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INTERVIEW

Panagiotis Flesouras talks about Ecostart’s portfolio of services and elaborates
how a Greek company can become competitive in international markets.

KEEPING UP

What does Ecostart’s portfolio of services include?
Ecostart provides a wide range of services, which
is essentially divided into three pillars: Inventory
of Hazardous Materials (IHM), asbestos removal
and decarbonisation.
For the IHM, Ecostart undertakes the process
of onboard sampling, writing, and submitting
the final report, as well as maintaining it (IHM
maintenance) until the end of the ship's life cycle
using its online platform, Ecovessel.
Asbestos removal and air monitoring is carried
anywhere in the world, if it is legal of course
according to local legislation, by a network of
certified partners.
Ιn terms of decarbonisation, we are proud to
have developed our own greenhouse gas daily
emission calculation and prediction software,
Ecosphere.
Finally, we offer complimentary services like,
Hull Cleaning, Air lubrication, MED, and Ballast
Water Analysis Services all under the umbrella of
our environmental services for the marine sector.

Has the Greek shipping industry as a market accepted
your company?
An interview with Panagiotis Flesouras, We are proud to say that our company has been
Co-founder, CEO of Ecostart SA well-received by the Greek shipping industry and
we are grateful for the opportunities to collabo-
rate and contribute to this dynamic market.
Since entering the marine sector, we have pro-
vided our services for over 600 vessels. It is
great to see that the Greek shipping industry is
open to new and innovative companies like ours.
It's a testament to the quality of our products
and services and the hard work our team has put
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