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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.

HRADF participates in the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED) will participate in the 82nd...

Board of Directors member resigns from Thessaloniki Port Authority

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. has announced that George Tozidis has submitted his resignation...

Greece to take advantage of strategic position via rail link project with Bulgaria, Tsipras says

Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has said the project for the launch of a railway corridor linking the...

Bulgaria-Greece port railway connection project needs investment of €5 billion

Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s transport minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said the total investment in the railway...

Bulgarian PM says port link project with Greece will boost energy, transport, tourist sectors

Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Bulgaria’s prime minister Boyko Borisov has said the launch of a railway connection between...

New railway connection agreement between Greece and Bulgaria

Kavala, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – A memorandum of understanding between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection will be signed...

Greece hopes to attract interest of French investors in Thessaloniki port privatisation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – The Greek government prepares for the visit of French president Emmanuel Macron on September 7-8 in a...

Shipping agents warn against elimination of customs’ night shift at Thessaloniki port

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Association of Shipping Agents of Thessaloniki has expressed its concern with the decision of...

Greece’s Thessaloniki port can face problems with customs service

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Thessaloniki port can face problems with the delivery of customs service, as the Greek association of...

Six port multimodal corridor between Greece and Bulgaria

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – By the end of July, Greece and Bulgaria will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the...

Thessaloniki Port Authority – annual general shareholders meeting

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. announced the results of its Annual General Meeting of the...

Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime capital

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Ernst & Young (EY) has produced a report entitled “Re-positioning Greece as a global maritime...

Ekol to expand Greek logistics network

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The Turkish logistics group Ekol is set to expand its business operations in Greece. Dimitris Batakis,...

Thessaloniki Port Authority announces 2016 dividend

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) has announced that the dividend for the financial year 2016...

Bulgaria and Greece to build a multimodal corridor between Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Danube

Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Bulgaria and Greece have announced that they plan to extend the multimodal transport corridor between the...

Kombiverkehr reports on Greek and Turkish ports traffic

Frankfurt, Germany (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – At a shareholders meeting, Kombiverkehr (Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten...

Foundation forecasts state benefits of Thessaloniki port privatisation

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 25, 2017 – A report by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) says that the privatisation...

Deutsche Invest, Belterra Investments,Terminal Link nominated preferred investor for Τhessaloniki Port Authority

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – On June 19, 2017, the Board of Directors of Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF)...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Thessaloniki Port Authority – shareholders meeting

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) June 18, 2017 – The Board of Directors of the Limited Company with the corporate name Organismos Limenos...

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