Navy Vehicles Central Station
Crest
KSAN’s crest depicts the anchor, symbol of the Hellenic Navy with two laurels on each side. On the anchor lies a bee, symbol of teamwork, methodicalness, efficiency and productivity.
History
The Navy Vehicles’ Central Station (KSAN) is a service under the command of the Navy Logistics Administration (DDMN), subject to the Administrative Care and Operational Control of the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (A/ΓΕΝ). Established in 1944, under the name Royal Navy Vehicles Agency (YABN), it was initially located in the area of Metaxourgeio. Six months later, it relocated in the premises of the “LYON” industry in Syggrou Avenue, where it operated until August 1952, eventually being transferred and hosted in the area of Votanikos, in premises owned by the Hellenic Navy Fortress of Votanikos. In 1973 it was renamed KSAN and came under the DDMN administration since the 1st of July 1980.
Under Presidential decree no. 95/2010, the limits of the Hellenic Navy Fortress of Votanikos were modified due to the administrative expropriation of seventeen acres for the construction of the Islamic Mosque of Athens by the Hellenic Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs. The totality of the crews and administrative services of KSAN relocated in its central building in 2012.
KSAN’s crest depicts the anchor, symbol of the Hellenic Navy with two laurels on each side. On the anchor lies a bee, symbol of teamwork, methodicalness, efficiency and productivity.
Mission
KSAN’s mission lies in taking care of, making available and deploying its vehicles, as well as conducting technical-quality inspections/ repairs/ maintenance/ minor retrofitting/ supply in fuel-lubricants of its vehicles and, on an ad hoc basis, of those vehicles in possession of other Navy Departments, with the purpose of maintaining the operability and readiness of the Hellenic Navy’s vehicles and meeting its respective needs. It also constitutes the central body which supplies transportation services to meet the needs of the Hellenic Navy and the Armed Forces more generally in the context of interdisciplinarity.
Organization
KSAN is being staffed with higher and lower military as well as civil personnel. The Staff through which the Chief of Staff discharges his duties consists of three (3) directorates and four (4) independent offices. The general administrative structure of KSAN is as follows:
- Chief of Staff
- Deputy Chief of Staff
- Directorate for Administration
- Directorate for Technical Support
- Directorate for Finances and Supplies
KSAN’s Chief of Staff is in charge of all staff serving in it and is responsible to the DDMN Chief of Staff regarding the fulfillment of the Station’s mission. In case of obstruction or leave he is replaced by the Deputy Chief of Staff of KSAN.
The Deputy Chief of Staff is the direct assistant of the Chief of Staff; he is also responsible for the orderly operation of the Staff. In case of obstruction or leave he is replaced by the most senior among army officers of KSAN.
The Director for Administration has competence in matters of administration and care of the military and civil personnel, as well as in matters of training, safety and guarding of the areas of responsibility, armament and ammunition, military planning and communications, supply-management, keeping of statistical data on crews’ and vehicles’ expenditures, and the logistical and statistical monitoring of fuel and lubricants flowing through it.
The Director for Technical Support has competence in matters of technical inspection – maintenance – repair of vehicles, assignment of – monitoring and receiving of services by the Private Sector, in infrastructure projects, maintenance and fire safety of KSAN’s premises and of agencies under military policing.
The Director for Finances and Supplies has competence in matters of financial management, catering, apparel, inventories, initial redaction and monitoring of Hellenic Navy vehicles’ inventories, coordination of supply activity, budget and utilization of available credit.
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