REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS DEPARTMENT OF

MINISTRY MERCHANT SHIPPING

OF TRANSPORT, LIMASSOL
COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKS

DIRECTORY OF SERVICES AND CONTACT PERSONS

(as at 15 September 2016)

HEAD OFFICE

Office hours
from Monday to Friday from 08:00 hours to 15:00 hours
Afternoon Duty Officer office hours
from Monday to Friday from 15:00 hours to 19:30 hours
Out of office hours
Monday to Thursday from 19:30 hours to 08:00 hours of the following day,
Friday to Monday from 19:30 hours on Friday to 08:00 hours on Monday,
Public holidays from 19:30 hours of the day before to 08:00 hours of the day after the public holiday

Main building at 1 Kyllinis Street, 4007 Mesa Geitonia, Limassol

P.O. Box 56193, 3305 Limassol
All services other than those specified below
Telephone: +357 25848100 Facsimile: +357 25848200
E-mail maritimeadmin@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Offices Yioupis Tower at Ioannis Prodromou Street, 4002 Mesa Geitonia, Limassol
Maritime Policy, Multilateral Affairs and Standards Division,
Legal and E.U. Harmonisation Division, and
Merchant Shipping Development Division
Telephone: +357 25804956 Facsimile: +357 25804976
E-mail maritimeadmin@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Offices at Iacovou Building, 1 Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue, 4001 Mesa Geitonia, Limassol
Seafarers Division
Telephone: +357 25823701 Facsimile: +357 25305030
E-mail maritimeadmin@dms.mcw.gov.cy
 Emergency Contacts
Emergency Support Service
Please call first and then send your request by fax or e-mail according to the instructions of the Duty Officer
Telephone: +357 25848100 (Afternoon Duty Officer office hours)
+357 99377988 (Out of office hours)
Reporting marine casualties and incidents
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre
Telephone: +357 24304723 (24 hours) Facsimile: +357 24643254 (24 hours)
+357 24304737 (24 hours)
Department of Merchant Shipping
Telephone: +357 25848264 (Office hours) Facsimile: +357 25848200
+357 99645707 (Out of Office hours) E-mail: casualties@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Matters relating to ship security alerts
Telephone: +357 25848246 (Office hours) Facsimile: +357 25848200
+357 25848172 (Office hours) +357 25848165
+357 25848204 (Office hours) E-mail: SSAS@dms.mcw.gov.cy
+357 25848100 (Afternoon Duty Officer office hours)
+357 99377988 (Out of office hours)
Vessel Traffic Information Management System Centre
Telephone: +357 25848114 (24 hours) Facsimile: +357 25848173 (24 hours)
+357 25848277 (24 hours) E-mail: vtmis@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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 Division/Section/Service/Contact Person Telephone E-mail address

A. Director’s Office

Director: director@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Vacant 25848229
The duties of the Director are carried out by the 25848231
jefstratiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
designated Acting Director
Mr Ioannis Efstratiou, (Senior Marine Surveyor)

Secretary:
Maria Michael (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848230 mmichael@dms.mcw.gov.cy

General Administration:
General administrative matters and correspondence
with the Ministry of Transport, Communications and
Works, other Ministries and Departments and private
organizations

Administrative Officer:
Diamando Mavrou (Mrs), Senior Administrative Officer 25848258 dmavrou@papd.mof.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Maria Charalambous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848112 mcharalambous@dms.mcw.gov.cy

B. Maritime Policy, Multilateral Affairs and Standards Division

Functions: policy@dms.mcw.gov.cy
A. Maritime Policy.
B. Integrated Maritime Policy.
C. Multilateral Affairs.
D. Standards.

