A very successful and well-attended shipping conference was held on 2-3 March in Athens. The innovative conference format included physical in person participation of distinguished guests, one-to-one physical and video call meetings and over 12,500 participants/visitors to the event electronically. Over 95 speakers and 30 owners were speaking at the "Slide2Open Shipping Finance 2022", including George A. Tsavliris.
On 12 February 2022, Tsavliris despatched the TB "FOTEINI Z" (BP 65 - BHP 5,220) from Piraeus, Greece, to the assistance of the Product Tanker "PYXIS EPSILON" (DWT 50,124 - GT 29,730) which had sustained rudder damage and was anchored at Beirut Anchorage, Lebanon.
On 11 January 2022, Tsavliris despatched the ETV "Abeille Bourbon" (BP 207 – BHP 21,700) from her salvage station in Brest, France, to the assistance of the Bulk Carrier "NAVIOS CENTAURUS" (DWT 81,472 - GT 44,282) which had sustained main engine problems W of Quessant Island, France. The vessel was enroute from Ijmuiden, Netherlands, to Puerto Drummond, Colombia, in ballast condition.
On 18 February 2022, the Passenger Ferry “EUROFERRY OLYMPIA” (GT 33,588), caught fire about 10 miles N of Corfu Island while en route from Igoumenitsa, Greece to Brindisi, Italy.
Tsavliris’ fire-fighting tug “Proteas” participated in the FiFi operation of the “EUROFERRY OLYMPIA” off Corfu, under the directions of the Fire Brigade Commander.
TSAVLIRIS GROUP celebrated their New Year's "Pita Cutting" event on 2/2/2022. The occasion included the traditional annual blessing and was attended by the TSAVLIRIS family and staff.