📋 Tender Overview
At the Marina of Agia Larnaca, today Thursday, October 24, the Deputy Minister of Shipping, Mrs. Marina Hatzimanoli, attended the naming ceremony of the vessel "Evploia Aphrodite", the first fully electric vessel, equipped with photovoltaic panels, in order to cover part of the energy needs of.
The vessel was designed and built in Cyprus, proving that domestic know-how keeps pace with global research and market trends. The consortium consists of a research organization, the Cyprus Maritime and Maritime Institute (CMMI), a company specializing in signal processing, SignalGeneriX, and a shipbuilding office, FP Marine.
In her greeting, the Deputy Minister thanked her for being chosen as the "godmother" of Euploia Aphrodite and congratulated everyone, noting: "This pioneering zero-emission vessel will sail to the coast of Cyprus and will be a realistic sustainable solution for short-distance routes, but also for the purposes of training and education of our young people". He concluded by emphasizing: "The Deputy Ministry of Shipping and the government of Nikos Christodoulidis will be next to every effort that turns into a pioneering achievement of know-how and expertise in the field of the sea."
The name Euploia, which in ancient Greek means "smooth sailing", and was one of the many epithets of the goddess Aphrodite, who although she was best known as the goddess of love, was also the patron deity of navigation.
The creation of the vessel is a historic moment of technological development and innovation in marine and maritime research. The vessel will act as a research platform for CMMI, as well as national and international ecosystems, leveraging its eco-friendly, smart features.
