Greek shipping industry with brave tide
- Author:Elena
- Release Date:2023-02-06
Ancient Greek great mathematician Abukimid had a famous saying: "Give me a fulcrum, I can pry up the entire earth."
For Greece, the shipping industry is this fulcrum.At its peak, Greece supported one -fifth of the world's shipping scale with about 0.14%of the world's population, creating a great miracle in the history of world shipping.
No wonder Greek shipping people will evaluate themselves like this: "In our blood vessels, it is not blood flowing, but seawater."
Nirvana rebirth
The history of the Greek shipping industry has a long history, and the remaining text can be traced back to the late McSuni civilization in 1200 BC.
For example, the Troy war depicted in Homer's epic "Iliate" is the earliest story of the world's navigation expedition, indicating that ancient Greece had mastered shipbuilding and navigation technology in the Bronze era.
For another example, in the Homer epic "Odyssey", the Poseidon of the Poseidon of the Poseidon because of resentment of Hero Audshus, he planned to prevent him from returning to his hometown. The sailors had to drown the war horses as a sacrifice to present the gods and pray for peace.There are many records about the worship of the sea gods in Greece, indicating that the marine civilization plays a very important role in the development of Greek history and culture.
Today, the Poseidon Temple of Patton Temple, "Same Age", still stands at the southernmost point of the southernmost point of the Greek Atkiga Peninsula in Greece, staring at the Aegean Sea.And it also witnessed the miracle of the Greek shipping industry.
As a traditional marine country, Greece is located at the junction of the three continents of Eurasia and Africa, and is the "crossroad" of ancient civilization exchanges and trade distribution.Greece also has a vast coastline and many excellent seaports.The superior natural endowment has become a natural cradle for the development of marine economy and shipping, shaping the marine tradition of the Greek nation.In addition, the landforms dominated by hills and extremely limited arable land have greatly stimulated the needs of local commodity exchange, and the Greek maritime trade came into being.
Promoted by factors such as population flow, city -state alliance, currency use, and standardization of measurement, the Greeks quickly dominated the nearby maritime trade and gradually expanded the trade along the Mediterranean to Egypt, Phoenic, Little Asia, and Black Sea.In the following days, whether it was the Byzantine Empire's rule or during the period of the Ottoman Empire, although the Greek shipping industry rose or fall, it always played an important role.
Thousands of years have passed, and the ancient Greek shipping industry has gradually evolved into a modern shipping industry.Its development and evolution runs through the jump of the pulse of Greek countries, and has become one of the decisive factor of national independence, social development and economic prosperity.
In the long -term development process, the Greeks have accumulated rich navigation knowledge and technology, and continuously improved ships and accumulating experience in the struggle with the sea and pirates.When resisting foreign enemies and fighting for independence, Greek's national consciousness and cohesion were awakened. The trained merchant fleet quickly adapted into the naval fleet and fought with foreign enemies.During World War II, the Greek commercial fleet made an indelible contribution to the Allied transportation supply.According to the Greek government statistics, Greece delivered at least 40 million tons of materials, more than 2,000 crew members were killed, and about 70%of the fleets were lost.By the end of World War II, there were only about 150 ships hung on the Greek flag, and the total tonnage of the ship fell by 73.6%.
Phoenix bath fire, Nirvana is reborn.After the war, the Greek shipping industry experienced a large -scale reconstruction that almost started from scratch, and restored the size and tonnage of the pre -war fleet at a amazing speed.In the 1950s, the total tonnage of its fleet increased to 2.4 million tons, and in 1976 to 50.6 million tons.The modern Greek shipping industry bottomed out.
From the end of the 1970s to the early 1980s, Greece finally took the world ’s shipping country to“ top chairs ”and became the world’ s sea transportation.
