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.
Three Seas Initiative expands, Ukraine is associate state
Bucharest, Romania (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – Representatives of the 12 participating states of the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) met in Bucharest...
Thessaloniki and Gdansk ports sign cooperation agreement
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A. has signed a new cooperation with the Port of Gdańsk...
New IMEC transport corridor needs Turkey – Erdogan
Ankara, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the newly announced India–Middle...
Greece agrees to Grimaldi ownership of Igoumenitsa port
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2023 – The Greek government has agreed to Grimaldi ownership of port of Igoumenitsa. This is part of the...
Piraeus port sees cruise passenger numbers return to pre-Covid levels
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – The Port of Piraeus sees cruise passenger numbers return to pre-Covid levels of 2019. In the first...
Does India’s Adani group want to buy a Greek port?
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 30, 2023 – The local press in India is reporting that the Adani group could be interested in acquiring the rights...
Thessaloniki Port Authority launches rail service with Skopje
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) is launching a new container block-train service between...
2nd update: Why does the Volos port privatisation matter?
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2023 – Four candidates submitted on August 23 binding offers in the tender for the sale of 67% of the Greek Aegean...
Port of Volos continues to import cars, privatisation approaches
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2023 – On July 7 and 19, two Ro-Ro vessels delivered over 1,600 cars. Another vessel is on its way to the port...
Update: Why does the Volos port privatization matter?
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2023 – Four candidates submitted on August 23 binding offers in the tender for the sale of 67% of the Greek Aegean...
Why does the Volos port privatisation matter?
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2023 – Today, binding offers for the tender for the sale of 67% of the Greek Aegean Sea port of Volos (Volos Port...
India looks to Piraeus port as gateway to Europe
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2023 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Greece after attending the BRICS summit in South Africa...
Thessaloniki Port Authority and Ashdod Port, Israel, plan cooperation
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 8, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) and Ashdod Port, Israel, have announced a cooperation agreement....
Port of Piraeus has 13 new major projects underway
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – The Port of Piraeus Port has 13 new major projects underway in various stages of development. Piraeus Port...
Piraeus, Rafina ports see rising passenger numbers in July
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 21, 2023 – In the first 15 days of July, 743,492 passengers have travelled from the port of Piraeus, according to the...
Svitzer signs a contract to service Gastrade’s Alexandroupolis INGS
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – Svitzer, a global towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has signed a 15-year contract to...
Port of Piraeus welcomes massive OOCL container ship
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Port of Piraeus has welcomed the newly built “OOCL Piraeus”, one of the largest ships in the world....
Greek Port of Volos receives 986 cars
Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – On July 7, a total of 986 cars were unloaded within 5.5 hours on the west side of Pier 2 of the Port of...
Arab-Hellenic Maritime Conference attracts regional participation
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – The first Arab-Hellenic Maritime Conference took place in Athens, July 5-6, 2023 and attracted wide regional...
ONEX Shipyards receives funding to develop Elefsis Shipyards
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 7, 2023 – The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will provide $125 million in funds for ONEX...