The Naval Defense Fund (NAF) enters the digital age, through the innovative application myNAT app, which connects, in real time, seafarers as well as shipping companies with the Fund.

Through the myNAT app, Greek seafarers can now have immediate and easy access to their service history with detailed information on:

  • the total days of service
  • the days of employment per year
  • the service history by time range
  • on leave days
  • employment by ship category
  • employment by seafarer specialty

The application is particularly useful both for young seafarers, who started their careers after 1-7-2017, and for older ones, as they will be able to have a computerized image of the last years of their insurance life. In the near future it will be captured, through the app, and the information on the acquisitions that the Greek sailors may have made regarding the time of their service on ships with a foreign flag while within the year the recording of previous years will be completed, with priority given to sailors who are approaching the establishment of pension rights.

The “my NAT” app has been designed to become the digital space that will host a series of additional digital services, which will improve the communication of Greek seafarers with NAT for more than 21 services and also for shipping companies in terms of their transactions with the cash desk, the possibility of issuing electronic receipts, etc.

Regarding this new and innovative tool, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Domna Michailidou said: “This is an important step towards the digital transformation of N.A.T. as it offers seafarers as well as shipping companies the ability to have easy and quick access to information, tools and services that concern them. In the age of big data (Big Data) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), no sector, whether related to the state or to the free economy, entrepreneurship and work, is going to be unaffected. We want the Ministry of Labor, as well as all the Agencies under it, but also the citizens to be able to use the power of technology and the wealth of information in the future. As the Ministry of Labour, we are ardent supporters of projects and actions related to the possibilities provided by new technologies.”

The Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security, Panos Tsakloglou, noted: “Today we had the honor to participate in the event of the country’s oldest insurance fund and the presentation of the functionality of myNAT, an application for mobile phones, through which the insured of the Fund will be able to see in real time their maritime service by specialty, time and ship category, as well as the contributions that have been paid. This application is undoubtedly another step for the digital modernization of NAT, which in recent years has already produced significant results: from the settlement of outstanding pensions and the development of interoperability with the EFKA and DYPA databases, to the renewal of its computer system equipment and the internal restructuring of the body. Recipients of this improved level of service are none other than the workers at sea, who represent the most competitive sector of the Greek economy, with a tradition that really comes from the depths of the centuries. Digital modernization is a road that does not stop and as technology is constantly evolving, we must always be able to be ready to take advantage of it to the maximum extent.”

For his part, the Commander of the NAT, Mr. Konstantinos Tsagaropoulos, said: “The NAT is being renovated in the perception, in the mentality, in the way of providing services to our sailors. We have now turned the page and are on the new course, which was carved out in recent years. In the context of the new course of NAT, our participation in the overall effort of the digital transition, which is the main goal of the Government, is included. We are presenting such an action today, the “my NAT” application for mobile phones and, to be precise, its first implementation with the depiction of the maritime service of sailors. myNAT reflects in practice the new course of the Organization and the new era for the services it offers to the Greek sailor and Greek shipping. We are proud that since the computer age of the last century, NAT is implementing the new path towards a creative future, with modern services for the people of the leading shipping power in the world!”