by Przemysław Myszka
The 2024 edition of the event brought to Athens 800 representatives from across the worlds of transport and logistics, finance, the EU and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), class, and heavy-duty marine equipment manufacturing.
Decarbonising shipping was by far the topic that garnered the most attention, with a particular focus put on the thorny issue of imposing regulations to give the industry a nudge in the green direction.
The other part of the XXVI Euromed Convention was devoted to port development in Southern Europe, with Greece's new model that hands over port authority duties to private operators under 30-year-concessions taking the front part of the stage.