Insight
According to the UN Trade Conference, as of the end of 2021, the Greek fleet accounted for 17.63%of the global total tonnage, ranking first in the world for many years.The annual report released by the Greek Ship Employment Alliance in May 2022 pointed out that Greece is the world's largest shipping country and the world's largest cross -border cargo carrier.Greek ships currently have 5,514 ships, accounting for about 21%of the global total tonnage, 59%of the European Union's total tonnage, and controlled the world's 31.78%oil tankers, 25.01%of bulk cargo ships and 22.35%liquefied natural gas fleet.Compared with 2014, the total tonnage of the fleet owned by Greece increased by 45.8%.
As the "Stable Lighthouse in Greece", the shipping industry accounts for nearly 7%of Greek GDP and provides about 200,000 employment opportunities.The shipping industry brought a lot of net income to the Greek economy. Even due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the international revenue and expenditure inflow of Greek shipping in 2021 still exceeded the level of 2019, reaching 17 billion euros.
The Greek shipping industry can travel through history and stand bravely, not without reason.The most critical factor is that the Greek ship tycoon has always stepped up, relying on the developed business minds and a magnificent global perspective, and in the wave of the times, the road is blue, and it is planned.
The former richest man in the world and the Greek king of Greece once said, "The secret of entrepreneurship is to know people do not know."Even more straightforwardly, it is necessary to observe the trend and discover the opportunity.
The keen smell of the Greek's changes in the trend of shipping has been well reflected in the layout of LNG.In fact, as early as 4 years ago, the Greek shipping tycoon Peter Livanos had predicted: "LNG is one of the main energy sources in the future, and it will become the main type of transportation energy in the shipping industry." This judgment has won major Greece majority.The general recognition of the shipping giant.They earlier judged the "wind direction" of the international market earlier than most international competitors, and have invested in the construction of liquefied natural gas transport ships on a large scale, with a view to occupying a new market share.
According to data from the British Shipping Consulting Company, the Greek LNG fleet (including under construction) has a total value of 19.5 billion US dollars, ranking first in the world.In 2021 before the energy crisis in Europe, the Greek shipowner ordered 18 liquefied natural gas transport vessels worth $ 3.63 billion and 14 liquefied petroleum gas transport ships worth 823 million US dollars.
Dangerous
Although the Greek shipping industry is still infinitely beautiful today, there are already some hidden dangers.
The most urgent problem is that the number of Greek natives has plummeted.Statistics show that the number of Greek seafarers currently engaged in the navigation business is about 25,000, while the total number of Shanghai ships Shanghai is about 135,000, and Greek seafarers account for less than 20%.Especially in recent years, young people's passion for navigation technology has been significantly reduced. More and more Greeks are unwilling to wander at sea, and they are more inclined to work in office work.In this regard, local experts call for the popularization of the knowledge of marine shipping in primary and secondary schools and social education, cultivate young people's interest in maritime professionalism, and promote the development of navigation theory and practice to ensure that Greek shipping experts and technical personnel echelon reserves and sustainable sustainabilitydevelop.
Another more severe problem is that although the Greek shipping industry is huge, the impact on Greece's per capita income is not high, and it is even lower than the average of other shipping powers.For the reason, Greece is neither a large production country nor a consumer country, and the shipping industry cannot support its own industrial and commercial development.The best solution is to use ways to play the synergy effect of the transit hub in the Balkans and develop a three -dimensional transportation system for aviation, railway and ship transportation.
This is also one of the important prerequisites for the huge success in the cooperation between Breyvs.The Port of Breyvs invested by COSCO Shipping is a successful example of complementary advantages, strong union, and mutual benefit and win -win situation in China and Greece. It is of great significance to the development of Greece and even South Europe.The joining of COSCO Shipping not only made the Port of Breyvs the largest port in the Mediterranean and the top four ports in Europe. The ranking in the global container port has jumped from 93rd in 2010 to the current 25th.Yes, Bibi Port opened the "Central Europe and Sea Express Line" to Central and Eastern Europe in 2014, opening up a new logistics channel between China and Eastern Europe.This path has saved the transportation time of 7 days to 11 days than the traditional North -South Europe path, which changed the European cargo transit pattern and played a positive role for Greece to build an international transportation and logistics hub.