Head of Division:
Under the office of the Acting Director

Marine Surveyors/Maritime Affairs Officer:

Christos Atalianis (Dr), Marine Surveyor A’ 25848247 catalianis@dms.mcw.gov.cy
George A. Demetriades, Marine Surveyor Α’ 25848204 gademetriades@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Kyriacos Aliouris, Marine Surveyor A’ 25848246 kaliouris@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Christina Antoniou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804952 cantoniou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

C. Registry of Cyprus Ships/Small Vessels and Related Legal Affairs Division

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Functions: shipregistry@dms.mcw.gov.cy
A. Registration of Cyprus Ships and other Registry
transactions.
A1. Provisional Registration /Extensions/ Issuance of
Carving and Marking Note.
A2. Permanent registrations /Alteration of Particulars
of the ship .
A3. Transfer / transmission of ownership / changes of
name / issuance of Carving and Marking Note.
A4. Registration, discharge, transfer, transmissions of
mortgages/ injunctions;
A5. Parallel- in registration /Extension /Deletion
A6. Parallel- out registration/ extension/ certified true
copies /changes of registered offices.
A7. Deletion of ships
A8. Transcripts of Register /Search of the Register of
Cyprus Ships/ Ship Registration data input.
B. Small Vessels transactions.
B1. Registration, transfer of ownership, deletion,
changes of name and of engines of small vessels.
C. Tonnage Tax for Cyprus Ships
D. Ship Registration, Maritime Labour and Training
Legal Matters (ILO,IMO EU).
E. Bilateral Shipping Cooperation Agreements and
related matters.

Head of Division:
Chryso Demetriou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer A’ 25848190 cdemetriou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
25848236
Maritime Affairs Officers:
Chrissa Pelteki-Loizou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25848251 cploizou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Athena Chrysostomou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25848227 athchrysostomou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Evelyn Moridou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer (Special
25848176 emoridou@parliament.cy
Duties – on detachment)

Clerical Staff:
Niki Pavlidou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A1) 25848177 npavlidou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maria Parmaxi (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A2) 25848175 mparmaxi@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Panayiota Venezi (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A3) 25848184 pvenezi@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Stella Christofi (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A4) 25848146 schristofi@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maria Pieridou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A5+A6) 25848183 mpieridou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Andri Andreou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A7) 25848182 aandreou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Ioanna G. Kritioti (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (A8) 25848178 igeorgiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Kyriacoulla Solomou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (B1) 25848159 csolomou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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 Division/Section/Service/Contact Person Telephone E-mail address
Elena Kambouridou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (B1) 25848156 ekambouridou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Technical Support Section in Relation to Ship

Registration
A. Control of ships in respect of registry transactions. shipregistry@dms.mcw.gov.cy
B. Issuance and related aspects of Certificate of shipregistry@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Survey, International Tonnage Certificate (1969) and
National Tonnage Certificate.
C. Alteration of particulars recorded in the Register. shipregistry@dms.mcw.gov.cy
D. Issuance of Documents of Safe Manning. manning@dms.mcw.gov.cy
E. Issuance of Continuous Synopsis Records. csr@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Supervised by:
Ioannis Efstratiou, Senior Marine Surveyor 25848229 jefstratiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Head of Section:
Michalis Agapiou, Marine Surveyor A´ 25848203 magapiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyor:
Marios Stephanides, Marine Surveyor 25848276 mstephanides@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Polina Demosthenous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848185 pdemosthenous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maria Charalambous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848112 mcharalambous@dms.mcw.gov.cy

