The “6th Blue Shipping Summit 2016” was held on 6 June, the opening day of the Posidonia 2016 Exhibition, at the Athens Hilton Hotel.
The landmark event was sponsored this year by Tsavliris Salvage.
The conference was titled “Salvaging the Environment” and focused on future trends and challenges of the shipping industry with a particular emphasis on the new regulations as well as implementation of global environmental issues in shipping today. The ever increasing regulations and technological breakthroughs have further burdened an already challenging business climate.
Chairman of the conference Mr George Tsavliris said: “Although the shipping industry has shown a significant sensitivity in adopting measures to protect our marine environment, it needs to become far more proactive in preventing pollution and in addressing the industry’s ecological impact”.
Following the adoption of the Paris Climate Change Agreement in December 2015, the international shipping industry is working on how to further contribute to the global efforts to address climate change and see "Where is Shipping heading?"
High-level speakers (Christine Berg - Head of Unit, European Commission for Safety & Ship Source Pollution, Katharina Stanzel –Managing Director of INTERTANKO, Chris Wiernicki – Chairman of IACS, Philip Embiricos – Past President of BIMCO, etc.) and conference panelists contributed to a day packed with exchange of experiences and a stimulating discussion before a distinguished audience. The successful forum was organised by Jannis Kostoulas, President of Mare Forum and by Karen Kokabi, Managing Director of Blueship.
Tsavliris participates in Posidonia seminars
Tsavliris Salvage participated in the Marine Traffic seminar on 9 June at the Posidonia Exhibition 2016. The seminar focused on AIS (Automatic Identification System) and the benefits it offers to the global maritime industry.
Leading experts on AIS explained how to extract value for business intelligence.
In his presentation Captain George Polychroniou, Operations Manager at Tsavliris Salvage, explained the benefits of AIS to the shipping community and Tsavliris Group in particular. He mentioned that “Tsavliris Salvage Group adopted AIS in 2003 in order to monitor our salvage/towage operations, manage our fleet worldwide and prevent pollution”.
He concluded that “AIS information can reduce collisions and consequently save lives at sea and avert pollution”.
Tsavliris Team wins 1st place in Charity Rowing Competition
Tsavliris Salvage Group took part in the Charity Rowing Competition held by Hill Dickinson on 26 May 2016 at the picturesque Microlimano in Kastella and came FIRST winning the gold medal.
Tsavliris male team comprised of eight amateur rowers, all staff members and Greek nationals.
Our Tsavliris ladies team together with Messrs Evdemon & Partners team also competed in the Rowing Competition contributing to this fun filled charity event coming sixth out of 12 teams.
The rowing competition was in the form of timed races, with two boats competing against each other in each “heat”. The event was followed by a cocktail reception.
Congratulations to the organisers and all the participants!
1st place at Posidonia 2016 Tennis Tournament
Alexandros A. Tsavliris of TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE GROUP took part in the Posidonia 2016 Tennis Tournament with tennis partner Apostolos Kaltis of Neptune Lines which was hosted by Ken Scott of Winter Scott and Louise Glover of E.G. Arghyrakis & Co., at Vouliagmeni Tennis Club on Tuesday 7 June 2016. The dynamic duo was successful in winning the Cup out of a group of around 20 couples.
This year’s final opponents were Aris Pittas of Eurobulk and John Minaidis of A.M. Nomikos.
Alexandros follows in the footsteps of his father Andreas A. Tsavliris who has also previously won the Cup on three different occasions.
(from left to right) George Xiradakis, President of Propeller Club, Claire N. Tsavliris, Andreas Tsavliris,
Nicky Pappadakis, Chairman of Intercargo/ Emeritus, Nicolas Tsavliris and George Tsavliris