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.
Greece rejects Piraeus port’s application for shipyard construction
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Greece’s economy ministry has rejected the application of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) for the...
Greek companies to oppose limit to customs working hours at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Companies active at Greece’s Thessaloniki port have criticised the decision of the...
Greece to invest €3.9 million in dock construction at Syros port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Greece’s South Aegean Region plans to invest €3.92 million ($4.47 million) in the construction of a...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – July 2018 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported July 2018...
U.N. Ro-Ro extends storage licence at Patras port
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Turkish shipper U.N. Ro-Ro has requested to the Patras Port Authority to extend its license to use the...
Greece’s Chania port to handle 95,000 cruise passengers in Jan-Aug
Chania, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Greece’s Chania port, located on Crete island, expects to handle about 95,000 cruise passengers in the...
Piraeus port masterplan talks are slowing
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The negotiations on the master plan of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) remain behind schedule, due to...
Ekol starts regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio and Sète ports
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Ekol, the Turkish logistics company, is to begin a regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio port, Greece,...
Greece to invest €8.4 million in Athinios port jetty repair
Athinios, Greece (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – The Greek government is to invest €8.4 million ($9.7 million) in a project for the repair of...
Government opens the way for infrastructure projects in commercial port of Patras
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 5, 2018 – Following a decision by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Spiritsis, a consultancy...
Tender for Alexandroupoli port privatisation set for autumn
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) July 29, 2018 – The opening of the tender procedure for the divestment of activities at the port of Alexandroupoli,...
Piraeus Port Authority and Qingdao International Port Group sign Memorandum of Understanding
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) and Qingdao International Port Group have signed a Memorandum of...
Mesta port, Chios, remains under-used
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – The coastal connection of the port of Mesta, Chios island, with the port of Piraeus was the main theme of...
China’s long march on European ports
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published in it Comments section, a long article by Simone...
Piraeus port hosts security in the Mediterranean event
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has organised an event which takes place at the port today...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – June 2018 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018...
Thessaloniki port railway connections to benefit from NSRF investment
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – By 2022, Thessaloniki’s commercial harbour will be accessible via a modernized rail link to...
Greece looks at pubic-private partnership model for regional port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – At the Jean Monnet symposium on “The Future of European Port Policy” on the island of Chios,...
Kalamata authorities discuss port development
Kalamata, Greece (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – The Municipal Council of Kalamata has reviewed a proposal for the implementation of a series of projects...
Thessaloniki Port Authority issues port equipment tender
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has issued a tender for the purchase of: one big-bag...