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Carnival Maritime hires Minas Miliaras to oversee Costa Group fleet operations

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Minas Miliaras has 18 years' of technical and operational experience of cruise ships
Minas Miliaras is the new vp cruise fleet operations at Carnival Maritime, the marine service unit of the Costa Group based in Hamburg.

Miliaras is heading the fleet and maintenance development teams for ships operated by AIDA Cruises, Costa Cruises and Costa Asia - a total of 26 vessels. He takes over from Björn Sprotte, who has led the department for the past 18 months.

Greek-born Miliaras who studied as a naval architect and has an MBA in marine engineering will be responsible for technical management, improvement of repair efficiency, standardization and harmonizing processes as well as connecting offices and ships across the globe.

Before joining Carnival Maritime, he worked for Royal Caribbean & Celebrity Cruises for sixteen years.

Since 2013, he held the position of avp marine ops looking after 13 vessels.

Prior to that he was director technical systems at Celebrity Cruises.

Miliaris started his career in the cruise industry in 1999 at Lloyd's Register. In 2006, he began working as site office manager for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises where he supervised the construction of the Celebrity Solstice class vessels.

Lars Ljoen, md of Carnival Maritime, said, 'I am very happy to welcome Minas to the team. He will add great competencies and longtime experiences in fleet operations to our team and is therefore a fantastic fit.'

Miliaris added, 'I am more than excited to join Carnival Maritime in this position and build on Björn’s great work. I look forward to further increasing the efficiency and sustainability targets of our services together with our international teams.'

Carnival Maritime's fleet operations center (FOC) monitors and supports 37 ships owned by the Costa Group, P&O Cruises and Cunard.