Shipping exchange inflows up 9.4 percent in 2002
18/06/2003 23:25:59

Shipping exchange inflows up 9.4 percent in 2002 Shipping exchange inflows to Greece totalled 1.337 billion US dollars in 2002 from 1.221 billion dollars in the previous year, an increase of 9.4 percent, Merchant Marine Minister George Anomeritis said on Wednesday. The Greek minister, speaking to reporters, announced that a total of 1,055 shipping companies, employing 10,922 seamen of which 9,644 were Greeks and 1,278 foreigners, reported foreign exchange inflows, down from 1,084 companies in 2001. Mr Anomeritis said that shipping management companies in Greece totalled 640 in 2002 with 3,212 vessels under management, while shipping brokerage firms totalled 440. The Greek minister also said that 96.7 percent of the country's shipping capacity and 94.3 percent of vessels were distributed under nine national flags (Greece, Malta, Cyprus, Panama, Bahamas, Liberia, Marshall Islands, St Vincent and Cayman Islands).

Source: Athens News Agency