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Volos

Volos is a city situated on the Eastern coast of central Greece, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia Prefecture. I it is an important industrial centre and a leading ferry port connecting to he nearby Sporades Islands. It is operated by the Port Authority of Volos.

Volos Port Authority has new board members

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) October 10, 2019 – In September, the composition of the new Board of Directors of the Volos Port Authority (OLV SA) was...

Greece to produce regional port sustainability reports

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 7, 2019 – The Greek Minister of Maritime Policy, Yiannis Plakiotakis, has said that the government will carry out...

Port Authority of Volos appoints new board member

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2019 – An Independent Extraordinary General Meeting of the sole shareholder of the Port Authority of Volos was...

Visit of the Executive Chairman of the TAIFA, Mr. Aris Xenofou in Volos

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Aris Xenofos, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund...

Greek government makes statement on regional port privatisation

Statement by the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy on the exploitation of regional ports by the method of sub-porting to investors March 3, 2019...

Volos port to invest €600,000 in car terminal

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – The port of Volos intends to invest €600,000 ($679,989) to build a car terminal on the third pier, a move...

Privatisation of regional Greek ports progresses through parliament

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – A bill on the ratification of the concession contracts granting port authorities control of their ports...

Greek government privatisation agency replaces Volos port president

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has named Pantoleon Skayannis president of Volos...

A different proposal for the port of Volos

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – A new proposal for the redevelopment of Volos port has been submitted which advances simultaneous...

Greece’s HRADF now focuses on third phase of port privatisation

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) is now focused on the third phase of the privatisation...

Greece plans next stage of ports privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...

Greece promotes regional port privatistion

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – “There is great interest in these strategically important ports”, said a senior official of...

Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund to present regional port privatisation report

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – A study on the exploitation of the ten major ports of the country through the concession process is to...

Greece has high expectations for regional port privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Following the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (now managed by China’s COSCO Shipping...

Government announces plans for Volos port

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Volos is one of the state-owned ports which could be privatised by the state asset agency the Hellenic...

Volos Port Authority publishers works progress

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Volos Port Authority, OLB S.A., has published an update on the local projects completed or being...

Alexandroupoli set to be first port privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) is to proceed with plans to privatise the...

Greece will not privatise the smaller ports

Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Greek privatisation, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED), has said that 10...

EU EUROfish project to invest in Mediterranean aquaculture

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 –  A new €7 million ($7.85 million) EU-funded research project titled PerformFISH was launched in Volos,...

Greek state to keep control of some regional ports

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – State sell-off fund TAIPED will retain control of 10 regional ports of international interest, with the aim...

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