News & Announcements

An idea of a presentation sprang to mind when CYMEPA President George Tsavliris met Jeff Overs at the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina.

After having successfully completed a five-month salvage operation, TSAVLIRIS safely delivered the "GOLDEN SKY" to her owner on the 4th of May 2007, and LOF/SCOPIC contract was terminated.

TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE GROUP of Greece has added another ocean salvage tug to its fleet, acquiring the former Abeille Normandie for an undisclosed sum, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens. The 16,000 ihp vessel, said to be in South Africa, is likely to be kept on station in Cape Town, the group said.

On Wednesday the 28th of March, 2007 Lloyd's List Awards function was held at the Natural History Museum, London, to identify and reward excellence in the maritime sector.

GREEK salvage group TSAVLIRIS appears to have pulled off a coup in the Baltic, successfully refloating the bulk carrier "GOLDEN SKY" which ran hard aground five miles off Ventspils in January.

S/T "MEGAS ALEXANDROS" has its 25th anniversary been under TSAVLIRIS' management since 1981.

Mr. Xenophon P. Constantinidis after 27 years of working with TSAVLIRIS retired from the company in November 2006.

Bulk carrier incidents have provided the lion's share of the work in early summer for the Tsavliris Salvage Group, the leading international emergency contractor.

The four founding members (AUSMEPA-Australia, CYMEPA-Cyprus, HELMEPA-Greece and TURMEPA-Turkey) of the International Marine Environment Protection Association-INTERMEPA June 6 2006 signed the legal document of the Association, which within the next days is expected to make Intermepa a legal entity by decision of the Greek Courts.

In our constant effort to support educational programs and debates on serious issues related to the shipping industry; TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE GROUP were supporters of the ISM event hosted by the London Shipping Law center, where George A. Tsavliris is an active member of the steering committee

The Institute of chartered shipbrokers, Greek branch, which has Nicholas A. Tsavliris as its chairman, Mr. George A. Tsavliris and Mr. Andreas A. Tsavliris are also fellows of the F.I.C.S (Fellowship Institute Chartered Shipbrokers) organized a celebratory forum in Athens with topic the "Changing Horizons".

Ten Lloyd's Open Form contracts in the last quarter of the year ensured that the TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE GROUP once again was the largest LOF contractor worldwide in 2005.

Tsavliris Group received a special award from the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology (ELINT) for its contribution to shipping and the cultural wellbeing of Piraeus. On 18 December 2005, at the Ledra Marriott Hotel, Athens, ELINT President, Byron Tomazos noted that as a salvor over the past 30 years, Tsavliris has undertaken over 2,000 salvage operations, some of them among the world's best known. Nicolas A. Tsavliris, accepting the award on behalf of the group, commented on the long service of people working with the group and noted the dangers associated with salvage.