{"id":2197,"date":"2026-04-23T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:29:00","slug":"compensation-of-ferry-operators-for-mandatory-discounts-what-the-amendment-provides-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=2197","title":{"rendered":"Compensation of ferry operators for mandatory discounts &#8211; What the amendment provides for"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Compensation to ferry companies for mandatory discounts is provided for in modernization included in a bill by the Ministry of Development.<\/p>\n<p>The topology, at the initiative of Minister of Shipping and Island Policy <b>Vassilis Kikilias<\/b> and a decision by the Prime Minister, meets a long-standing demand of the shipping market.<\/p>\n<p>This regulation <b>introduces a mechanism for compensating ferry operators for the mandatory discounts they provide to special categories of passengers<\/b>, based on existing legislative provisions, with the aim of containing ticket prices in an environment of increased operating costs.<\/p>\n<p>This need is intensifying at a time when operators are facing increased pressures, mainly due to rising shipping fuel prices as a <b>result of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As specified in the amendment, <b>the compensation concerns companies operating in maritime cabotage<\/b> and applying mandatory discount schemes, while a joint ministerial decision will specify the terms, conditions and procedure for payment of the aid, as well as any relevant technical details.<\/p>\n<p>This intervention is part of a broader grid of measures to support coastal shipping, with the main objective of <b>maintaining the viability of routes and protecting passengers from further increases in insurance rates<\/b>, in an environment of increased energy and geopolitical instability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The compensation of ferry companies for mandatory discounts provides for an amendment included in a bill of the Ministry of Development.The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-greece"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}