Nicosia, Cyprus, April 18, 2026.- The Cuban embassy in this capital promoted last Thursday, April 16, a positive videoconference exchange between the Cyprus Shipping Chamber and a group of executives from related Cuban entities, during which opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the maritime-port sector were explored.
The meeting led by the Cuban ambassador in Nicosia, Rubén Pino Martínez, facilitated an initial informational exchange between Cuban entities and the Secretary General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC), Mr. Alexandros Josphides, together with Mr. Sofoklis Chrysostomou, Maritime Manager and member of the board of directors of the aforementioned institution, representing numerous Cypriot shipping companies and sector businesses with proven and strategic performance in the Eastern Mediterranean area.
The cuban side was represented by Amaury Álvarez González, General Director of the Consignataria Mambisa Company, Luis Alberto González Nieto, Deputy Director of the Maritime Port Transport Business Group ¨GEMAR¨, Manuel Lázaro Corujo Bosque and Karen Alonso Rodríguez, Director and Specialist of the Business Group of the ¨Selecmar¨ Company, respectively, and Mirta Cristina Rippes Aller, from the Cuba Chamber of Commerce, among other participants linked to the respective Havana institutions.
The exchange facilitated the exploration of common interdisciplinary interests, which could lay the groundwork for, among other opportunities, encouraging the future hiring of highly specialized Cuban maritime personnel in the maritime-port sector. This approach undoubtedly constitute d an encouraging look at the strengthening of mutually beneficial trade and cooperation relations between Cyprus and Cuba in this important and indispensable sector.