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 presents improved results for 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced its financial results for the 2023 financial year. Total...
Med Marine wins contract from Vernicos Scafi Group
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2024 – Med Marine and SVS Maritime, owned by the Vernicos Scafi Group, signed a contract for the construction...
Ports of Greece sees record year for cruises in 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 8, 2024 – In 2023, 49 Greek ports received 5,230 cruise ships and just over 7 million passengers. This is equal to...
Successful completion of CIPORT project in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 3, 2024 – The completion of the CIPORT project in late February, cold Ironing in the Port of Piraeus, was celebrated...
Logistics facilities’ boom near Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 29, 2024 – Greece’s location and attractive asset prices is attracting growing interest in logistics...
Landlocked Serbia seeks stake in Piraeus or Thessaloniki port
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2024 – Landlocked Serbia is interested in buying a 5-10% stake in Greece’s Aegean ports of Thessaloniki or...
Piraeus Port Authority signs MoU with Guangzhou port in China
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Port of Guangzhou in...
ONE excludes Trieste, Piraeus from revised service
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2024 – The ONE (Ocean Network Express) container service which connects the Northern Adriatic with Egypt,...
Piraeus Container Terminal handled 281,800 TEU in January 2024
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) S.A. handled 281,800 TEU in January 2024, down -12.7% on the same...
Kazakhstan, Greece talk Middle Corridor cooperation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – The Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Greece Erlan Baudarbek-Kozhataev has met with the Mayor of the Greek...
Cocaine valued at €2.8 mln seized at Port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – The authorities in Piraeus port have found cocaine valued at €2.8 million hidden in containers. They...
Piraeus port is not part of the European Ports Alliance
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 8, 2024 – Last month, the European Commission announced the formation of the European Ports Alliance. The...
Port of Piraeus inaugurates Ro-Ro terminal expansion
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – The inauguration ceremony for the project “Completion of the Expansion of RoRo – Heracleous...
Piraeus port will have role in distributing IKEA products regionally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 1, 2024 – Inter IKEA Holding and the local retailer Fourlis Group will invest around €70 million in an...
Eurostat: Top 10 passenger ports in the EU
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 29, 2024 – The Eurostat organisation has published a report – Key figures on European transport – 2023....
Piraeus Container Terminal – TEU traffic – 2023
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 17, 2024 – Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) has published its container (TEU) traffic figures for 2023. In 2023,...
First cruise ship of the year arrives at the Port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – Piraeus Port Authority has welcomed the Costa Deliziosa, the first cruise ship to arrive at the port...
Ship Electrification at the Port of Piraeus – Prospects & Challenges
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 13, 2023 – A conference, titled “Ship Electrification at the Port of Piraeus – Prospects and...
EU ports rebounding from pandemic disruptions
News – EUROSTAT – EU ports rebounding from pandemic disruptions – December 5, 2023 In 2022, the total gross weight of seaborne freight...
The development of Piraeus port logistics ecosystem
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 4, 2023 – A new logistics and maritime ecosystem is developing around the Greek Aegean Port of Piraeus, controlled by...