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.
Regulation Authority for Ports delegation meets in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – A delegation of the Regulation Authority for Ports (RAL), headed by the President Panagiotis, Jason...
Chamber of Greek-Chinese Economic Cooperation directors meet in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Members of the board of directors of Chamber of Greek-Chinese Economic Cooperation have held a meeting...
Kavala Port Authority informs tax office of debt
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 –Â The Board of the Kavala Port Authority (OLK S.A.) has decided to inform the tax office of the...
WGCATCH fisheries meeting in Kavala this week
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – From November 6-10, 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Pan-European WGCATCH, the International Council for...
Chinese delegations visiting Megareon include Cosco representatives
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – On November 4, two Chinese delegations could be found in the Municipality of Megareon. One mission...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces board of director appointment
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 4, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) has announced that Konstantinos Christogiannis has...
Cosco and Trans-IT step up cooperation in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 –Â Danish logistics company Trans-it A/S and Cosco, the Chinese shipping company which operates Piraeus...
ABS Cyber holds seminars in Piraeus and Limassol
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 –Â ABS Cyber has held seminars in Athens and Limassol October 17 and 18 respectively) which were attended...
Thessaloniki port sees increased trade in first three quarters of 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017, total tonnage from Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA)...
Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...
Thessaloniki Port privatisation sent to Court of Auditors for approval
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 –Â The file of the preferred investor for the privatisation of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A....
Attica to acquire HSW shares from Grimaldi
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 –Â Attica Holdings, a subsidiary of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), agreed to the acquisition of 48.53% of...
Poland and Ukraine sign Via Carpathia transport agreement
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – A memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a trans-European transport route was signed by Poland...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces Q3 2017 traffic results – European operations
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 –Â COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global ports operator, has announced third quarter results of...
German ambassador visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Jens Plötner, the German ambassador to Greece, has held an informational meeting with the Chief...
Cosco and Skyserv present single platform management system
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 –Â Cosco Shipping Lines (Greece) SA and Skyserv SA will attend the 6th International Exhibition...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – September 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported September 2017...
Thessaloniki receives final shipments for pipeline project
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 –Â On October 10, 2017, the last shipment of steel line-pipes for the construction of the Trans...
Greek minister supports new Silk Road at Asia-China summit
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – Speaking at the the EU-Eurasia-China Business Summit, Greek Minister of Digital Economy,...
Official visit of the members of Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce to PPA SA
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – Members of Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce delegation, headed by the Chairman Lu Jianzhong,...