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One of the Largest Cruise Ships
in the World In Piraeus
The prestigious Ovation of the Seas sailed into Piraeus this past May. PPA executives greeted
the captain and crew at the port. The impressive ship, which started its maiden journey in
Trieste, measures 348 meters in length, weighs 168,666 tons and can accommodate 4,180
passengers. With 1,300 crewmembers, the Ovation spans 18 decks and features 2,091
cabins. The ship, recently constructed at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, is intended for
the Far East and China markets. Passengers get a choice of 18 restaurants and virtual cabins
with a balcony and internal units with large digital displays that ensure that every room has a
view. What's more, a glass capsule, which rises 300 feet above sea level, offers passengers
a 360-degree view.
Warmer Ocean Waters Powered El Niño,
Scientists Say
El Niño (Spanish for "the boy")
is the warm phase of the El Niño
Southern Oscillation and is associated
with a band of warm ocean
water that develops in the central
and east-central equatorial Pacific.
The phenomenon is accompanied
by high air pressure in the western
Pacific and low air pressure in the eastern Pacific and causes global changes of
both temperatures and rainfall.
A new study provides insight into how the current El Niño, one of the strongest
on record, formed in the Pacific Ocean. The new research finds easterly winds
in the tropical Pacific Ocean stalled a potential El Niño in 2014 and left a swath
of warm water in the central Pacific. The presence of that warm water stacked
the deck for a monster El Niño to occur in 2015, according to scientists.
A History
of the Postwar
Greek Shipping
Industry Hits the
Bookshelves
Gelina Harlaftis’ "Greek Shipowners
and Greece: 1945-1975, From
Separate Development to Mutual
Interdependence" (2015) outlines
the basic structure of Greek shipping
firms, analyzes the Greek shipowners'
ties to the rest of the Greek economy,
as well as the specific problem and
policy dilemmas that are associated
with these ties. Harlaftis, a Professor
of Maritime History in the Department
of History at the Ionian University on
the island of Corfu, explains that the
reasons for the Greek Shipping’s enormous
expansion after the Second World
War have been the subject of considerable
debate and the net benefits to
Greece—as distinct from the welfare
of individual entrepreneurs—have
also been the focus of discussion. The
book provides a thorough account of
this perplexed but extraordinary story
while the body of data presented and
analyzed makes it possible to form an
informed historical view of Greek preeminence
in sea transport.
SUMMER 2016 AEGEAN NEWS 15