FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Emergency inspections of ships have increased by 51% this year in Greek ports, following an order by the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, Vasilis Kikilias, to further intensify inspections ahead of the summer season. More specifically, by May 21, 2026, a total of 515 emergency inspections had been carried out, compared to 341 during the same period in 2025. As explained, a significant increase was also recorded in sailing bans, which rose to 50 this year from just 4 last year, bringing the rate to 9.7% compared to 1.2% in 2025. RelatedNews IMO honours Eleni Polychronopoulou for advancing gender equality in the sector Bureau Veritas set to launch Remote Inspection Technique center during Posidonia var jnews_module_21373731_0_6a155b6eb201e = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373731","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"33,2892,2432","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":""