Basil M Karatzas

Founder/CEO @KaratzasMarine, maritime advisory firm on strategy, appraisals, surveys & shipbrokerage. @HarvardHBS, @Rice_Biz Blog:

[Basil M Karatzas @BasilKaratzas]

Greece fights poisonous pufferfish invasion – POLITICO https://t.co/llrX7cWbgS

[PapadogiannisYiannis @PapadoJohn]

Τι σηματοδοτεί η αγορά της τουρκικής «κορβέτας» Hisar από την Ρουμανία https://t.co/QUxsuMRmEX

[Canadian Coast Guard @CoastGuardCAN]

The CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier is in Japan as part of Operation North Pacific Guard, working alongside @FishOceansCAN to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.

After a Port of Call in Tokyo, next stop: Hakodate!

[Marhelm @MarhelmData]

Okeanis Eco Tankers struck tanker gold. Its VLCC Nissos Kea transited Hormuz and fixed at $439,000/day for a 39-day Saudi Arabia–Japan voyage, generating roughly $17m in TCE revenue, more than 10% of the vessel’s $151m valuation in a single trip.

[Costas Paris @CostasParis]

Iran is pushing to make billions of dollars from the Strait of Hormuz as the regime positions itself to manage the global oil artery https://t.co/kH8P0BmpTY via @WSJ

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

On 12 July 1962 the American supercarrier USS Independence was steaming through the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet when her lookouts spotted a three-masted sailing ship under full canvas, a sight that already belonged to another century. The carrier flashed a signal asking the stranger to identify herself. Back came the reply by light, "Training ship Amerigo Vespucci, Italian Navy." She was a tall ship launched at Castellammare di Stabia near Naples in 1931, her black hull banded with two white stripes in memory of the old gun decks, 26 canvas sails spread across masts more than fifty metres high. The Independence, eighty thousand tonnes of steel and aircraft, took her in and signalled a single line in return, "You are the most beautiful ship in the world."

The compliment outlived the carrier. The Independence was eventually scrapped, but the Vespucci is still sailing, the oldest ship in commission in the Italian Navy, and Italians have called her the most beautiful ship in the world ever since that afternoon. The story did not quite end there either. On 1 September 2022 another American carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, crossed her path in the Adriatic and sent almost the same words across the water, telling the old ship she was still the most beautiful in the world, sixty years to the season after the first time. Few exchanges between warships are remembered with any fondness.

#drthehistories

[LesvosPost.com official @LesvosPost]

#Λεσβος #Ναυτιλία Τέλος εποχής για το θρυλικό «Αίολος Κεντέρης» - Οδηγείται στα διαλυτήρια μετά από 25 χρόνια ιστορίας: Ένας σημαντικός κύκλος στην ιστορία της ελληνικής ακτοπλοΐας κλείνει οριστικά, καθώς το θρυλικό ταχύπλοο «Αίολος Κεντέρης» πήρε τον… https://t.co/WrvSCPSX51

[Jürgen "jkr" Kraus @jkr_on_the_web]

The perpetuum mobile of our time

[The Maritime @themaritimenet]

🚢 A ship's first meeting with the sea.

This sideways launch sends thousands of tons of steel into the water in just a few seconds, and the splash is always bigger than expected. 🌊

[minas tsamopoulos @tsamopoulosm]

Σαντορίνη: Ακυρώθηκαν όλες οι αφίξεις κρουαζιερόπλοιων τη Δευτέρα 22/6 λόγω αποχής των τουριστικών λεωφορείων | Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία | newmoney https://t.co/lnY0Ncaoan

[minas tsamopoulos @tsamopoulosm]

Ραφήνα: Ανατροπές στις Κυκλάδες – Η έξοδος της Aegean Sea Lines, τα σενάρια για τη Golden Star Ferries και η παρέμβαση της Fast Ferries | Ειδήσεις για την Οικονομία | newmoney https://t.co/s8utETA3ZA

[La Comtesse BeBe (maison Valois κ Bourbon μαζι) @mlle_ko]

Καλό σου ταξίδι καπετάνιε. Οι μικρές κυκλαδες δεν θα είναι ποτέ το ίδιο. Ο Σκοπελιτης είναι θρύλος. Έχουμε φάει τόσο σπρέι από φουρτούνες αλλά ποτέ δεν φοβηθήκαμε.

[Nomadpossum 🐟🇬🇷 @nomadpossum]

https://t.co/wd1qqgs6WN
'Skopelitis does not "dance" only in the waves. It dances to the rhythm of need, offering and uninterrupted presence. And for this reason, it remains much more than a ship.'

[Basil M Karatzas @BasilKaratzas]

Ναυπηγεία Χαλκίδας: Επένδυση 35 εκατ. για δεξαμενή Panamax και μεγάλα έργα https://t.co/g2awEygm4K

[About Switzerland @AbtSwitzerland]

Switzerland has no direct access to the sea… yet it has a maritime strategy! 🌊🇨🇭

Why? 90% of global trade moves by sea, and Swiss companies operate around 900 vessels worldwide. 🚢

A landlocked country with a global maritime role.

ℹ️ https://t.co/5JyXMzFbzv

[Basil M Karatzas @BasilKaratzas]

Well done @profp_rod and thank you for your service to @Rice_Biz

May the next Dean bring the School ever higher!

[Rice Business @Rice_Biz]

Almost 10 years ago, we gathered in McNair Hall to welcome Dean @profp_rod to Rice Business. This week, we gathered there again to say goodbye. While his presence will be deeply missed, the culture he’s leaving behind is here to stay. 💙
Read more ➞ https://t.co/nw1As7abFl

[PapadogiannisYiannis @PapadoJohn]

Επίμονος Κηπουρός: Ποσειδώνια α λά… ελληνικά και false alarm για τα μερίσματα των τραπεζών https://t.co/JqhsrrB8tS