D. Maritime Safety and Security Division

Functions:
A. Inspections of Cyprus ships and monitoring and shipcontrol@dms.mcw.gov.cy
coordination of flag State Inspections.
B. Matters stemming from flag State inspections and shipcontrol@dms.mcw.gov.cy
detentions of Cyprus Ships in foreign ports.
C. Safety management (SOLAS chapter IX and ISM ism@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Code).
D1. Maritime and port security (SOLAS chapter XI-2 maritime.security@dms.mcw.gov.cy
and ISPS Code).
D2. Matters relating to ship security alerts. SSAS@dms.mcw.gov.cy
D3. Suppression of unlawful acts against ships and maritime.security@dms.mcw.gov.cy
private ship security guards.
E1. Relations with and monitoring of Classification shipcontrol@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Societies, Recognized Organizations and Recognized
Security Organizations.
E2. Transfer of class procedures. shipcontrol@dms.mcw.gov.cy
F. Marine equipment. med@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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G. SOLAS 74/78/88 (for cargo ships, including high- shipsafety@dms.mcw.gov.cy
speed craft and for matters other than those relating
to SOLAS chapters VII, IX, and XI-2), LOADLINES 66/88;
COLREGs 72; STP 71 Agreement and SPACE STP 73
Protocol, CSC 72, the MODU, SPS and OSV Codes and
the safety aspects of the IBC, IGC, BCH and CGC
Codes, including the related EU legislation.
G.1. Permits to operate High-Speed and Dynamically shipsafety@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Supported Craft and related aspects of SOLAS
74/78/88 and of the HSC and DSC Codes, including the
related EU legislation.
H. Matters relating to ships under construction. shipsafety@dms.mcw.gov.cy
I. Tonnage measurements under the TONNAGE 69 shipsafety@dms.mcw.gov.cy
convention and the national tonnage regulations and
issue of national and international tonnage
certificates.
J. Control of ships in respect of registry transactions
(safety and security management aspects and shipcontrol@dms.mcw.gov.cy
conditions of registration).
K. Examination and approval of equivalent
arrangements, temporary permits and exemptions shipsafety@dms.mcw.gov.cy
from compliance with statutory provisions.
L. Investigation of violations of statutory provisions.
M. Passenger Ships.
N. Matters relating to the Safety of navigation in
Cyprus.
O. Coastal and Small passenger vessels and fishing
coastalvessel@dms.mcw.gov.cy
vessels.

Head of Division:
Costas Costaras, Senior Marine Surveyor 25848132 ccostaras@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (A+B+C+E1+E2+J+L)
George A. Demetriades, Marine Surveyor A’ 25848204 gademetriades@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (D1+D2+D3+E1+J)
Kyriacos Aliouris, Marine Surveyor A’ 25848246 kaliouris@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Function (M)
John Palates (Capt.), Marine Surveyor A’ 25823715 jpalates@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyors:
Savvas Polycarpou, Marine Surveyor 25848278 spolycarpou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Paris Petropoulos, Marine Surveyor 25848266 ppetropoulos@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Aristos Constantinou, Marine Surveyor 25848172 arconstantinou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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Clerical Staff:
Margarita Alexandrou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848235 malexandrou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Eliana Demetriadou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848267 edemetriadou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Eugenia Kyprianou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848268 ekyprianou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (F+G+G.1+H+I+K)
Andreas Kyriacou, Marine Surveyor A´ 25848279 akyriacou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyors:
Andreas Flourentzou, Marine Surveyor 25848248 aflourentzou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Apostolos Konstantinou, Marine Surveyor 25848133 apkonstantinou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (N+O)
Christos Atalianis (Dr), Marine Surveyor A’ 25848247 catalianis@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyor:
Christos Hadjichristou, Marine Surveyor 25848234 chadjichristou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

E. Marine Environment Protection Division

Functions: environment@dms.mcw.gov.cy
A. MARPOL, AFS Convention and London Dumping
Convention and the related EU legislation, pollution
prevention aspects of the IBC, IGC, BCH and CGC
Codes and the NOx Code.
B. Carriage of dangerous goods and matters relating
to SOLAS chapter VII and the IMDG and IMSBC Codes
and the related EU legislation (Pollution Prevention
Aspects).
C. Underwater Pipelines for Hydrocarbons.
D. Shore-based and Floating Reception Facilities and
the related EU legislation.
E. Examination and approval of equivalent
arrangements, temporary permits and exemptions
from compliance with statutory provisions.
F. Approval of SOPEP’s and of SMPEP’s.
G. Investigation of violations of statutory provisions.
H. Ballast water management, antifouling systems
and ship’s dismantling.
I. Climate Change and Green House Gas issues.
J. Protection of the Mediterranean Sea and matters
relating to the Barcelona Convention and its
Protocols.
K. Coordination of response to oil spills and to other
marine pollutions incidents.