In fact, the shipping industry has always been one of the longest, largest, and most connected areas of China -Sheri.Most of Greek shipowners are the main customers of Chinese shipyards and continue to expand the size of shipbuilding in China.In 1998, China delivered the first ship to the Greek shipowner according to the order, opening the golden age of Greek shipowner's large -scale construction of ships in China.Since 2010, about half of all Greek ship orders have been completed by Chinese shipbuilding companies, with a total value of about 50 billion US dollars. Chinese shipyards have delivered two new ships to Greek ship companies a week.
Zhongxi Shipping Industry cooperation not only promoted the economic development of the two countries, but also enhanced the friendship between the people of China.
The Greek shipowner has always been the backbone of the traditional friendship that has been promoted to the continuous deepening of Zhongxi.The founder of the Greek Naval Shipping Corporation and the famous friendly shipowner Nicos Frankes began to transport supplies for New China before the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.He also cares about the development of social undertakings such as Chinese education.In 1998, he invested more than 400,000 yuan for facilities and facilities for new teaching buildings such as Pingli Primary School in Majie Township, Msupo County, Yunnan Province, and was warmly welcomed by the local government and the public.Frangos said during his lifetime that he had deep feelings for China, and this feeling could not be measured with money.
In addition, Greece assisted China from the three times in 1997, 2006, and 2011 to evacuate from Albania, Lebanon, and Libya.
There is no far away, and thousands of miles are neighbor.The help of China and Greece at many critical moments reflect the long -term friendship of the people of the two countries.
In today's economic globalization, the trade volume of sea transportation accounts for about 80%of the global trade volume. Shipping is beyond doubt that the importance of stable global supply chains, consumer goods prices and support for necessities.Ocean is still crucial to the development of human society, and shipping is still the pillar of global trade and transportation.
As the birthplace of Western marine civilization, the Greek shipping industry has been reborn after thousands of years, and has been reborn in destruction. It has stepped out of a unique shipping miracle that integrates marine civilization, trade development, technological innovation, and economy.After thousands of years of evolution and inheritance, shipping has become a "totem" engraved in Greek genes, promoting the Greek shipping industry to maintain its core competitiveness and continues to prosperity, and benefit the country and the world.
Source: Economic Daily
For Greece, the shipping industry is this fulcrum.At its peak, Greece supported one -fifth of the world's shipping scale with about 0.14%of the world's population, creating a great miracle in the history of world shipping.
No wonder Greek shipping people will evaluate themselves like this: "In our blood vessels, it is not blood flowing, but seawater."
Nirvana rebirth
The history of the Greek shipping industry has a long history, and the remaining text can be traced back to the late McSuni civilization in 1200 BC.
For example, the Troy war depicted in Homer's epic "Iliate" is the earliest story of the world's navigation expedition, indicating that ancient Greece had mastered shipbuilding and navigation technology in the Bronze era.
For another example, in the Homer epic "Odyssey", the Poseidon of the Poseidon of the Poseidon because of resentment of Hero Audshus, he planned to prevent him from returning to his hometown. The sailors had to drown the war horses as a sacrifice to present the gods and pray for peace.There are many records about the worship of the sea gods in Greece, indicating that the marine civilization plays a very important role in the development of Greek history and culture.
Today, the Poseidon Temple of Patton Temple, "Same Age", still stands at the southernmost point of the southernmost point of the Greek Atkiga Peninsula in Greece, staring at the Aegean Sea.And it also witnessed the miracle of the Greek shipping industry.
As a traditional marine country, Greece is located at the junction of the three continents of Eurasia and Africa, and is the "crossroad" of ancient civilization exchanges and trade distribution.Greece also has a vast coastline and many excellent seaports.The superior natural endowment has become a natural cradle for the development of marine economy and shipping, shaping the marine tradition of the Greek nation.In addition, the landforms dominated by hills and extremely limited arable land have greatly stimulated the needs of local commodity exchange, and the Greek maritime trade came into being.
Promoted by factors such as population flow, city -state alliance, currency use, and standardization of measurement, the Greeks quickly dominated the nearby maritime trade and gradually expanded the trade along the Mediterranean to Egypt, Phoenic, Little Asia, and Black Sea.In the following days, whether it was the Byzantine Empire's rule or during the period of the Ottoman Empire, although the Greek shipping industry rose or fall, it always played an important role.
