Marine spare parts supplier for Greek-managed ships and Piraeus offices
Vessel Core quotes engine-room spare parts from Tallinn for ships run out of Piraeus and the wider Attica area: identified from the evidence you hold, priced line by line, and addressed to the port where the ship will actually be.
Greek-managed ships, quoted from an EU desk in Tallinn
Greece is one of the largest ship-owning nations, and most of its shipowners keep their offices in Piraeus and the wider Attica area. For a superintendent or purchaser there, the useful question is seldom which Greek port a part should reach. It is where the ship will be when the part can meet her, and which route gets it there: maker's original, OEM or a verified alternative.
The office is in Attica, the ship is elsewhere
An enquiry often comes from a Piraeus office about a ship on another continent. We read it against her itinerary, not against the sender's address, and the quotation names the port it was priced for.
One route per line, stated openly
Each line carries its own route. Where the equipment, the class conditions and the buyer allow it, maker's original, OEM and verified alternative are set side by side; a line we cannot confirm is marked open instead of quietly dropped.
EU paperwork in euro
Vessel Core is an Estonian company and quotes in euro, which is also the currency in Greece. Invoice and packing list follow the EU pattern, with the vessel reference on every document and package mark.
Identification before price
Plate data, parts-book positions, drawings and photographs are checked first; a superseded part number is raised with you before anything is priced.
Piraeus and the next port of call
Piraeus is the chief port of Greece and the harbour of Athens, handling container, cruise and coastal passenger traffic. It is the natural address when a Greek-managed ship calls there; for deep-sea tonnage, though, the delivery point is normally wherever the ship is trading.
Piraeus
The commercial heart of Greek shipping as well as the country's main port. A container terminal, a cruise quay and a coastal ferry berth are different addresses, so name the terminal or anchorage, the receiving agent and the window when the ship is alongside.
The next port of call
A Greek-managed bulk carrier or tanker is often supplied wherever she trades. Put the next port of call, the agent there and the expected arrival in the enquiry, and the quotation is built for that port rather than for Piraeus by default.
A forwarder in the Athens area
Some buyers consolidate parts with a forwarder near Athens before onward shipment. That is a different address, with different paperwork, from a ship's agent abroad.
Equipment on bulk, tanker and gas-carrier tonnage
Greek-owned tonnage is concentrated in tankers, bulk carriers and gas carriers. The maker pages below cover the main-engine, turbocharging, generator, separation and boiler equipment such ships run. Maker names identify equipment only; Vessel Core has no agreement with any manufacturer.
MAN B&W two-stroke
Slow-speed main engines: liners, ring packs, exhaust valve parts, fuel valves and hydraulic-unit items for electronically controlled types. See MAN spare parts and the S60ME-C page.
Sulzer RT-flex
Common-rail two-stroke main engines: injection control units, rail valves, supply pumps and cylinder components. See Sulzer RT-flex parts.
Licence-built two-strokes
Engines built under licence in Korea, where the builder's references sit beside the designer's and both belong in the RFQ. See Hyundai and Doosan two-stroke parts.
Generator engines
Cylinder heads, valves, bearing shells, injection pumps and governor items for auxiliary sets. See HiMSEN, Daihatsu and Yanmar.
Turbochargers
Cartridges, nozzle rings, bearings and silencer filters, matched to the turbocharger plate rather than the engine. See ABB and Mitsubishi MET.
Separators and boilers
Purifier bowl parts, discs and seal kits; burner, feed-pump and control parts for auxiliary and composite boilers. See Alfa Laval separators, Aalborg and Kangrim.
The full list of makers we take enquiries for is on the makers page.
Engine-room lines quoted for Greek-managed ships
Planned-maintenance lists, class items and single breakdown lines are treated alike: identified first, then routed, then priced for a named port.
- Cylinder liners, piston crowns and ring packs for slow-speed engines
- Exhaust valve spindles, seats and bottom pieces
- Fuel valves, nozzles and high-pressure pipes
- Hydraulic cylinder unit and rail valve items
- Main, crankpin and crosshead bearing shells
- Turbocharger cartridges, nozzle rings and bearings
- Generator engine heads, valves and injection pumps
- Separator bowls, discs and seal kits
- Ballast, cooling and fuel transfer pump spares
- Air compressor valve and ring sets
- Boiler burner and feed-pump parts
- Gaskets, O-rings and seal sets by drawing reference
What an RFQ from a Greek office should carry
A message from Piraeus is complete when it answers five questions.
Which ship and which equipment
Vessel name, equipment maker, type and serial number from the plate, and the engine builder where it differs from the designer.
Which part
Part number and position from the maker's book, a drawing reference, or clear photographs of the part and its markings.
Which routes are acceptable
Whether a line must be maker's original, may be OEM, or may be a verified alternative, and whether class or charter conditions apply.
Where and when
Next port of call, the agent there and the expected arrival, or the Attica address if parts are to be collected and forwarded.
On board or ashore
Whether parts go on board as ship's stores or to an address ashore, because the documents differ between the two.
The RFQ evidence guide shows which plate data and parts-book pages help most.
Documentation between Estonia and Greece
Greece and Estonia are both EU member states and both use the euro. A consignment from Tallinn to an agent or forwarder in Greece therefore moves inside the Union and is quoted in the currency the buyer accounts in. When the ship is outside the EU, the parts leave as an export and are documented as one, and the agent at the port of call takes over the arrival. The quotation states which case it assumes; tax treatment is a matter for the buyer's own advisers.
Marine spare parts to Greece — common questions
Do you supply ships managed from Piraeus that are not calling in Greece?
Yes, and that is the usual case. Name the next port of call and the agent there in the RFQ; the quotation is built for that port, while the Piraeus office stays the commercial contact.
Can parts be delivered to Piraeus?
Yes, as an address: a ship's agent for a ship alongside or at anchor, or a forwarder ashore. Name the terminal or the forwarder and the dates; the freight route and its timing are confirmed in the quotation, not assumed in advance.
Which engines and equipment do you quote for?
Engine-room equipment on deep-sea ships: two-stroke main engines, generator engines, turbochargers, separators, pumps, compressors and boilers. The makers page has the full list.
Will you quote alternatives to maker's original parts?
Where the buyer allows it and the equipment and class conditions permit, a line can be quoted as maker's original, OEM and verified alternative side by side. If only the original is acceptable, say so and only that route is priced.
Does Vessel Core have an office in Greece?
No. Enquiries for Greek-managed ships are handled from Tallinn by email and through the RFQ form. There is no office, representative or parts holding in Greece.
Send an RFQ for a Greek-managed ship
Give the ship, the equipment, the part evidence, the quantities and the next port of call with its agent. Routes, documents and freight come back together in one quotation.
