The Cyprus Shipping Deputy Ministry has announced that, based on the outcome of the US Government’s 2019 Annual Report on Port State Control; Cyprus is no longer part of the Targeted Flag List of the United States Coastguard (USCG) in relation to the safety performance of flag administrations.

The Shipping Deputy Ministry expressed great appreciation to the Cyprus Union of Shipowners (CUS), for its support to the Cyprus Government as well as to Cyprus and its people in the fight against coronavirus, by covering the cost of 10 ICU ventilators.

On April 01, MSC Shipmanagement donated 106,000 surgical masks and 100,000 gloves to the Cyprus Government, to assist in the fight against the coronavirus disease outbreak.

In view also of the recent official commencement of the new Deputy Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber welcomes the completion of two years since the establishment of the Shipping Deputy Ministry, on March 01,2018, whilst observing with satisfaction the successful operation of the deputy ministry, so far.

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) has been closely monitoring developments with regard to the COVID-19 outbreak at local and global scale and has been following the advice provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Cyprus Government, acting in a proactive manner.

Kition Ocean Holdings, an Israeli organisation and Cyprus have recently reached an agreement, submitting a proposal for more than EUR1 billion for the development of the existing marina and port at Larnaca.