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The Navigation Commission of the Hellenic Ministry of Marine issued an opinion in favor of the Minoan application with the votes 16 and 12 in favor of an extraordinary annual routing of the ferry "Mykonos Pallas" on the line Chania – The Piraeus
a Greek crew and, as stated in the corresponding labeling, its launch will benefit the competition and pbadengers.
The evolution should push ANEK, which traditionally serves the Piraeus-Chania route, e de facto treated the market as a privileged place of Cretan society. The effort of the Minoan Lines, until here remained limited on the line Heraklion-Piraeus, to enter Western Crete is not new.
Several years ago, the past was the scene of intense conflict between the two companies. As the Minoan Lines are more than 95% owned by the Italian Grimaldi Group, there is also a lack of criticism of the demonization of connections with Crete
The question is mainly of economic importance as it "surprises "ANEK in a period in which it tries to emerge from the crisis, having restructured its loans, but is in a hurry, like all the industry, by the high fuel prices. The entrance of the Minoan with a very large ship in Chania, "Mykonos Palace" (formerly "Europa Palace"), is expected to reduce pbadenger traffic as well as ANEK truck traffic.
Let me remind you that on May 29, the Minister of the Navy, Mr. Panagiotis Kourouplis, announced the entry of the Minoan people on the Chania-Piraeus line by saying that the monopoly of the Piraeus- Chania breaks with the launch of the new ship
For its part, the General Secretary of the Department of Merchant Marine, Dionysos in response to a question from reporters on the specific request of the company, that the ministry has obtained the Greek flag on the palace of Mykonos (formerly EUROPA PALACE) instead of Italian and augmented composition, according to ANA
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