Who we are

ELINE-Karageorgis as they call us today is a family company,acting as Representatives,or Agents or Dealers and or Distributors of well known Makers for Sea,Land and Air Electronic Equipments. Also she is involved in Boating ,Hotels and Restaurants business.

• Electronics

In this field we addressed to any kind of boats and ships, from fishing and pleasure boats to Deep Sea Vessels and War ships.
We are able to take a project starting from a blank paper and to deliver fully operational to owners satisfaction, arranging the design, project management, installations, setting up and delvery or to supply and install a stand alone equipment, or to interface various equipments to Fire Control Systems on board War ships, or to design, supply and install a Central Satellite and Terrestial TV system, music and or Public address and anouncements.
We are ISO 9001 Certified by BVQi and approved for ships inspections by Hellenic Authorities, Byraeu Veritas and Lloyd's.

Our companies normaly engage:
Three (3) Administrative Employees
Two (2) Accountants
Four (4) Specialized Technicians
Two (2) Installation Technicians
One (1) Warehouser
One (1) Salesman

Annual average turnover comes up to €998.000,00.

At our offices operates a full Navigation Simulator for Ships handling and manouvering as well as Radar and GMDSS simulator. Many port captains of various shipping companies are being trained along with Hellenic Navy and Hellenic Coast Guard Officers. 

Many shipping companies and Shipyards trusting ELINE-Karageorgis as their supplier in equipments and spares as well as a service company.
Some of them are: 

• Target Marine
• Eastern Meditterranean Maritime
• Blue Star Ferries
• Hellas Flying Dolphins
• LANE
• ANEK
• NEL
• Priamos Maritime
• Ocean Bulk
• Minerva shipping
• Thenamaris shipping
• Mid ship Maritime
• Leros Maritime
• Navigator Tankers Managers SA
• Cerres Marine
• Top Tankers management
• Melitas Marine
• Aegean Shipping Managements
• Spianada SA
• Navitas SA
• Free Bulkers SA
• Genoa Maritime
• Hellenic Shipyards SA
• Elefsis Shipyards SA
• Lamda Shipyards SA
• Israel Shipyards SA
• Proteksan Shipyards SA

Today after of successful presence in Greek Shipping Market, our companies have supplied over 600 Radar to Goverment, over 1200 Radar to Merchant vessels and last years over 70 GMDSS stations. It is the oldest company in the market and the only which for 39 years exclusively represents successfully a foreign Marine Electronics maker (Decca Marine).

• Boating

In 2000 we started to build under license of Sony Levi the Chasecraft RIBs in the KORMOS Shipyards, one from the very few in Greece with all facilities necessary for a proper boats build. Most of the RIB's exported to other countries under OEM agreement for leisure purposes and untill the 2006 which we decided to stop the production in Greece we sold boats to Hellenic Government,to Israel Shipyards and to many local leisure customers. The boats production covered lemgths from 6.5m-7.5m and 8.5m., for normal or special purposes. Chasecraft was very fine RIBs with heavy construction, made from the very best materials all handmade and as per customers requirements.
When we terminate the production of Chasecraft in Greece in 2006 we started the cooperation with the English boat builder Messrs Aquaflyte International RIBS which they build RIBs from 3.5m to 12.6m custom and in a lot of versions.
Additional to that in the summer of 2007 we establish a cooperation with the U.S boat builder Messrs Calyber Workboats which they built GRP Fishing boats to Catalyna flare style in 25 ft, 27 ft open and cabin and 35 ft cabin. For Defence and Merchant marine Market we cooperate with Zeppelin Defence RIBs and Acebi Rescue RIB's and Boats. Four people are engaged to promote, sale and support this activitie.

In 2002 we established in Astypalaia Island-Dodecanese a Hotel and Tourist Enterprises company, under the name of "Captain Yannis Handras Ltd." which operates a Cafe-Restaurant offering traditional food cooked only with local and seasonable goods.
In 2006 the Cafe-Restaurant moves to Punta Nera Resort, owned by Tassos Karageorgis. Punta Nera Resort builded with our own founds and is a luxury five apartments complex with swimming pool and fantastic view, founded in strategical place between port and town of Astypalaia Island.This complex offers in a logical prices all up to date Hotel facilities in large ,compfortable and luxury apartments for 2,3,4 and 6 persons. Operates all the year and engaged 2 peoples in winter and 4 peoples in the summer.

• The future

Small Boat Market: We have started to build E-Commerce i.e purchases through Internet for more than 60.000 items for supplying Leisure Market under the site name: www.marinemarket.gr

Defence Electronics: We expand the range of servise and equipments which we offer, with fire fighting equipments, rescue boats  and light fire control systems.

Hotels: In our plants is in to the near future to built a Hotel, near to Arahova for customers looking for winter sports.

1968: Installation of first Decca Radars at Hellenic Navy vessels began.

1973: Contract signed with Redifon Telecommunications and Ferranti.

1974: Fifty (50) Special VHF Devices of Redifon were installed in Hellenic Navy Vessels.

1981: A new Exclusive Contract was signed with Racal Decca Marine Radars after the purchase of Decca's Marine Group from Racal. Marine Electronics.

1984: Contract were signed with Racal Marine Electronics and Racal Decca Service Ltd, as exclusive representatives for sales & service.

