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 Container Terminal S.A.- June 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported June 2017 container...
Cosco reports June 2017 container terminal statistics
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has announced June 2017 container terminals throughput. The three Mediterranean Sea container...
Six port multimodal corridor between Greece and Bulgaria
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – By the end of July, Greece and Bulgaria will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...
Thessaloniki Port Authority – annual general shareholders meeting
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 –Â Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. announced the results of its Annual General Meeting of the...
Piraeus Port Authority issues IT upgrade tender
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has issued a tender to modernize the existing network...
Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...
Ekol to expand Greek logistics network
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The Turkish logistics group Ekol is set to expand its business operations in Greece. Dimitris Batakis,...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces 2016 dividend
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 –Â Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) has announced that the dividend for the financial year 2016...
EU awards €8.4 million to Odyssea consortium
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The European Union (EU) has awarded the international consortium Odyssea a total of €8.4 million ($9.6...
Greece will not privatise the smaller ports
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Greek privatisation, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED), has said that 10...
Athens Stock Exchange management visits Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 9,2017 –Â The Management of Hellenic Exchanges – Athens Stock Exchange SA Holdings (ATHEX) headed by the...
Hill International awarded Piraeus Port Authority contract
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 –Â Hill International, a global leader in managing construction risk, has said that announced it has a...
Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...
Government officials visits Piraeus port’s Perama Ship Repair Zone
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 –Â In the presence of P. Kouroumplis, Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, S. Pitsiorlas, Deputy Minister...
Kombiverkehr reports on Greek and Turkish ports traffic
Frankfurt, Germany (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – At a shareholders meeting, Kombiverkehr (Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten...
Greece has biggest merchant fleet globally
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Data from Clarksons Research show that Greek shipowners have taken the lead among merchant ship owners...
Piraeus Port Authority announces management changes
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has held its Annual Regular General Meeting, with shareholders representing...
Piraeus Port Authority announces dividend
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) has announced that the dividend for the financial year 2016 amounts to...
Piraeus Port Authority holds general assembly
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) has held its annual general assembly and main issues were the...
Poseidon Med II holds LNG event in Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 –Â The present and the future of the shipbuilding industry in Greece towards LNG as fuel era, was the focus...