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Head of Division:
Ioannis Efstratiou, Senior Marine Surveyor 25848273 jefstratiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyors:
Michalis Agapiou, Marine Surveyor A´ 25848203 magapiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Kyriacos Gregoriou, Marine Surveyor 25848202 kgregoriou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Marios Stephanides, Marine Surveyor 25848276 mstephanides@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Michalis Kanias, Marine Surveyor 25848207 mkanias@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Maria Charalambous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848112 mcharalambous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Polina Demosthenous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848185 pdemosthenous@dms.mcw.gov.cy

F. Seafarers’ Division

Functions: seafarers@dms.mcw.gov.cy
A. Implementation of the STCW 78 Convention as
amended.
B. Registration of Seafarers; Issue of Seafarers’
Identification and Sea Service Record Books; Issue of
seafarers certificates.
C. Implementation of MLC 2006 Convention. mlc@dms.mcw.gov.cy
D. Examination and approval of equivalent
arrangements, temporary permits and exemptions
from statutory provisions.

Head of Division:
Costas Costaras, Senior Marine Surveyor 25823720 ccostaras@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (A+D):
Kyriacos A. Kyriacou, Marine Surveyor A´ 25823726 kkyriacou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (C+D):
John Palates (Capt.), Marine Surveyor A’ 25823715 jpalates@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Functions (B):
Vacant (supervised temporarily by Mr. Kyriacos Kyriakou) 25823726 kkyriacou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyors:
Charalambos Charalambous, Marine Surveyor 25823718 ccharalambous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Michalis Loumpas, Marine Surveyor 25823706 mloumpas@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Constantinos Vassiliou, Marine Surveyor 25823707 covassiliou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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Clerical Staff:
Elena Charalambous-Sophocleous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical
25823701 esofokleous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Officer
Chrystalla Molyva (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25823702 cmolyva@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Anna Pafiou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25823712 apafiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Christina Tsialoupi (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer ctsialoupi@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Anna Theodorou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25823722 atheodorou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Katia Kaplaniou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25823725 kkaplaniou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Georgia Sophocleous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Staff 25823703 gsophocleous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Vasilia Stylianou (Mrs), Clerical Assistant 25823704 vstylianou@papd.mof.gov.cy

Cashier:
Anna Constantinou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25823734 aconstantinou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

G. Coastal Navigation Division

Functions:
A. Small Vessels: Interpretation and Implementation
of the Recreational Craft Directives, National
Legislation on high speed small vessels, inspection of
small vessels and issuance of small vessel radio,
operator and navigation licences.
B. Hydrographic matters.
C. Examination and approval of equivalent
arrangements, temporary permits and exemptions
from compliance with statutory provisions.
D. Investigation of violations of statutory provisions.
E.Investigation of marine casualties and incidents
involving:
1. Ships owned or operated by the Government and used
only on government non-commercial service
2. Ships not propelled by mechanical means
3. Wooden ships of primitive build
4. Pleasure yachts and pleasure craft not engaged in
trade, unless they are or will be crewed and carrying
more than 12 passengers for commercial purposed and
5. Fishing vessels with a length of less than 15 metres.
F. Port State Control of Foreign Ships at Cyprus Ports shipcontrol@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Head of Division:
Kyriakos Kofteros, Senior Marine Surveyor 25848264 kkofteros@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Marine Surveyors:
Violetta Kyriakidou (Mrs), Marine Surveyor 25848164 vkyriakidou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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Constantinos Krassaris, Marine Surveyor 25848125 ckrassaris@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Annita Farah (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848288 afarah@dms.mcw.gov.cy
High speed small vessel operator’s licences and
navigation licences; issue of radio licences for
pleasure craft:
Marina Constantinou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848120 mconstantinou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Anthi Vardaki (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848154 avardaki@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Egli Michael (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848155 emichael@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Function (F) (Field Surveyors telephone) 99642801

Panayiotis Varnavides, Marine Surveyor 25848115 pvarnavides@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Irodotos Palpanis, Marine Surveyor 25848281 ipalpanis@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Christos Antoniou, Marine Surveyor 25848265 chantoniou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Maria Potonidou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848269 mpotonidou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

