Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki is a port in Northeast Greece in the North Aegean Sea. It is operated by Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA). It was privatised in March 2018, and was operated by South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT) Ltd, a consortium, in turn, then owned by Germany’s Deutsche Invest Equity Partners (DIEP) 47%; France’s CMA CGM (Terminal Link) 33% and Savvidis Group (Cyprus-registered Belterra Investments) 20%. Terminal Link is 49% owned by China Merchants Port Holding, which is controlled by the Chinese state. In February 2021, Russian billionaire of Greek origin, born in Georgia, Ivan Savvidis, acquired the 47% stake in the port owned by DIEP. Savidis, “the Russian tsar of Thessaloniki”, according to local media, now controls 67% of Greece’s second largest port.
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...
Italian shipping companies sign partnership deal with Greece’s Gigilinis
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Italian shipping firms Rimorchiatori Mediterranei SpA, Gesmar SpA and Fratelli Neri SpA have signed a...
Thessaloniki port-based Gigilinis Shipping signs Italian partnership
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Three leading Italian shipowners, Rimorchiatori Mediterranei, Gesmar and Fratelli Neri, have signed...
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...
Sale of 67% of Thessaloniki Port Authority to be signed Dec 15, 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – Sotiris Theophanis has said that the agreement for the sale of a 67% holding in the Thessaloniki...
GEFO opens Greek subsidiary
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – GEFCO Group, a French logistics company, officially opened its Greek subsidiary earlier this month....
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces board of director appointment
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 4, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) has announced that Konstantinos Christogiannis has...
Thessaloniki port sees increased trade in first three quarters of 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017, total tonnage from Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA)...
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...
Thessaloniki Port privatisation sent to Court of Auditors for approval
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The file of the preferred investor for the privatisation of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A....
Poland and Ukraine sign Via Carpathia transport agreement
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – A memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a trans-European transport route was signed by Poland...
Thessaloniki receives final shipments for pipeline project
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – On October 10, 2017, the last shipment of steel line-pipes for the construction of the Trans...
Thessaloniki port privatisation stalls
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – At the end of June, the consortium of Deutsche Invest Equity Partners, Belterra Investments and...
APL adds four new port calls to Asia-Europe services
Singapore (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – APL has announced the addition of Durrës (Albania) and Thessaloniki (Greece) as new ports of call to its...
Thessaloniki Port Authority: Tax compliance report for the tax year 2016
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A, has announced that the Τax Αudit for the tax year 2016 was...
Greece-China, meeting of the 12th Interministerial Committee in Athens
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Greece and China discussed strengthening trade and investment exchanges during the 12th...
Customs issue reduces work hours at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Due to no agreement being reached between the Greek association of customs officers (OTYE) and...
Minister visits Thessaloniki Port Authority
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Greek Minister of Economy and Development, Dimitris Papadimitriou, has received Thessaloniki...
Ferrovie dello stato Italiane to takeover TrainOSE
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello stato Italiane will sign a final agreement to take...
AMNA organises “New Silk Road” forum
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Representatives of 25 national news agencies from China, the Balkans, Central and Southern...