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Annual research

Shipping groups are not taken into account ger vessels and support vessels managed by 151 companies
It is important to clarify that the analysis concerns the number were removed.
of companies and not the shipping groups that may include As a result, a total of 613 companies with a cumulative fleet
more than one company. As expected, a limited number of 5,512 vessels remained in the dataset.
of these companies belong to wider ship management As the research is focused on the dynamics of Piraeus and
groups; however, the fact remains that each of these com- the wider Athens area as an international ship management
panies remains responsible for managing its ships, focusing centre, it only concerns companies with offices in this region.
on developing expertise to meet the needs of the specific This criterion led to the exclusion of 27 companies based in
ship type it manages. In other words, there are common other regions of the country and the subsequent removal of
corporate functions shared by all the companies within the 60 vessels. Thus, 586 companies managing 5,452 ships were
group, supporting ship management. But, as a rule, the basic thoroughly analysed.
ship management function itself is organised autonomously These 586 companies include both foreign interest compa-
by each company in the group based on the specific ship nies and independent third-party management companies
type it manages. that have chosen Piraeus/Athens as their fleet management
centre or representative office location. Two additional cal-
Data processing methodology culations were carried out to determine the final number
The original dataset from Greek Shipping Publications of companies and the vessels they manage. 83 vessels
included 6,659 vessels and 764 shipping companies. The first under construction, which had not yet been delivered, were
step involved removing the 345 vessels that are associated excluded from the 5,369 vessels.
with companies that did not have offices in Greece, leaving Finally, vessels with a capacity of less than 1,000 GT and
6,314 vessels and the same number of companies. those without an International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
Since the objective of the analysis is to record companies oper- ship identification number, along with the companies man-
ating in ocean-going merchant shipping, a detailed exami- aging them, were also excluded. As a result, the final data-
nation of all the companies was conducted to identify and set comprises 5,340 vessels, with their commercial and/or
exclude those that do not meet this criterion. From the total operational management being carried out by 572 companies
fleet of shipping companies operating in Attica, 802 passen- located in Piraeus and Athens.

Number of vessels Number of companies

1 Total number of registered vessels 6,659 764

Ships managed by companies with
2 offices in Greece 6,314 764

Ocean-going vessels managed
3 by companies with offices in Greece 5,512 613

Ocean-going vessels managed
4 by companies with offices in Attica 5,452 586

Ocean-going vessels managed
by companies with offices
in Piraeus/Athens, excluding vessels
5 under construction 5,369 586

Ocean-going vessels of more than
1,000 GT and with an IMO ship
identification number managed
by companies with offices
6 in Piraeus/Athens 5,340 572

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