H. Vessel Traffic Monitoring Information, Informatics and Telecommunications Division

Functions:
A. Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System vtmis@dms.mcw.gov.cy
(VTMIS).
B. SafeSeaNet (SSN). ssn@dms.mcw.gov.cy
C. Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT), lrit@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Integration of LRIT ship’s terminals, Ship reporting
and Testing ASP.
D. Ship radio communications, matters concerning shipradio@dms.mcw.gov.cy
GMDSS (SOLAS chapters IV), Accounting Authorities,
Point of Service Activation (PSA) and matters
concerning the ITU.
E. Radio Licence and allocation of call signs and shipradio@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maritime Mobile Service Identities (MMSI).
F. Examination and approval of equivalent
arrangements, temporary permits and exemptions
from compliance with statutory provisions.
G. Investigation of violations of statutory provisions.
H. Information technology matters and website
maintenance.
I. Issue of notices to mariners.

Head of Division:
Themis Evriviades, Senior Marine Surveyor 25848261 tevriviades@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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Marine Surveyor:
Georgios M. Demetriades (Dr), Marine Surveyor A´ 25848263 gmdemetriades@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Stelios Kyriacou, Marine Surveyor 25848179 skyriacou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Maritime Affairs Officers (Function H):

Michalis Markou (Dr), Maritime Affairs Officer 25848130 mmarkou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Maritime Surveillance Officers (Function A)

Alexis Demetriou 25848131 ademetriou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Nikolas Ioannou 25848131 niioannou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Stylianos Serghiou 25848131 stserghiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Elias Hadjisavvas 25848131 ehadjisavvas@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Michalakis Kyprianou 25848131 mikyprianou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Panayiota Kallinikou (Mrs) 25848131 pkallinikou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Andreas Charalampidis 25848131 acharalampidis@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Giorgos Constantinides 25848131 gconstantinides@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Georgia Kyprou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (D+E) 25848225 gkyprou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Olga Charalambous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (D+E) 25848282 ocharalambous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maria Kyprianou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer (B+C) 25848158 mkyprianou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Evangelia Stadiotou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer
25848108 estadiotou@papd.mof.gov.cy
(C+B)

G. Legal and E.U. Harmonisation Division

Functions:
A. All merchant shipping legal matters: inter alia. legaleu@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Public Maritime Law matters (Maritime Safety;
Maritime Security; Pollution); Law of the Sea matters;
Other related International Law matters (including
drafting/updating of relevant legislation). Private
Maritime Law matters (except legal matters on Ships’
Registry and maritime labour – see description under
Ships’ Registry Division).
B. European Union Harmonisation: inter alia overall
coordination of legislative harmonisation with the
E.U. maritime transport acquis; EU legal matters
mainly on maritime safety, maritime security,
pollution; State aid matters and taxation of shipping
activities.
C. Translation and Consolidation into English
language of the Cyprus merchant shipping legislation;
Index of Cyprus merchant shipping Legislation;
Vetting of DMS Circulars.

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D. Issuance of Certificates of insurance in respect of
shipowners’ civil liability (CLC certificates; Bunkers
Certificates; Certificates under EU Regulation (EC)
bunkersclc@dms.mcw.gov.cy
No 392/2009 on the liability of carriers of passengers
by sea in the event of accidents; Wreck Removal
Certificates).

Head of Division:
Anthony Madella (Dr), Senior Maritime Affairs Officer 25804953 amadella@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Maritime Affairs Officers:

Christina Antoniou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804952 cantoniou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Lydia Markari- Kyriacou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804955 lkyriacou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Elli Papaioannou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804954 epapaioannou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Vasiliki Palma (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer (Special
25804960 vpalma@dls.moi.gov.cy
Duties - on detachment)

Clerical Staff:
Constantia Neophytide (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25804950 cneophytide@dms.mcw.gov.cy

H. Merchant Shipping Development Division

Functions: maritimecyprus@dms.mcw.gov.cy
A. Information on Cyprus Merchant Shipping and the
registration of ships.
B. International relations and promotion of Cyprus as
a shipping centre: organization of the Maritime
Cyprus Conference, participation in maritime
exhibitions, organization of seminars.
C. Economic and competition issues, Statistics.
D. Taxation of Shipmanagement Companies, Owners
of foreign Ships and Charterers.
E. Publications and issue of press releases,
newsletters and information booklets.

