Corinth Canal is once again open as of 1/6/2023 for crossing. Yachts are smoothly crossing the canal on both sides and our agency is offering Corinth Canal Crossing Pre-Arrangements .

By booking through our agency you will have a hassle free crossing without any delay, as we will do all for you. (The application and Payment).

Corinth Canal Crossing Pre-Arrangement

Roditis Yachting Agency 
Michalis Roditis

roditisyachting [at] gmail [dot] com

Telephone (Viber/Whatsapp/Telegram) : +306974447720

Please send a copy of the yacht’s Registry and Dates of Crossing.

The Corinth Canal is now open for yachts to cross as of 5/7/2022 and for initial 3 months.

General Information

The canal operates 24 hours, 7 days per week except on Tuesdays from 06.00 to 18.00, when regular canal maintenance is carried out.

Towage is compulsory for all vessels exceeding 800 net tonnage, vessels not under command tankers and vessels carrying dangerous cargoes.

The use of pilots is compulsory for all vessels under towage and during night transits for all vessels exceeding 100 net tonnage.

The Corinth Canal is a junction of international sea communications and serves ships of all nationalities. It provides the shortest and safest sea-lane for ships coming from seaports of the Ionian sea, the Adriatic, Southern Italy, and those passing through the Straits or Messina en route to Eastern Mediterranean ports and on to the Black Sea and vice versa.

The bearing of the Canal is 131,5 degrees, or 311,5 degrees and it intersects the Isthmus of Corinth, forming a straight line through it. It cuts through the uneven landmass of the Isthmus, which reaches a maximum height of 79 metres above sea level.
• The total length of Canal amounts to 6.343 metres, 54O metres of which are taken up by the ports of Poseidonia and lsthmia at either mouth of the Canal.
The measurement of the Canal is located on the Canal’s axis, from a point fixed at 83 metres from the Poseidonia jetty, ending at a point on the axis fixed at 40 metres off the Isthmia jetty.

The maximum width of the Canal that is safe for navigation is 24.60 metres at Sea level and at mean low water level, and 21.00 metres on the bottom. The depth of the Canal on the axis is 8.00 metres from mean Low water level.

The maximum air-draft of the Canal is limited to 52m because of the rail and road bridges.

Contact of the Canal at VHF Channel : 11

Let us assist you for a Safe Passage of the Corinth Canal

RODITIS YACHTING offers the Corinth Canal Pre-Arrangement Service even at the last minute .

Our agency will liaise with the Canal Authority and all relevant departments .
Fill and forward on your behalf the Statistical Forms and all Applications and make paymentarrangements in order for you to be clear and have a safe and hassle free crossing .

The only thing you will need to do is simply contact the Canal at VHF : 11 provide them
with your Yacht’s name and wait for crossing instructions

Corinth Canal Crossing Arrangements :

email : roditisyachting@gmail.com
Whatsapp : +30 6974447720

Valid for 2021 Until 30 September 2021

We would like to inform you that Decree A.1070/2021 was published yesterday afternoon. According to this Decree the previous one (A.1118/2020), regarding the tax relief because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the calculation of the VAT of the chartering of commercial vessels based on the category of the vessel (A, B, C) described in the Decree ΠΟΛ.1159/1997, will be suspended on 01-04-2021. In conclusion, you can proceed with the calculation of VAT as follows:

1. VAT Imposed on the entirety of the recompense (100% of the taxable value). Keep in mind that a 13% VAT is calculated in this transports until the 30-09-2021.
2. VAT Imposed  on the 50% of the entirety of the recompense for the provision of such services as part of the voyage in conducted in international waters or in a state outside the EU. It is considered that ships finalize 50% of the tax percentage for the entirety of the freights completed within a tax year according to Sent. C of Par. 1 of the Art. 3 of this Decree, only if 60% of the usage time of the ship, as results of the lease time of the ship, as well as 60% of the total distance made is conducted outside the territorial waters of the mainland (open sea voyage), if the departure harbor is located on the mainland or outside the territorial waters of the island where the harbor is located or/and in territorial waters of another state outside of the EU. The ship-owner must provide proof of all aforementioned requirements in any means possible such as private GPS and the printing of such data.
3. VAT could also be Imposed On the entirety of the recompense (100% of the taxable value) with the ability to reduce the taxable value and VAT return with the issue of an invoice for the customer after the completion of all freights and the determination and proof of the real usage of the ship within or outside the Greek territorial waters (GPS data).

It is of vital importance to keep in mind that up until the commencement of the electronic application of the Article 6 of the Decree A.1018/2020, the determination of each calendar year is conducted based on the data submitted by the ship-owners by any means possible such as GPS and the AIS system or by printing all these data and submitting them to the tax authorities.

You must use the same way of calculating VAT throughout the whole calendar year.

To sum up, you can make your choice based on the following data:

1. If it is certain that the we can print any necessary data from a GPS or that you will be able to prove throughout the tax year the entirety of the open sea voyages (60% of the usage time of the ship, as results from the lease time, and above 60% of the total distance covered outside the territorial waters of the mainland (pen sea voyage) if the departure harbor is located on the mainland or outside the territorial waters of the island, where the           departure harbor is located, or/and outside the territorial waters of another state outside the EU) you can chose either (2) or (3)
2. If above is not certain that we will have all necessary data at our disposal, it is preferable to calculate a VAT of 13% for the whole freight (case (1)).