the greek shipping miracle - from sail to steam ( 1873- 1900)

http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/index.php/en/welcome-gsm/founder-message/sections/historical-periods/1873-1900

the greek shipping miracle - sailing towards a new century ( 1991-2000)

http://www.greekshippingmiracle.org/index.php/en/welcome-gsm/founder-message/sections/historical-periods/1991-2000

the greek contribution to world shipbuilding

Over the past 140 years,the greeks had 5018 ocean-going ships of various types built for their account.

299 ships were built from 1873 to 1942.This is on average, one ship every 84 days over 69 years.

4719 ships were built from 1948 to 2013.This is on average one ship every 5 days, over 65 years.

Of these ships,less than 100 were built in Greece.The remain constitute the timeless contribution of greek entrepeneurs to the world shipbuilding industry and to the economy of many countries.

During the first 13 years of the 21st century, greek ship owners have taken delivery of 2294 ships mainly from shipyards in China,Japan and South Korea

Today, the newbuilding orders from greek shipowners are in excess of 500 ocean-going ships.

source - www.greekshippingmiracle.org

Greek Shipping Miracle - The virtual museum to be launched on july 11th, 2014

We greeks, don't always know the importance of the shipping in our traditions and our economy.

Do we know that 4719 ships were built for greek shipwners from 1948 to 2013? This is on average, one ship every 5 days, over 65 years.This is a fact, that the 12 millions of greeks living abroad (but also the 11 millions living in Greece ) probably don't know.

It was time to create this virtual museum.Of course i dont agree with the title.But this is not very important.The shipping is not a miracle for our people.It was, it is, and it will always be (in common with the international trade ) the main economic activity of our country, a country absolutely linked with the sea.

But in these difficult times, i hope that the creation of this virtual museum, will not just have an educational aspect.It will also remind especially to our youth, that a prosperous economy is possible for our country.We have to fix all the problems created in our economy since we joined the EU.These problems have not been created by the EU but mainly by our political staff.So, we have to create a new political system, and base our economy on our values, traditions and capabilities.

http://greekshippingmiracle.org/