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21/12/2022

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27/09/2022

The Port of Shanghai is China’s leading commercial and financial center, and it has been called the world’s fastest-growing economy. Shanghai’s architectural style is unique and recognizable in its range of height, design, color, and unusual features.

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The Port of Shanghai is China's leading commercial and financial center, and it has been called the world's fastest-growing economy. Shanghai's architectural style is unique and recognizable in its range of height, design, color, and unusual features. Shanghai, which literally means the "City on the...

15/09/2022

The history of classical antiquity is to a large extent a maritime history. From the Late Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, it was in many ways strongly influenced by the Mediterranean Sea, its conditions and opportunities.

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The history of classical antiquity is to a large extent a maritime history. From the Late Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, it was in many ways strongly influenced by the Mediterranean Sea, its conditions and opportunities. The mare mediterraneum was an essential factor for the emergence and development...

30/08/2022

🏌️‍♀️GREEK MARITIME GOLF EVENT

Optima International Shipbroking Services S.A. is proud to be the Official Sponsor of the Greek Maritime Golf Event, the annual 2- day golf tournament addressed exclusively to leading executives of the shipping community.

Optima International Shipbroking Services S.A. is proud to be the Official Sponsor of the Greek Maritime Golf Event, the annual 2- day golf tournament addressed exclusively to leading executives of the shipping community.

28/07/2022

The longitude problem haunted sailors for centuries. Without being able to establish longitude, captains of ships were going off something they called “dead reckoning”, which essentially meant they were guessing, steering the ship with their gut, and ships were forced to stick to the few safe routes everyone knew. The history of longitude is a record of the effort, by astronomers, cartographers and navigators over the centuries, to discover a means of determining longitude.

The longitude problem haunted sailors for centuries. Without being able to establish longitude, captains of ships were going off something they called “dead reckoning”, which essentially meant they were guessing, steering the ship with their gut, and ships were forced to stick to the few safe ro...

20/07/2022

Originally called “Ugly Ducklings,” the Liberty ships when built, were expected to last one trip and to have no economical life after the war. However, as the record shows, the Liberty ships labored long and hard during the war and dominated the ocean highways of the world for over ten years after the war.

Originally called “Ugly Ducklings,” the Liberty ships when built, were expected to last one trip and to have no economical life after the war. However, as the record shows, the Liberty ships labored long and hard during the war and dominated the ocean highways of the world for over ten years aft...

14/07/2022

The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It was initially called Cape of Storms, "Cabo Tormentoso" by the navigator Bartolomeu Dias who first reached it, without being able to round it, arriving from Europe in 1488.

The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It was initially called Cape of Storms, «Cabo Tormentoso” by the navigator Bartolomeu Dias who first reached it, without being able to round it, arriving from

05/07/2022

From the Middle Ages, the Netherlands became a pivotal region for European maritime trade because of its ideal geographic location between Scandinavia and the Baltic in the North (wood and cereal), and Portugal and the Mediterranean ports in the South (wine and salt).
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From the Middle Ages, the Netherlands became a pivotal region for European maritime trade because of its ideal geographic location between Scandinavia and the Baltic in the North (wood and cereal), and Portugal and the Mediterranean ports in the South (wine and salt). Moreover, the Dutch developed a...

23/06/2022

The Port of Piraeus (PP), lying about 10 kilometers southwest of Athens, Greece, is one of the biggest and most important ports in Europe.
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The Port of Piraeus (PP), lying about 10 kilometers southwest of Athens, Greece, is one of the biggest and most important ports in Europe. Located just 7 km (5 miles) south west of Athens, Piraeus is in fact a limestone peninsula offering natural harbours which the Athenians exploited to create what...

02/06/2022

The International Maritime Exhibition “Posidonia” started with a Greek initiative in 1965. They recognized the need to create in Greece an exhibition on shipping, which would promote the strength of Greek shipping and the importance of the Greek fleet for industry worldwide.

Since 1970 it is organized every two years, in June. Posidonia deserves its title as the most important international shipping exhibition, thanks to its unique heritage and long tradition in creating new business opportunities.

27/05/2022

Chartering is one of the main services of Optima International Shipbroking Services S.A. and through the experience of its dynamic, managed to achieve a leading position world wide among the biggest Chartering companies.
Offices in Athens Greece, Shanghai China, Dubai and Zug are offering shipowners and charterers excellent services with local knowledge of the shipping industry.
International Shipping Markets of the world require chartering qualifications which are the main aim of Optima International Shipbroking Services S.A.
Therefore, all shipbrokers working in our offices are committed in providing longstanding, first class services today more than ever.