1985: New Contracts were signed with Decca Marine Navigation for hiring, sales and service of Decca Navigator equipment. The same year Eline moved to new offices in Piraeus renting 3 floors of 200m2 . Same year Sait Marine signed contract for service and sales with Eline.
Eline is one of the foundation members of E.H.TH.A ( Greek Companies of Marine Equipment Association)

1986: Contract of Exclusive Representation of SKIPPER ELECTRONICS, and SIMRAD for service and sales was signed. Another contract with Pharos Marine for service and sales was signed. The same year in Greece began the foundation of Representatives Network (Thessaloniki, Corfu, Volos, Syros, Pylos, Kalamata)

1987: Ramac Accepted Eline as a member.

1988: Contract for Exclusive Representation with Skanti and Amplidan was signed.

1989: Renewal of Sait's contract was signed.

1990: Eline acts also as a Representative of JMC Marine, Naval, Thomas Walker and Son, and of Scan Steering Lilley and Gillie, but not in exclusive bases.

1992: Jotron - Edo - Yeoman - Celwave & Trimble Navigation authorised Eline as their Representative. The same year the first GMDSS stations were installed in Commercial Vessels.

1993 : Station of Programming, Reprogramming, decryption, service for any Sarsat Cospas Epirb, was settled at Eline's Technical Office. The same year contract for exclusive representation was signed with Transas Marine.

1994: ELINE was authorised as an exclusive representative of Navitron an Navico.

1995: Contract with Streamline (GPS) was signed.

1996: Contract signed with Sait Hellas for Service and Sales. Miss Xanthie Karageorgis daughter of A. J. Karageorgis, finished her study in St.George College
in Marketing and Business administration  was hired at the company at Spares and Service Dept as sales support. John Karageorgis retired and a new personal company with the title of A. J. Karageorgis Marine Electronics was founded.
Vingtor Marine and Ross Engineering authorised Eline as their Representatives.

1997: Francis Searchlights, Si-tex Electronics and Northstar assigned Eline for their representation.
ELINE-Karageorgis undertook the supply and fitting of Decca ARPA 252/6 for M/P Evniki & Erato. Same equipment have been installed at MEKO Frigates and one of them at T/R ARIS.

1998: New contract with Litton Marine Systems was signed. Litton Marine Systems bought Racal-Decca organization while earlier had bought Sperry,Plath and Litef.Contract is exclusive for the supply of Hellenic forces of the country.
The installation of 12XARPA Decca 252/6 at Navy Observatories was fullfiled, and the supply of another 10 was taken over.

1999:John Karageorgis (Jr) son of  Tassos Karageorgis,finished his study in Xynis College in Marketing and sales and after his training at Transas Marine undertakes sales support of Transas equipment..
New company is founded with the title ELINE-MARINE ELECTRONICS ENTERPRISES OF GREECE LTD with main shareholders Xanthie and John Karageorgis Jr, which undertakes the commercial department representing Jotron,Northstar, Jotron, Navitron, Thales Antennas,Racal Acoustics and SiTex.. Also provides spares for Hellenic forces for Decca, Plath, Litef, Northstar, Stento-Vingtor,Racal Acoustics and Antennas.
The supply and fitting of 22 Arpa 252/6 Radars for Navy vessels was undertaken, 6 of semi-Naval type were interfaced with Fire and Tactical control systems.

2000: Both companies move to Hellinikon area, at a 280m2 floor, with better access to Athens Center, new Airport and the new harbors of Lavrion and Rafina.
Intracom S.A. assigns ELINE-Karageorgis for the installation of  bridge Equipment for five H.C.G vessels to a pilot project of the National VTIMS.

2001: Leica geosystems assigns ELINE-KarageorgisK for representing their products.

2002: TP Radio, Danish company, which manufactures portable V/U Radiotelephones for special operation at Sea and Shore, and Litef which manufactures Military Gyrocompasses in Germany, sign contract for exclusive representation.
ELINE-Karageorgis signs contract with Motomarine S.A. for the supply, fitting and training of a full Bridge systems package, for 16 H.C.G vessels at a total of €2.400.000,00.Also he tooks the Israel project for 3 Offshore Patrol Boats and Lambda Shipyards projects for the upgrating of 2 Commadantte type Boats.
Hellenic Navy New Buildings in Elefsis Shipyards as well as Hellenic Shipyards, equipped with DECCA ARPA 252/6 Naval which sold through Thales (Signaal),the main contractor of Fire control systems.
Till the end of 2002 we have supplied over 75 Radars, 30 Gyros, many Depthfinders and Speedlogs to Hellenic Navy and Hellenic Coast Guard.

2003:A new company established in Cyprus, under the title of ELINE Commercial & Trading Ltd. Target is the ships spares, gears, equipments and stores imports and exports.

2005. When our agreement with Northrop Grumman,was terminated we established a dealership with Kelvin Hughes one of the Leaders in Marine Electronics field.It is well known that Kelvin Hughes is the main competitor in Naval Business to Sperry (ex DECCA) Radars.

2006. Eline came in to agreement with Plastimo for sales of Navman and Plastimo products.John Karageorgis Jr. is the head of the new department established especially for Light Marine Market.

2007: When change of Government happend in 2003, no any public Tender to our interest declared.
The Hellenic Center of Sea Research (HCSR) after a public tender bided from ELINE signed the contract in May 2007 for the supply and fitting of five Wave Monitoring Systems to be fitted in diffirent places in shore. Eline having Miros from Norway and Furuno from Japan as partners have already installed the central system in HCSR permises in Anavissos Area ,with excellent results. Rest 4 stations will be intalled before the end of 2007 and the hole system will be a part of Poseidon Weather Forecast system and will be expanted much more.

From 1997 to middle of 2007 sales has been made to Govermant comes to
€9.000.000, from which the 80% are for Northrop Grumman-Sperry Marine equipments.