Head of Division:
Vacant - supervised temporarily by
Anthony Madella (Dr), Senior Maritime Affairs Officer
25804953 amadella@dms.mcw.gov.cy
(Functions C+D) and
Chryso Demetriou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer A’
25848190 cdemetriou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
(Functions A+B+E)

Maritime Affairs Officers:

Elena Prokopiou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804902 eprokopiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Elisavet Neophytou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804909 eneophytou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maria Theodorou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804907 mtheodorou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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Nicolas Ioannou, Maritime Affairs Officer 25804908 nioannou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
George Paraskeva, Maritime Affairs Officer (Special
25804903 gparaskeva@papd.mof.gov.cy
Duties – on detachment)
Argyris Alexandrou, Maritime Affairs Officer (Special
25804922 aalexandrou@cd.moi.gov.cy
Duties – on detachment)

Clerical Staff:
Elena Efstathiou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25804900 eefstathiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

I. Rights of Passengers Travelling by Sea Unit

Functions: passengerrights@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Enforcement in Cyprus of European Union relevant
Regulation (EU) No1177/2010 : inter alia handling of
passengers complaints.

Head of Division:
Vacant - supervised temporarily by
Anthony Madella (Dr), Senior Maritime Affairs Officer 25804953 amadella@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Maritime Affairs Officers:

Chrissa Pelteki-Loizou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25848251 cploizou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Athena Chrysostomou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25848227 athchrysostomou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Elli Papaioannou (Mrs), Maritime Affairs Officer 25804954 epapaioannou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

J. Accounts Section

Head of Section:
Elpida Ppasa (Mrs), Senior Supervisor of Accounts 25848224 eppasa@treasury.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Department’s Accounts:
Georgia Papazachariou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848195 gpapazachariou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Constantina Vassiliou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848193 cvassiliou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Salaries and allowances:
Niki Eliotou-Kyriacou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848194 neliotou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Consulates, Maritime Offices and Travel abroad:
Panayiota Matheou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848196 pmatheou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Cyprus Ships Accounts:
Loukia Koupepa (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848291 lkoupepa@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Vasso Georgiou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848222 vgeorgiou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Evi Taveli (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848223 etaveli@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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 Division/Section/Service/Contact Person Telephone E-mail address
Panayiota Aristotelous (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848197 yaristotelous@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Cashier:
Nicoletta Socratous -Papapoliviou (Mrs), Assistant
25848153 nspapapoliviou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Clerical Officer

K. Secretariat

Chief Clerk:
Sofia Attipa (Mrs), Clerical Officer 25848141 sattipa@papd.mof.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:
Record keeping, Personnel records, and DMS
Publications. Incoming correspondence. General
Registry, Sale of Documents, Inventory keeping,
Library.
Elisavet Krini (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848142 ekrini@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Photini Marathefti (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848127 pmarathefti@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Marina Demetriou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848144 mdemetriou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Stella Hatzipanayi (Mrs), Clerical Assistant 25848145
Outgoing correspondence (local and overseas).
Rena Perdiou (Mrs), Clerical Assistant 25848136 rperdiou@papd.mof.gov.cy
Telephone Operator and Information, Distribution of
Circulars and Personnel Directories
Marina Aristotelous (Mrs), Clerical Assistant 25848152 maristotelous@papd.mof.gov.cy
Ships’ Files and reservation of ships’ names
Despo Pastidou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848187 dpastidou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Margarita Economidou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848189 meconomidou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Eleni Constantinou (Mrs), Assistant Clerical Officer 25848186 econstantinou@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Messengers:
Alkis Neophytou 25848171
Andreas Vrontis 25848171
Aristos Aristidou 25848254
Christos Christou 25848171
George Nicolaou
George Farmakas 25823732

