Coast seems not so clear after Brexit for shippers

Senior British officials are urging the Greek shipping community to have faith in the City of London after the UK leaves the European Union.

Britain's maritime minister, John Hayes (via a recorded message), and the chairman of Maritime London, Lord Mountevans, along with British Ambassador in Greece Kate Smith, on Wednesday addressed an audience of some 100 Greek shipowners and representatives of enterprises in the sector.

They were speaking at the 4th Greek-British Shipping Forum that the British Embassy in Athens and Maritime London had organized at the residence of the British ambassador at Kolonaki, in the center of the Greek capital.

They all cited the close relationship between the two maritime countries and the contribution of London-based Greek shipowners to both the British and Greek economies, stressing the prospects for further growth in their financial...