Foreign exchange cashflow into Greece from shipping hit EUR 13.7bn ($15.6bn) in the first nine months of 2018.
This is up 14% from 2017, the shipping ministry said.
The number of active shipping companies operating in Greece reached 1,401 in the period, up from 1,387 the year before, the Athens News Agency cited the ministry's report as saying.
The number of ships under management stood at 4,456 with a capacity of 200.03m
