldig situ at the Strait of Hormuz and beyond…
John (Ioannis) Pavlopoulos, CEO Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd, Vice Admiral (ret.) H.N., Honorary Commander in Chief of the Hellenic Fleet Former Military Representative of Greece to the NATO and EU,…
Vergina TV Christina Tsorba and her team questions All About Shipping’s John Faraclas on the Strait of Hormuz issue
Earlier on today at lunch time, Christina Tsorba of VERGINA TV in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, together with journalists Vassiliki Politou and Konstantinos Kalogiros from THELEADER, asked All About Shipping’s John…
ΕΡΤ’s Olga Psaridou and Ion Tsohos question All About Shipping’s John Faraclas on the War in Iran et al
Olga Psaridou and Ion Tsohos from EPT’s 3 TV and in particular the Indexing program (αποδελτιωση), questioned All About Shipping’s John Faraclas on the enfolding War in Iran and in…
Turkish civil society organisations reiterate their call to remove Aliağa shipbreaking yards from the EU list
Members of Turkish organisations raise alarm about critical levels of pollution in Aliağa, as well as severe systemic mismanagement, and continue their call to remove Turkish shipbreaking yards from the EU list of ship…
The closure of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint has triggered a welfare crisis that the markets are not measuring Dr Katerina Konsta, CEO, World Maritime Academy The world’s financial…
This had better be a short war or we are all in trouble Mark A P WilliamsMar 9 The Powell Precedent 23 years ago I sat in the Rochester Wine…
EU Industrial Maritime Strategy: Commitment to boost EU-based ship recycling capacity must be backed by concrete funding and measures
The European Commission published on Wednesday 5 March its Industrial Maritime Strategy, an important milestone in supporting the European maritime industry. While the strategy acknowledges the importance of ship recycling and…
05 March 2026 On 4th March, the European Commission launched its EU Ports Strategy, a 28-page document aimed at providing a framework for the future of European ports. Europe’s ports welcome…
Vergina TV’s Christina Tsorba interviews All About Shipping’s John Faraclas on the flair-up in the Persian Gulf and beyond
From the live interview at noon GMT with Vergina TV’S Christina Tsorba questioning John Faraclas of All About Shipping on the latest flair-up in the Persian Gulf and beyond; issues…
Europe’s transport sector joins forces in an open letter to the EU Member States: A competitive and resilient Europe requires a stronger EU transport budget
Brussels, 24 February 2026 A total of 45 European transport organisations are joining forces and collectively urge national governments to strengthen European funding for transport under the future EU budget…
Diplomacy? Reach for your magnifying glass to see if you can spot any remnants of this once respected and respectable “art.” What’s that got to do with TRUMP’s Tariffs being…
ERT’s 102FM Stamatopoulos and Sapranides interview All About Shipping’s John Faraclas
From the live interview at ERT Thessaloniki’s 102 FM with Andreas Stamatopoulos and Aemilios Sapranides on SHIPPING issues and in particular on: We look forward to your comments; Happy Valentine’s!
by Katerina Tsourtsoula*, The event of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Hellas) was held with great success on Wednesday, 4 February 2026, at the Athens Club, featuring Dr. Richard…
FEBRUARY 3, 2026CIRCULAR NO. 04/26TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: RUSSIAN LNG IMPORT BAN UPDATE: EUROPEAN UNION (EU) On January 26, 2026, the 27 EU Member states formally adopted…
Following our 2025 articles on the Death of Diplomacy: 2026 began with the stealth arrest of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. This was on 3rd January…
France Cyber Maritime, FEPORT and Federazione del Mare join forces to raise awareness on NIS 2
France Cyber Maritime, FEPORT and Federazione del Mare join forces in the framework of an EU Project to raise awareness on NIS 2 maritime and port cybersecurity measures. Brest, Brussels,…
From Clydebank to Quayside: Interferry warning highlights the urgent need to deliver Green Shipping Corridors
(21 January 2026) – Interferry has warned this week that ferry operators are facing rising costs under the EU Emissions Trading System faster than practical decarbonisation solutions are being deployed. The…



