Piraeus Port Authority S.A.
Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) is a Greece-based company which manages and operates Piraeus port. The main activities of PPA are ships’ anchoring services, handling cargo, loading and unloading services as well as goods storage and car transportation. Under a 2016 Greek privatisation deal, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd bought a 51% stake in PPA for €280 million ($328 million). It then committed to mandatory investments worth about €294 million over five years to purchase an additional 16% stake for €88 million.
COSCO hotel proposal for Piraeus port hotels approved
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Greek Culture Ministry’s Central Council for Modern Monuments has approved a proposal submitted by...
Ambassadors visit Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – In the presence of China Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue, ambassadors of approximately 30 countries made...
Greece’s Central Archaeological Council halts COSCO’s Piraeus port investment plan
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) declared two-fifths of the municipality of Piraeus as an...
Piraeus Port Authority presents 2018 financial results to the Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The annual briefing to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) of the results of Piraeus Port...
Piraeus Port Authority sign labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced the signing of the New Collective Labour Agreement with the...
Piraeus Container Terminal sees over 18% increase in January 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...
Piraeus Port Authority details environmental plan
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has published a press release details its environmental policy. PPA...
COSCO’s Piraeus port development plan receives partial approval
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee gave a partial approval of the master plan of...
Piraeus Port Authority reports 19.2% revenue increase in 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported revenue of...
COSCO signs agreement with another Mediterranean port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – As well as high profile contracts to manage entire ports and port terminals around the Mediterranean...
Memorandum of Understanding between Piraeus and ports of Venice and Chioggia to strengthen cargo flows
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – The CEO of Piraeus Port Authority Sa (PPA), Captain Fu Chengqiu, and the President of Autorita’ di...
Piraeus port turning into a gate for counterfeit and undervalued Chinese goods
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Greece will be fined more than €200 million ($226.76 million) by the European Union’s Anti-Fraud...
Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...
Duisburg port chairman visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Erich Staake, Chairman of the Board of Duisburger Hafen AG, has visited Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA)...
Piraeus Port Authority appoints new manager of Internal Audit Service
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has announced the appointment of Evgenia Pantelopoulou as Manager of...
Piraeus is the head of the dragon
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Crisis? In Greece’s largest port of Piraeus, it is not felt. In the first nine months of 2018,...
Copelouzos group chairman visits Piraeus port authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Dimitris Copelouzos, Chairman and Managing Director of the Copelouzos group, has visited the Piraeus...
Greek businessmen and Chinese scholars voice confidence in Sino-Greek cooperation in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Greek businessmen and Chinese scholars voiced confidence in the prospects of Sino-Greek cooperation in...
Piraeus Port Authority participates in China International Import Expo
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 –Â Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has participated in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE)...
Huelva port authority presents at Greek ports event
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – A delegation from Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH – Port Authority of Huelva) has attended...