Editing Greece (section)

=== Maritime ===
{{Main|Greek shipping|List of ports in Greece}}
{{See also|Economy of Greece#Maritime industry|label 1=Economy of Greece » Maritime industry}}

The shipping industry has been a key element of economic activity since ancient times.<ref name="shipping">{{cite web |url=http://www.greece.org/poseidon/work/articles/polemis_one.html |title=The History of Greek Shipping |author=Polemis, Spyros M. |publisher=greece.org |access-date=9 April 2007 |archive-date=11 October 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971011122557/http://www.greece.org/poseidon/work/articles/polemis_one.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Shipping remains one of the country's most important industries, accounting for 5% of GDP and employing about 160,000 people (4% of the workforce).<ref name=nbg>{{cite press release |url=http://www.nbg.gr/en/pr_release_resb.asp?P_ID=463 |publisher=[[National Bank of Greece]] |title=Greek Shipping Is Modernized To Remain a Global Leader and Expand Its Contribution to the Greek Economy |date=11 May 2006 |access-date=8 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831114031/http://www.nbg.gr/en/pr_release_resb.asp?P_ID=463 |archive-date=31 August 2007}}</ref>

The [[Greek Merchant Navy]] is the largest in the world at 18% of global capacity.<ref name="auto"/> The merchant fleet ranks first in tonnage (384&nbsp;million [[Deadweight tonnage|dwt]]), 2nd in number of ships (at 4,870),<ref name="auto"/> first in [[tanker (ship)|tankers]] and dry bulk carriers, fourth in the number of containers, and fifth in other ships.<ref name="BTS">{{cite web |url=http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/maritime_trade_and_transportation/2007/html/table_02_01.html|title=Top 15 Ranking of World Merchant Fleet by Country of Owner, Year-End 2006|publisher=U.S. [[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]|year=2001|access-date=11 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205740/http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.bts/files/publications/maritime_trade_and_transportation/2007/html/table_02_01.html|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> The number of ships flying a Greek flag (includes non-Greek fleets) is 1,517, or 5% of the world's tonnage (ranked fifth globally). Today's fleet is smaller than an all-time high of 5,000 ships in the late 1970s.<ref name=shipping /> During the 1960s, the Greek fleet nearly doubled, through the investment undertaken by the shipping magnates, [[Aristotle Onassis]] and [[Stavros Niarchos]].<ref name="slate">{{cite magazine |url= http://www.slate.com/?id=2124542& |title= So Many Greek Shipping Magnates... |author= Engber, Daniel |magazine= [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date= 17 August 2005 |access-date= 5 August 2011 |url-status= live |archive-date= 5 August 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110805080110/http://www.slate.com/?id=2124542& }}</ref> The modern Greek maritime industry was formed after World War II when Greek shipping businessmen were able to amass surplus ships sold by the U.S. government through the Ship Sales Act of the 1940s.<ref name=slate />

Greece has a significant shipbuilding and ship maintenance industry. The six shipyards around the port of [[Piraeus]] are among the largest in Europe.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jill Dubois |author2=Xenia Skoura|author3=Olga Gratsaniti|title=Greece |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVzthRVC_SMC&pg=PA42 |access-date=14 April 2013|year=2003|publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-1499-5|page=42|quote=Greek ships make up 70 percent of the European Union's total merchant fleet. Greece has a large shipbuilding and ship refitting industry. Its six shipyards near Piraeus are among the biggest in Europe. As Greek ships primarily transport ...|archive-date=10 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610022758/https://books.google.com/books?id=DVzthRVC_SMC&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> Greece has become a leader in the construction and maintenance of luxury yachts.<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-02-17 |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/216308/article/ekathimerini/business/mega-yacht-owners-choose-greece-for-construction-and-maintenance|title=Mega yacht owners choose Greece for construction and maintenance|first=Ilias|last=Bellos|website=ekathimerini.com |access-date=13 February 2018 |url-status=live|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222031815/http://www.ekathimerini.com/216308/article/ekathimerini/business/mega-yacht-owners-choose-greece-for-construction-and-maintenance}}</ref>