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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-06-02
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[01] Posidonia 2014 Shipping Exhibition offically inaugurated on Monday
[01] Posidonia 2014 Shipping Exhibition offically inaugurated on Monday
ANA/MPA---The International Shipping Exhibition "Posidonia 2014"
will be officially inaugurated on Monday at 18:00 at the exhibition
center Metropolitan, at the International Athens Airport "Eleftherios
Venizelos', in the presence of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and
Shipping and Aegean Minister Miltidis Varvitsiotis.
Varvitsiotis noted that "Posidonia expo coincides with positive news for
the country," noting that "it has returned to the international markets,
public finances are going well and we have a surplus, while tourist
arrivals are expected to increase".
Referring to the Greek-flagged ships, he said that "our flag in
shipping is a flag of quality and not of opportunity. We have managed
to drastically reduce the average age of the Greek ships and through
the ministry's institutional reorganisation, we now provide serious,
quick, reliable and globally recognisable services to ships under the
Greek flag".
"Posidonia 2014", among the world's most prestigious shipping exhibitions,
will be open on June 2-6 . Over 1,800 exhibitors and some 19,000 visitors
from a record 93 countries and territories will attend "Posidonia 2014",
Posidonia Exhibitions S.A. executive director Theodore Vokos said in the
press conference, noting that among the most important national pavilions
are those of China, Japan and Korea. He underlined the importance of
Posidonia to the Greek economy, underlining that it brings more than 50
million euros to the national economy.
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