Fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly ship designs may be the buzz words in some sectors but three leading Greek shipowners attached an almost unanimous lack of importance to their effect on business in the near term.

 “I have serious doubts about the new technology. We have to be cautions and need to see how these vessels will perform over a year, in rough seas and monitor them,” said head of Capital Shipmanagement, Evangelos Marinakis.

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