Thousands of years have passed, and the ancient Greek shipping industry has gradually evolved into a modern shipping industry.Its development and evolution runs through the jump of the pulse of Greek countries, and has become one of the decisive factor of national independence, social development and economic prosperity.
In the long -term development process, the Greeks have accumulated rich navigation knowledge and technology, and continuously improved ships and accumulating experience in the struggle with the sea and pirates.When resisting foreign enemies and fighting for independence, Greek's national consciousness and cohesion were awakened. The trained merchant fleet quickly adapted into the naval fleet and fought with foreign enemies.During World War II, the Greek commercial fleet made an indelible contribution to the Allied transportation supply.According to the Greek government statistics, Greece delivered at least 40 million tons of materials, more than 2,000 crew members were killed, and about 70%of the fleets were lost.By the end of World War II, there were only about 150 ships hung on the Greek flag, and the total tonnage of the ship fell by 73.6%.
Phoenix bath fire, Nirvana is reborn.After the war, the Greek shipping industry experienced a large -scale reconstruction that almost started from scratch, and restored the size and tonnage of the pre -war fleet at a amazing speed.In the 1950s, the total tonnage of its fleet increased to 2.4 million tons, and in 1976 to 50.6 million tons.The modern Greek shipping industry bottomed out.
From the end of the 1970s to the early 1980s, Greece finally took the world ’s shipping country to“ top chairs ”and became the world’ s sea transportation.
Insight
According to the UN Trade Conference, as of the end of 2021, the Greek fleet accounted for 17.63%of the global total tonnage, ranking first in the world for many years.The annual report released by the Greek Ship Employment Alliance in May 2022 pointed out that Greece is the world's largest shipping country and the world's largest cross -border cargo carrier.Greek ships currently have 5,514 ships, accounting for about 21%of the global total tonnage, 59%of the European Union's total tonnage, and controlled the world's 31.78%oil tankers, 25.01%of bulk cargo ships and 22.35%liquefied natural gas fleet.Compared with 2014, the total tonnage of the fleet owned by Greece increased by 45.8%.
As the "Stable Lighthouse in Greece", the shipping industry accounts for nearly 7%of Greek GDP and provides about 200,000 employment opportunities.The shipping industry brought a lot of net income to the Greek economy. Even due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the international revenue and expenditure inflow of Greek shipping in 2021 still exceeded the level of 2019, reaching 17 billion euros.
The Greek shipping industry can travel through history and stand bravely, not without reason.The most critical factor is that the Greek ship tycoon has always stepped up, relying on the developed business minds and a magnificent global perspective, and in the wave of the times, the road is blue, and it is planned.
The former richest man in the world and the Greek king of Greece once said, "The secret of entrepreneurship is to know people do not know."Even more straightforwardly, it is necessary to observe the trend and discover the opportunity.
The keen smell of the Greek's changes in the trend of shipping has been well reflected in the layout of LNG.In fact, as early as 4 years ago, the Greek shipping tycoon Peter Livanos had predicted: "LNG is one of the main energy sources in the future, and it will become the main type of transportation energy in the shipping industry." This judgment has won major Greece majority.The general recognition of the shipping giant.They earlier judged the "wind direction" of the international market earlier than most international competitors, and have invested in the construction of liquefied natural gas transport ships on a large scale, with a view to occupying a new market share.
According to data from the British Shipping Consulting Company, the Greek LNG fleet (including under construction) has a total value of 19.5 billion US dollars, ranking first in the world.In 2021 before the energy crisis in Europe, the Greek shipowner ordered 18 liquefied natural gas transport vessels worth $ 3.63 billion and 14 liquefied petroleum gas transport ships worth 823 million US dollars.
Dangerous
Although the Greek shipping industry is still infinitely beautiful today, there are already some hidden dangers.
