Greece
Greece is a republic in Southern Europe at the end of the Balkan Peninsula; it borders the Mediterranean, Ionian and Aegean Seas; member of the European Union (EU); the port scene is dominated by the Port of Piraeus, the port of capital city Athens; under a 2016 privatisation deal, COSCO Shipping Ports bought a 51% stake in Piraeus Port Authority for €280 million and committed to mandatory investments worth about €294 million over five years to later buy an additional 16% stake. It now holds a 67% stake.
Russian oil ship-to-ship operations seek new ports in the Mediterranean Sea
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 26, 2024 – Earlier this month, Greece started issuing NAVTEX notices which inform all shipping to stay away from...
Port of Piraeus receives permission to continue dredging
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece, has ruled that dredging of the port of...
Police seize 210 kilos of cocaine in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – The police have seized over 210 kilos of cocaine in the port of Piraeus. The illegal drugs were discovered...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – April 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 18, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) for April 2024. In April 2024, the...
Port of Alexandroupolis signs contract for new road construction
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) May 17, 2024 – The Port of Alexandroupolis has signed a €4 million contract with Tekal SA to connect the new...
Yachting cocaine route Bulgaria-Greece busted
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – Over 10 tonnes of cocaine were transported per year by yachts between Bulgaria’s Black Sea marinas in...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces dividend for 2023
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) May 13, 2024 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has announced a dividend payment of €1.30 per share (gross) for...
Greek Navy deters Russian oil ship-to-ship transfers
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 11, 2024 – In the last two weeks, the Greek Navy has issued two NAVTEX notices for military exercises in the Laconian...
Port of Lavrio privatisation schedule to be extended
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – Last month, state agency HRADF announced the part-privatisation of the Lavrion Port Authority S.A. In an...
Attempted smuggling of 209 kg of cannabis via Igoumenitsa port
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – An unidentified truck driver, who tried to smuggle 209 kg of cannabis via the northwestern Greek port of...
Piraeus Port Authority announces management appointments
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced changes to the board of directors (BoD). The resignations...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – March & Q1 24
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) throughput for the first quarter of...
Lavrio, the next regional Greek port for privatisation
Lavrio, Greece, (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – Lavrio is set to be the next regional port to be privatised based on the sale of 50% plus one share....
Cocaine found in port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – Inspectors from the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (AADE) have seized a huge...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces financial results for 2023
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has announced its financial results for 2023. Consolidated...
Romania would like to take a shareholding in Greece’s Gastrade
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2024 – Media reports suggest that the Romanian government would like to take a shareholding in...
60 kg of drugs seized in Greek port of Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Greek coast guard authorities seized more than 2 million euro worth of narcotics and arrested a lorry...
Oldendorff Carriers contracts with Harbor Lab on Greece
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Oldendorff Carriers, a dry bulk shipping company, and Harbor Lab, a global leader in maritime technology...
Piraeus port subject to a workers strike
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The General Workers’ Confederation of Greece has announced a countrywide workers strike starting on...
Vernicos Scafi orders two more tug boats from Med Marine
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Vernicos Scafi, the Greek-Italian tug and salvage company, has ordered two more tugboats from Med...