Greece
Greece is a republic in Southern Europe at the end of the Balkan Peninsula; it borders the Mediterranean, Ionian and Aegean Seas; member of the European Union (EU); the port scene is dominated by the Port of Piraeus, the port of capital city Athens; under a 2016 privatisation deal, COSCO Shipping Ports bought a 51% stake in Piraeus Port Authority for €280 million and committed to mandatory investments worth about €294 million over five years to later buy an additional 16% stake. It now holds a 67% stake.
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,...
ONEX Shipyards wins Algerian ferry service contract
Elefsina, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2024 – The Onex group has won two contracts from ENTMV (Algérie Ferries) for the repair and maintenance of...
Piraeus Port Authority: 5th Balkans & Black Sea Forum
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 20, 2024 – The Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) has hosted this year’s 5th Balkans & Black Sea Forum (BBSF...
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...
Greece plans tourist port investment
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2024 – On January 31, 2024, the period for submitting investment projects as part of the Call for Expressions...
Port of Thessaloniki to handle electric buses from China
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Next month, the Port of Thessaloniki is set to receive 110 new, electric buses. The vehicles were...
Thessaloniki Port Authority appoints CFO
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has appointed Spyros Stamou as its Chief Financial...
90POE and Harbor Lab join forces
90POE and Harbor Lab join forces to set a new standard in efficiency and transparency of port operations and disbursement management Athens, January 31, 2024...
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...
Bulgaria and Greece to build up military transport capacity
Sofia, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) January 22, 2024 – The Bulgarian government has said that it will invest around 6 billion euros in transport connections....
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...
Port of Heraklion reports improved cruise ship business in 2023
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) January 4, 2024 – In 2023, cruise traffic in the port of Heraklion increased by +50%, with a record 382,981...
Attica Group signs Mou with ONEX Shipyards
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) December 21, 2023 – The Attica Group and ONEX Shipyards have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) for the repair and...