Piraeus
The Port of Piraeus is the main sea port of Athens, Greece, located on the Saronic Gulf on the western coasts of the Aegean Sea, the largest port in Greece and one of the largest in Europe. It is owned by Piraeus Port Authority which is operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited.
Piraeus Port Authority recognised for ESG standards
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 21, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has been recognized by the QualityNet Foundation as one of the most...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – May 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) for May 2024. In May 2024, the terminal...
Piraeus Port Authority holds a workshop about tugboat regulation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 18, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has held a two-day workshop to prepare for tugboat regulation. A presidential...
ONE updates the Egypt Lebanon Turkey (ELT) service
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) June 5, 2024 – Ocean Network Express (ONE) has announced an update to the Egypt Lebanon Turkey (ELT) service. This service...
Piraeus Port Authority reports traffic figures for Q1 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported cargo and...
Port of Piraeus receives permission to continue dredging
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – The Council of State, the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece, has ruled that dredging of the port of...
Police seize 210 kilos of cocaine in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – The police have seized over 210 kilos of cocaine in the port of Piraeus. The illegal drugs were discovered...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – April 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 18, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) for April 2024. In April 2024, the...
Piraeus Port Authority announces management appointments
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced changes to the board of directors (BoD). The resignations...
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – March & Q1 24
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 29, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has announced its container (TEU) throughput for the first quarter of...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces results for Q1 2024
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, the world’s leading ports logistics service provider, today announced the First Quarter results of the Company and its...
The NeXTraIn.PortS project launched in Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe)- April 26, 2024 – The European Union project NeXTraIn.PortS has been launched in the Port of Livorno. The project’s...
Cocaine found in port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 26, 2024 – Inspectors from the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (AADE) have seized a huge...
Oldendorff Carriers contracts with Harbor Lab on Greece
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Oldendorff Carriers, a dry bulk shipping company, and Harbor Lab, a global leader in maritime technology...
Piraeus port subject to a workers strike
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – The General Workers’ Confederation of Greece has announced a countrywide workers strike starting on...
Vernicos Scafi orders two more tug boats from Med Marine
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2024 – Vernicos Scafi, the Greek-Italian tug and salvage company, has ordered two more tugboats from Med...
The Economist: Europe’s ports are drug hubs
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – Europe’s ports are drug hubs, The Economist newspaper said in Criminal networks are well ahead...
Greece, Cyprus ferry link starts in May
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 11, 2024 – For the third year in a row, the ferry service between Cyprus and Greece will start on May 29 and operate...
Piraeus Perama Ship Repair Zone receives two cranes
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 10, 2024 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) received two state-of-the-art double-level luffing jib shipbuilding...
MSC Cruises plans over 400 calls to Greek ports in 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 8, 2024 – MSC Cruises has said it will have six ships calling to Greek ports, making over 400 calls to nine...