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Piraeus Port Authority S.A.

Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) is a Greece-based company which manages and operates Piraeus port. The main activities of PPA are ships’ anchoring services, handling cargo, loading and unloading services as well as goods storage and car transportation. Under a 2016 Greek privatisation deal, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd bought a 51% stake in PPA for €280 million ($328 million). It then committed to mandatory investments worth about €294 million over five years to purchase an additional 16% stake for €88 million.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, New Democracy politician visits Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the New Democracy political party and Leader of the Opposition, has...

COSCO’s European container terminals see improved performance in Q1 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – In the first three months of 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw...

COSCO hotel proposal for Piraeus port hotels approved

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Greek Culture Ministry’s Central Council for Modern Monuments has approved a proposal submitted by...

Ambassadors visit Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – In the presence of China Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue, ambassadors of approximately 30 countries made...

Greece’s Central Archaeological Council halts COSCO’s Piraeus port investment plan

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) declared two-fifths of the municipality of Piraeus as an...

Piraeus Port Authority presents 2018 financial results to the Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The annual briefing to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) of the results of Piraeus Port...

Piraeus Port Authority sign labour agreement

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced the signing of the New Collective Labour Agreement with the...

Piraeus Port Authority details environmental plan

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 24, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has published a press release details its environmental policy. PPA...

COSCO’s Piraeus port development plan receives partial approval

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee gave a partial approval of the master plan of...

Piraeus Port Authority reports 19.2% revenue increase in 2018

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported revenue of...

COSCO signs agreement with another Mediterranean port

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – As well as high profile contracts to manage entire ports and port terminals around the Mediterranean...

Memorandum of Understanding between Piraeus and ports of Venice and Chioggia to strengthen cargo flows

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – The CEO of Piraeus Port Authority Sa (PPA), Captain Fu Chengqiu, and the President of Autorita’ di...

Piraeus port turning into a gate for counterfeit and undervalued Chinese goods

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Greece will be fined more than €200 million ($226.76 million) by the European Union’s Anti-Fraud...

Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...

Duisburg port chairman visits Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Erich Staake, Chairman of the Board of Duisburger Hafen AG, has visited Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA)...

Piraeus Port Authority appoints new manager of Internal Audit Service

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has announced the appointment of Evgenia Pantelopoulou as Manager of...

Copelouzos group chairman visits Piraeus port authority

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Dimitris Copelouzos, Chairman and Managing Director of the Copelouzos group, has visited the Piraeus...

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