Port management and operational features of Zea Marina and the Covid-19 impact on the global industry
Master Thesis
Author
Μεγαγιάννη, Γεωργία
Megagianni, Georgia
Date
2022-09Advisor
Πολέμης, ΔιονύσιοςPolemis, Dionisios
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Keywords
Marinas ; Zea Marina ; General Port Regulations ; COVID-19 ; General administration ; General Administration ; Occupancy statisticsAbstract
All the marinas around the word, and especially the Greek ones due to geographical specifications, are becoming more and more pole of attraction for various investors. Their competitive advantage is that provide immediate cash flow, and this benefits the reinvestment in other projects or the renovation and the modernization of the marinas. Moreover, they contribute decisively to the social, economic and tourist development of the country. Zea marina is one of these marinas, leased and exploited through public auctions with long-term agreements signed. Located in Piraeus in Athens with great ancient history is able to accommodate boats from 3 to 150 meters A physical port, intensively preferred and awarded from captains and the crew both for its morphology and the fact that it is in the heart of the center entitles her as one of the most attractive marinas in the Mediterranean. However, how easy it is either to proceed to leasing and exploitation of a marina or to run on a daily basis all the operational features strictly related. Except of the General Port Regulations applied for all the tourist ports, each marina should operate under an internal operation regulation which presents all the requirements asked from all the accommodated boats to be complied with. The final service provided to the customer (shipowner) and its quality is a combination of various operational or not activities of the marina and their succussed and punctual execution. Despite the fact of confront an unprecedent fact such Covid-19, we should recognize how this has affect the proper operation and the standard procedures followed either from the on board or from the General Administration of the marina. It is vital to present the effect of this situation based on historical occupancy statistics of Greek marinas in comparison with statistics of countries strictly related with our tourist arrivals.