“Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Watch” broadcasts a special two-hour program from the Heroic Island of Kasos, dedicated to the 17th Panhellenic Small Islands Conference.
This annual nationwide conference brings together mayors and representatives of islands with fewer than 1,000 residents, along...
Giorgos Pratikakis, president of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology (HIMT), joined “Fair Winds and Following Seas” to discuss the event preceding the 20th Annual Conference on Marine Technology, along with the institute’s other activities.
He spoke about ELINT’s development, its contrib...
Evi Gerasimou, HELMEPA’s communications officer, joined “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece to discuss HELMEPA Junior’s educational book “By a Thousand Waves…”
Gerasimou explained that the book’s title was chosen through an open competition involving more than 3,500 children from a...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
Leonidas Dimitriadis-Evgenidis, president of the Eugenides Foundation, takes the helm of “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
Mr. Dimitriadis-Evgenidis co-signed the nine Technology Roadmaps of the Waterborne Technology Platform, which were presented to Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Eur...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
Afroditi Palia, Head of the Regulatory Compliance Unit at the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA), takes the helm of “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
She discusses regulatory compliance and the four major distinctions PPA S.A. received at the Compliance Awards 2026 for its practices and...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
Captain Dimitris Tsiropinas from Chios on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” (Part III) | 30 Sept. 2026
Captain Dimitris Tsiropinas, from Chios, an island with a proud seafaring tradition, takes the helm of “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
Speaking from his orchard during a break, he reflects on his love for his island and everything he missed while sailing the seas and calling at ...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
Elena Matzaridou is a technology advisor to shipping companies, an executive at Combuss Business Consultants, and Vice-Chair of World Sailing’s International Regulations Commission. Today, 29 September, she is taking part in the 12th ShipIT Conference at the Eugenides Foundation.
“This conference bri...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
John Faraclas, shipping analyst, former professor of maritime studies, member of the Chios Marine Club, author and cofounder of All About Shipping, joins “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
Faraclas discusses the significance of the Athenian victory at the Battle of Salamis, fought on ...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
Panos Zachariadis, a mechanical engineer and naval architect who serves as technical director of Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd, joins Antonis Karagiannakis on Voice of Greece’s “Fair Winds and Following Seas – Saturday Shift.”
Zachariadis sits on the board of the Hellenic Chamber of Ship...
Capt. Dimitris Tsiropinas from Chios shares more of his life at sea on Voice of Greece’s “Fair Winds and Following Seas.”
“After my difficult first voyage, eight months aboard the M/V IONIKH AKTH, I spent a month ashore. Then I joined the M/V SANTA KOSTANS, a 12,000-ton ship owned by the Margaro...
Stefanos Gkikas, Deputy Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy, spoke on Voice of Greece’s “Fair Winds and Following Seas” for World Maritime Day, observed each year on the last Thursday of September.
Sending his best wishes to Greek seafarers, Gkikas spoke about the difficulties they face ...
A program dedicated to Greek seafarers and the issues affecting their daily lives. It features seafarers’ stories and firsthand accounts, along with live connections to Greek ocean-going vessels sailing across the world’s seas.
Produced and presented by Antonis Karagiannakis
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