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 sees reduced cruise ship visitors
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Initial figures indicate that the local cruise ship industry will decrease in 2017. The Union of...
Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report which assesses the impacts of cruise...
Greece to invest €81,000 in installing equipment for power supply to vessels at Lefkada port
Lefkada, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Greece’s government has given the green light to the installation of equipment for the delivery of...
Piraeus Container Terminal profit declines 39.4% y/y in H1 2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., owned by Cosco, booked a profit of €10.845 million ($9.13 million) in the...
Alexandroupoli set to be first port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) is to proceed with plans to privatise the...
Piraeus Port Authority appoints new board director
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 26, 2017 –Â Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced that shareholder Hellenic Republic Asset Development...
Greek government acquires pilot vessels for Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Greek Ministry for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping has signed a €600,000 ($708,077) contract...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – July 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported July 2017 container...
Greece hopes to attract interest of French investors in Thessaloniki port privatisation
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – The Greek government prepares for the visit of French president Emmanuel Macron on September 7-8 in a...
Piraeus port container traffic declines in July
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Piraeus port’s container traffic declined by 4.4% on the year in July to 309,000 units, data by...
Piraeus Port Authority announces new labour force regulations
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 –Â Piraeus Port Authority SA has announced that after negotiations with the employees’...
Shipping agents warn against elimination of customs’ night shift at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Association of Shipping Agents of Thessaloniki has expressed its concern with the decision of...
Greece’s Thessaloniki port can face problems with customs service
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Thessaloniki port can face problems with the delivery of customs service, as the Greek association of...
Attica agrees purchase of majority stake in Hellenic Seaways Maritime
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Attica Holdings S.A., part of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), has announced an agreement in principle,...
Greece completes pier construction at Kos port
Kos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Greece’s government has completed a project for the construction of a pier at the port of Kos. The pier...
No asbestos pollution at Patras port following warehouse collapse
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – There was no air pollution from asbestos fibres after the collapse of the warehouse in the northern port of...
US Ambassador visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – An informational meeting of the US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and other Embassy’s officials with the...
Cosco looks to hold Piraeus Port Authority board meetings in China
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced that on Friday 28/7/2017, the Adjourned Ordinary General Meeting...
Chinese navy visits Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 2, 2017 –Â A Chinese naval fleet has arrived on Sunday at Piraeus port for a four-day friendly visit to Greece. Three...
Piraeus Port Authority set for new labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) is set to agree a new general labour code with local unions who...