Antonis Karagiannakis

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

Radio officer Evangelia Andrikopoulou from Kardamyla, Chios, speaks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas" and on Voice of Greece. The sea and seamanship have been the defining elements of her life and her family’s life. She remembers her father leaving for voyages with his seafarer’s bag and returning aft...

Ο μαστρο Βασίλης Νοταράς από τα Μεσοχώρια της Καρπάθου μιλάει στις «ΚΑΛΕΣ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΕΣ» και τη ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ. «Για εμένα η θάλασσα είναι τρόπος ζωής. Την αγάπησα και μου άρεσε η ζωή στα βαπόρια. Αν μπορούσα θα πήγαινα και τώρα να μπαρκάρω» μας λέει ο μαστρο Βασίλης, του οποίου τα αδέλφια ήταν και αυ...

Captain Michalis A. Chatzipetros, from the seafaring island of Kasos, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece. This period finds him on another historic maritime island, Syros, where two vessels belonging to the company he works for are undergoing repairs. Captain Chatzipetros ser...

An excerpt from the speech delivered by the President of WISTA HELLAS, Ms. Vivi Kolliopoulou, at the annual gala and awards ceremony honouring women who have distinguished themselves in the maritime sector. "Fair Winds and Following Seas" and Voice of Greece were there to cover the event. “Developments i...

Maritime analyst John Faraclas– lecturer on shipping matters at educational institutions and organisations abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom; member of the Chios Marine Club and HESGB; author and co-founder of allaboutshipping.co.uk – spoke on ““Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of ...

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

Mrs. Filomila Bolia from Chios, retired Administrative Officer at the University of the Aegean and former Head of the Department of Shipping, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece about the event held on Sunday afternoon, 7 December 2025, in Lagkada, Chios, titled “Women Radio...

Mr. Simos Palios, Chairman of the Board of Diana Shipping Inc. and author of the book “The Sea Is a Road”, joins Antonis Karagiannakis on “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift” on Voice of Greece. The conversation touches on the sea and shipping—yesterday, today, and tomorrow—exploring industry developmen...

Evgenia Papapontikou, Chief Financial Officer at a major shipping company, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas”. “I come from Oinousses. My entire family and relatives have a long maritime tradition — the sea is our life. It is our identity. We owe so much to the wives of seafarers for countle...

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

Maria Deligianni, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at CLIA, speaks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece. “Cruise ships account for just 1% of all ships worldwide — about 450 cruise ships in total — yet they employ nearly two-thirds of all seafarers, more than 200,000...

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

Award-winning show dedicated to Greek seafarers, featuring stories of their day-to-day lives, live testimonies, and connections with Greek ocean liners sailing across the world’s oceans. Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis

The highly experienced and now-retired Captain Stathis Avgerinos, who grew up on Meganisi, Lefkada, speaks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas" on Voice of Greece. He reminds us once again that his first dream had been to become a pilot, but for many different reasons he ultimately joined the Merchant...

The co-publishers of the maritime magazine ELNAVI — Theano Kalapotharakou, Stefanos Papandreou and Ilias Papandreou — are the guests on Voice of Greece’s program “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift”, with Antonis Karagiannakis. They talk about the h...

Second Mate Dimitris Smetis, from the village of Sofades in the prefecture of Karditsa, takes hold of the wheel of the program "Fair Winds and Following Seas" on Voice of Greece. “It takes persistence, discipline, and great effort to achieve your goal, in my case, earning my second mate’s license. The...

Listen to the statements and speech by the Minister of Labour, Ms. Niki Kerameus, during the presentation of the study–book by Gabriel Amitsis, professor at the University of West Attica, an initiative of the Seamen’s Pension Fund (NAT). Ms. Kerameus expressed her satisfaction with the initiative of ...