Heraklion
Heraklion is a port city and the capital of the Greek island of Crete. Crete rests about 160 km south of the Greek mainland, and about 100 km southwest of Anatolia. The port is managed by Heraklion Port Authority S.A.
Grimaldi completes acquisition of 67% of Heraklion Port Authority
Heraklion, Crete, Greece, (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – Naples-based Grimaldi Group has completed the acquisition of 67% of the capital of...
Port of Heraklion awarded EcoPorts certification
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 10, 2024 – Port of Heraklion on the Greek Mediterranean Sea island of Crete was awarded the EcoPorts’...
Grimaldi completes purchase of Port of Heraklion
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) July 26, 2024 – The Deputy Minister of Shipping, Stefanos Gikas, has reported that 67% of the shares of the Heraklion Port...
Port of Heraklion reports improved cruise ship business in 2023
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – In 2023, cruise traffic in the port of Heraklion increased by +50%, with a record 382,981...
Grimaldi signs deal to acquire 67% of Heraklion Port Authority
Heraklion, Greece (Ports Europe) December 18, 2023 – Naples-based Grimaldi Group and the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) have signed the...
Port of Heraklion sees large rise in cruise passenger numbers
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 1, 2023 – The Port of Heraklion has reported a large rise in cruise passenger numbers in the first 10 months of...
Ports & Rail Forum 2023 takes place in Athens
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – On July 5, 2023, the Ports & Rail Forum 2023 took place in Athens. It was organized by the Hellenic Ports...
Grimaldi consortium is preferential bidder for the Port of Heraklion
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) June 13, 2023 – A consortium of Grimaldi Euromed S.p.A. and Minoan Lines S.A. has been announced as preferred bidder for the...
Heraklion Port Authority receives two equity bids
Heraklion, Greece (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HDRAF) has received two offers for the acquisition of a...
Heraklion CEO about the port and its future
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – Heraklion port is a medium-sized port of international interest belonging to the TEN-T network and the...
Igoumenitsa port welcomes cruise ship companies
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) October 4, 2022 – Igoumenitsa port has welcomed cruise ship companies to an event to promote services offered by the...
Greek regional upcoming ports and new chances for investments
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) April 1, 2022 – A paper, published in March in the Open Journal of Business and Management, analyses the upcoming strong...
Republic of Korea ambassador visits Greek port of Heraklion
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – Last Friday, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Greece, Jung Il Lee, visited the Port...
Greek statement on strong investment interest for the Heraklion Port Authority
Joint press release of the Greek Ministries of Finance and Shipping and Island Policy regarding the strong investment interest for the Heraklion Port Authority...
Heraklion Port Authority privatisation sees nine expressions of interest
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) September 19, 2021 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), part of the HCAP Group, has announced...
Approval of financing of two projects for electrification in the ports of Piraeus and Heraklion
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 22, 2021 – The European Executive Agency for Infrastructure and the Environment (CINEA) in Brussels has approved two...
Port Authority of Heraklion is lead partner in”ELECTRIPORT” project
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) July 22, 2021 – The Port Authority of Heraklion is to be lead partner in the ELECTRIPORT project – a study...
U.S. Ambassador Pyatt’s speaks at 5th Cretan Energy Conference
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) July 12, 2021 –  U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, has delivered a speech at the 5th Cretan Energy...
Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee completes review
Under the chairmanship of the General Secretary of Ports Evangelos Kyriazopoulos, the 87th / 02-06-2021 Meeting of the Port Planning and Development Committee...
PSTF 2021 digital tables global cruise industry issues as Greek, Cypriot and Israeli ports prepare to welcome passengers back
The chief executives of some of the world’s biggest cruise lines will participate in the first virtual panel discussion that will kick off the 6th Posidonia...