His obligation as Minister of Shipping to be safely served by passengers in the ports was underlined by Vassilis Kikilias In an interview with SKAI 100.3. In this context, he said he asked the Chief of the Coast Guard to strengthen his port Piraeus with 50 Additional port executives, as it did, but also to return to the port of Rafina 20 Ports that had been detached in office positions in his services Piraeus.
“The mission of the Ministry and the Coast Guard is to serve our fellow citizens, to support them, to help them, and to have security in the port. To come and leave the ships in order. And in the business, up to the last islet on the edge of the Aegean or the Southeast Basin of the Mediterranean we will serve our country with honor, next to the world, as it should be. The Port The body is glorious and fights 18.5 thousand nautical miles of our marine borders. Of course, if there is a mistake somewhere or there is something that is dumb, there is justice. But I think about the problem of modern drug smugglers, weapons, immigrants, etc., the ports are fighting an incredible, terrible battle, and I will support them horizontally and perpendicular to every effort. “ He said characteristically.
Regarding the obligation of the ferry companies, based on the Community Directive, to use more expensive “green” fuels from 1 May, resulting in the cost of the costs to tickets, Mr. Cicillo He estimated that the government’s intervention to reduce port fees by 50% would result in the Greek ferry companies not to raise ticket prices, as they had announced and would happen to the rest of Europe.
Especially for the speedboats “which are already using green fuel and will not make any change, the discussions I have made so far show that there will be brave support for the Greeks,” the minister said. He added that in Easter, ferry companies have made 20%-30%discounts, while even larger (50%) are discounts for students, residents and islands.
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