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.
Piraeus port awards €23.8 million contract for floating dock construction to Cosco
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has awarded a €23.8 million ($28.5 million) contract for the construction...
Greek prime minister says government has real interest in developing Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The interest of the Greek government in the development of Thessaloniki port and northern Greece, in...
What China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” means for the Western Balkans
Brussels, Belgium, September 11, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has commissioned an independent report on the...
AMNA organises “New Silk Road” forum
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Representatives of 25 national news agencies from China, the Balkans, Central and Southern...
Cosco Shipping reports 2017 Interim Results (Overseas terminals)
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has reported its 2017 interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017. The...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras praises Sino-Greek cooperation
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attended the opening of China’s pavilion at...
Cosco awarded floating dock contract in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) has announced the completion of the tender and the finalisation...
Alexandroupolis port starts catching investors’ eye
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Alexandroupolis port has already started catching the eye of investors, shortly after Bulgaria and...
China’s Cosco books record-high container traffic at Piraeus port in August
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – China’s Cosco said it handled 344,000 containers at Piraeus port in August, exceeding by 4.2% the...
HRADF participates in the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED) will participate in the 82nd...
Greece to take advantage of strategic position via rail link project with Bulgaria, Tsipras says
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said the project for the launch of a railway corridor linking the...
Hellespont set for contract with Cosco
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Athens-based Hellespont Group, headed by Greek shipowner Phrixos Papachristidis is in talks with the...
Bulgaria-Greece port railway connection project needs investment of €5 billion
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said the total investment in the railway...
Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...
Corfu port authority is in stable financial condition
Corfu, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Greece’s Corfu port authority is in a stable financial condition, according to the annual audit...
New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria
Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...
Greek government invests €2.481 million in overhaul of Patras port
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Greece’s government has given the green light to two projects for the overhaul of Patras port’s...
Piraeus port is 38th largest in the world
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Piraeus port ranked 38th in the world classification of the largest, world-class ports, with a positive...
Aegean Shipping Management enters dry bulk market
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Piraeus-based company Aegean Shipping Management has announced the signing of a new building order of a...
Cosco announces express cargo shipping to Europe via Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – A new service called “China-Europe Sea-Land Express Cargo” is being started by Cosco...