2022-2023 Cyprus Country Report
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CYPRUSCOUNTRY REPORT <strong>2022</strong><br />
PORTS AND SHIPPING<br />
The 2017 commercialisation of the country’s largest port in Limassol marked a new<br />
era for <strong>Cyprus</strong> as a commercial hub. The port privatisation came in the context of<br />
the first discovery of natural gas in 2011, the launch of the €300 million VTTV oil trading<br />
terminal in 2014, and a dedicated Shipping Deputy Minister in 2018. The privatisation<br />
deal with Eurogate International GmbH and leading Emirati logistics giant DP World<br />
Limited is expected to boost state coffers with €2 billion over the next 25 years, while<br />
the new port operators have injected millions in upgrading services and infrastructure.<br />
The more recent contract for the Larnaca<br />
port and marina was signed with<br />
a Cypriot-Israeli consortium, Eldeman<br />
Holding BV and Alexandrou Corporate<br />
Services Ltd, in late 2020 and is expected<br />
to attract around €1.2 billion in construction<br />
and real estate development – making<br />
it one of the biggest infrastructure investments<br />
to date in <strong>Cyprus</strong>.<br />
One of <strong>Cyprus</strong>’ most successful export<br />
services has been the maritime industry.<br />
The growth of <strong>Cyprus</strong>’ resident shipping<br />
sector over the past 50 years has developed<br />
IThere has been a fivefold<br />
increase in the number of<br />
shipping companies that have<br />
registered with <strong>Cyprus</strong>’<br />
specialised shipping<br />
taxation system<br />
boosting the sector’s<br />
revenue by around 25%<br />
a strong maritime cluster that caters to the<br />
needs of <strong>Cyprus</strong>-based companies, including banking, professional services, insurance<br />
and IT. The cluster is consistently attracting more quality tonnage and shipping-related<br />
companies to its shores. Between 2010 – when the <strong>Cyprus</strong> tonnage tax system was<br />
approved by the European Commission – and 2021, there has been a fivefold increase<br />
in the number of shipping companies that have registered with <strong>Cyprus</strong>’ specialised<br />
shipping taxation system, boosting the sector’s revenue by around 25%.<br />
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