Cleaners:
Ermioni Spanou (Mrs) 25848157
Tasoula Constantinou (Mrs) 25823719
Eleni Lavithi-Georghiadou (Mrs) 25848116
Maria Charalambous (Mrs)

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 Division/Section/Service/Contact Person Telephone E-mail address
Panayiota Nikodemou (Mrs) 25848116

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 OVERSEAS MARITIME OFFICES

Piraeus, Greece

Office and postal address:

Maritime Section, Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Greece, 96 Iroon Polytechniou Ave., 6th Floor,
GR 185-36 Piraeus, GREECE

Telephone: +30 210 453 6371, + 30 210 453 6372

Facsimile: +30 210 453 6373
E-mail: dmspiraeus@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Officer E-mail
Officer in charge:
Michalis Michaelides, Counsellor (Maritime Affairs) mmichaelides@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Marine Surveyor:
Christos J. Karitzis, Counsellor (Maritime Affairs) ckaritzis@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Maritime Affairs Officer:
Riana Acarou (Mrs), Counsellor (Maritime Affairs) racarou@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Clerical Staff:
Androula Adamou (Mrs)
Stephanos Christodoulou

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 London, United Kingdom

Office and postal address:

Maritime Section, Cyprus High Commission, 13 St. James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LB, UNITED KINGDOM

Telephone: +44 20 7321 4100

Facsimile: +44 207 321 4171
E-mail: dmslondon@dms.mcw.gov.cy
dmslo@tiscali.co.uk

Officer Telephone E-mail

Officer in charge:
Nicolaos A. Charalambous +44 20 7321 4180 nicharalambous@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Counsellor (Maritime Affairs) and
Alternate Permanent Representative of the
Republic of Cyprus to the International Maritime
Organization

Marine Surveyor:
Argyris Madella +44 20 7321 4126 armadella@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Counsellor (Maritime Affairs) and
Alternate Permanent Representative of the
Republic of Cyprus to the International Maritime
Organization
Clerical Staff:

Fotine Smagadou (Mrs) + 44 20 7321 4129

Note: H.E. Mr. Euripides L. Evriviades , High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, is the accredited Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus
to the International Maritime Organization.

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 New York, United States of America

Office and postal address:

Cyprus Maritime Office, Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus, 13 East 40th street, New York, N.Y.
10016, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Telephone: +1 212 686 6016 (ext.42)

Facsimile: +1 212 447 1988
E-mail: tenusa@aol.com

Officer E-mail
Officer in charge:
(vacant)
Clerical Staff:
Elena Philippou (Mrs)

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Office and postal address:

Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus, Weena 248 (Tower C, 11th Floor), NL - 3012 NJ Rotterdam, THE
NETHERLANDS

Telephone: +31 10 404 7901

Facsimile: +31 10 404 7899
E-mail: dms.rot@worldonline.nl

Officer E-mail

Officer in charge:

Charalambos Panayi, Consul cpanayi@dms.mcw.gov.cy

Clerical Staff:

Ioanna Papadaki (Mrs)

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 Hamburg, Germany

Office and postal address:

Consulate General of the Republic of Cyprus, Rothenbaumschaussee 3, 2nd Floor, D - 20148 Hamburg,
GERMANY

Telephone: +49 40 410 7497

Facsimile: +49 40 410 7246
E-mail: cyconsulate-hamburg@t-online.de

Officer E-mail
Officer in charge:
Giorgos Stylianidis (Capt), Consul gstylianides@dms.mcw.gov.cy
Clerical Staff:
Maria Parpa-Fiesinger (Mrs)
Kirsten-Kida Rahn (Mrs)

Brussels, Belgium

Office and postal address:

Permanent Representation of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union, Avenue de Cortenbergh 61, B-
1000 Brussels, BELGIUM

Telephone: +32 2 739 5111, +32 2 739 5184 (Dir. Line)

Facsimile: +32 2 735 4552

Officer E-mail

Marine Surveyor:

Adonis Pavlides, Counsellor (Maritime Affairs) apavlides@dms.mcw.gov.cy

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