The most urgent problem is that the number of Greek natives has plummeted.Statistics show that the number of Greek seafarers currently engaged in the navigation business is about 25,000, while the total number of Shanghai ships Shanghai is about 135,000, and Greek seafarers account for less than 20%.Especially in recent years, young people's passion for navigation technology has been significantly reduced. More and more Greeks are unwilling to wander at sea, and they are more inclined to work in office work.In this regard, local experts call for the popularization of the knowledge of marine shipping in primary and secondary schools and social education, cultivate young people's interest in maritime professionalism, and promote the development of navigation theory and practice to ensure that Greek shipping experts and technical personnel echelon reserves and sustainable sustainabilitydevelop.
Another more severe problem is that although the Greek shipping industry is huge, the impact on Greece's per capita income is not high, and it is even lower than the average of other shipping powers.For the reason, Greece is neither a large production country nor a consumer country, and the shipping industry cannot support its own industrial and commercial development.The best solution is to use ways to play the synergy effect of the transit hub in the Balkans and develop a three -dimensional transportation system for aviation, railway and ship transportation.
This is also one of the important prerequisites for the huge success in the cooperation between Breyvs.The Port of Breyvs invested by COSCO Shipping is a successful example of complementary advantages, strong union, and mutual benefit and win -win situation in China and Greece. It is of great significance to the development of Greece and even South Europe.The joining of COSCO Shipping not only made the Port of Breyvs the largest port in the Mediterranean and the top four ports in Europe. The ranking in the global container port has jumped from 93rd in 2010 to the current 25th.Yes, Bibi Port opened the "Central Europe and Sea Express Line" to Central and Eastern Europe in 2014, opening up a new logistics channel between China and Eastern Europe.This path has saved the transportation time of 7 days to 11 days than the traditional North -South Europe path, which changed the European cargo transit pattern and played a positive role for Greece to build an international transportation and logistics hub.
In fact, the shipping industry has always been one of the longest, largest, and most connected areas of China -Sheri.Most of Greek shipowners are the main customers of Chinese shipyards and continue to expand the size of shipbuilding in China.In 1998, China delivered the first ship to the Greek shipowner according to the order, opening the golden age of Greek shipowner's large -scale construction of ships in China.Since 2010, about half of all Greek ship orders have been completed by Chinese shipbuilding companies, with a total value of about 50 billion US dollars. Chinese shipyards have delivered two new ships to Greek ship companies a week.
Zhongxi Shipping Industry cooperation not only promoted the economic development of the two countries, but also enhanced the friendship between the people of China.
The Greek shipowner has always been the backbone of the traditional friendship that has been promoted to the continuous deepening of Zhongxi.The founder of the Greek Naval Shipping Corporation and the famous friendly shipowner Nicos Frankes began to transport supplies for New China before the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.He also cares about the development of social undertakings such as Chinese education.In 1998, he invested more than 400,000 yuan for facilities and facilities for new teaching buildings such as Pingli Primary School in Majie Township, Msupo County, Yunnan Province, and was warmly welcomed by the local government and the public.Frangos said during his lifetime that he had deep feelings for China, and this feeling could not be measured with money.
In addition, Greece assisted China from the three times in 1997, 2006, and 2011 to evacuate from Albania, Lebanon, and Libya.
There is no far away, and thousands of miles are neighbor.The help of China and Greece at many critical moments reflect the long -term friendship of the people of the two countries.
In today's economic globalization, the trade volume of sea transportation accounts for about 80%of the global trade volume. Shipping is beyond doubt that the importance of stable global supply chains, consumer goods prices and support for necessities.Ocean is still crucial to the development of human society, and shipping is still the pillar of global trade and transportation.
As the birthplace of Western marine civilization, the Greek shipping industry has been reborn after thousands of years, and has been reborn in destruction. It has stepped out of a unique shipping miracle that integrates marine civilization, trade development, technological innovation, and economy.After thousands of years of evolution and inheritance, shipping has become a "totem" engraved in Greek genes, promoting the Greek shipping industry to maintain its core competitiveness and continues to prosperity, and benefit the country and the world.
Source: Economic Daily