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.
Measures for the removal of dangerous and harmful ships from the ports of Piraeus and Elefsina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Panayiotis Kourouplis, yesterday gave instructions to take...
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece....
Cosco Shipping launches regular container service from the port of Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – On December 7, 2017, the shipping group Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd launched a regular service from...
Greece and China to develop cooperation under Belt and Road initiative
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai has visited Athens and held talks with Greek Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis...
Chinese eye investment in Elefsina port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – The port of Elefsina, in West Attica and 18 km northwest of Piraeus port, is the location of Elefsis...
Piraeus Port Authority S.A. – interim condensed financial information for the period Jan-Jun 2017
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has published “Interim Condensed Financial Information” for the...
ELIME elects president of Greek ports association
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – At a meeting of the General Assembly of ELIME (Association of Greek Ports), Angelos Karakostason was...
Piraeus Port Authority Management visits local Customs Office
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – A meeting of the Director of the 2nd Piraeus Customs Office K. Mourtidis took place with the CEO of...
GEFO opens Greek subsidiary
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – GEFCO Group, a French logistics company, officially opened its Greek subsidiary earlier this month....
Greece launches tender procedures for privatisation of Alimos and Chios marinas
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has issued two separate international public...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – October 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported October 2017...
Regulation Authority for Ports delegation meets in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – A delegation of the Regulation Authority for Ports (RAL), headed by the President Panagiotis, Jason...
Chamber of Greek-Chinese Economic Cooperation directors meet in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Members of the board of directors of Chamber of Greek-Chinese Economic Cooperation have held a meeting...
Chinese delegations visiting Megareon include Cosco representatives
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – On November 4, two Chinese delegations could be found in the Municipality of Megareon. One mission...
Cosco and Trans-IT step up cooperation in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Danish logistics company Trans-it A/S and Cosco, the Chinese shipping company which operates Piraeus...
ABS Cyber holds seminars in Piraeus and Limassol
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – ABS Cyber has held seminars in Athens and Limassol October 17 and 18 respectively) which were attended...
Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...
Attica to acquire HSW shares from Grimaldi
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – Attica Holdings, a subsidiary of Marfin Investment Group (MIG), agreed to the acquisition of 48.53% of...
German ambassador visits Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Jens Plötner, the German ambassador to Greece, has held an informational meeting with the Chief...
Cosco and Skyserv present single platform management system
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cosco Shipping Lines (Greece) SA and Skyserv SA will attend the 6th International Exhibition...