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As HELMEPA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its founding, we invited Primary School students to get inspired from our iconic Seagull and the timeless message "NO garbage, NO plastics in our seas and on our coasts" and create drawings with the theme: “Our seagull. The seagull of HELMEPA”   Entries should be submitted in one of the following three categories by Friday, March 11th :   Kindergartens & Special Education Schools 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd Grade 4 th , 5 th , 6 th

“A big thank you to all our Members, new and old. This award belongs to all our BoD members, the Secretariat and all of you who truly reflect the Greek entrepreneurship […] HELMEPA is committed to engage and empower all of us to take action and work towards a sustainable planet. I am confident that synergies, knowledge-sharing, teamwork, brave decisions and Greek Filotimo are the key ingredients to our continuous success.”   [Part of speech delivered by Semiramis Paliou, Chai

5,360 HELMEPA volunteers cleaned 130 km of coastline   Record of cleanups for HELMEPA, which in just two and a half months coordinated 196 cleanups all over Greece, covering 130 km of coastline, with the voluntary and active participation of 5,360 citizens.     The Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association – HELMEPA in its capacity as the National Coordinator for the past 31 consecutive years, has successfully coordinated and implemented the International Coastal Cle

With the aim to optimize the preparation of Seafarers and Vessels for PSC inspections in US ports, as well as to further enhance safety, pollution prevention and sustainability, representatives of managing companies-members of HELMEPA addressed their questions directly to Rear Admiral John W. Mauger, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy of the US Coast Guard.   This year, the long-established HELMEPA – US Coast Guard Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., was held online d