It has now swelled to 314.5m dwt, 8% higher than last year.

In the year to 10 March  Greek interests controlled 4,057 ships of all types over 1,000 gt, an increase of 156 vessels over 2014.  These included 374 ships of 38m dwt on order.

Annual statistics from Lloyd's Register-Fairplay, complied on behalf of the London-based Greek Shipping Cooperation Committee (GSCC), showed that with the exception of chemical and products tankers and passenger ships all other main types of vessels increased relative to the corresponding world fleet type.

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