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.
Diana Containerships reports results for 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Diana Containerships Inc, a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of containerships,...
Piraeus Container Terminal sees over 18% increase in January 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...
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...
Greek parliament debates regional port privatisation
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The Greek government has started debating the issue of regional port privatisation which could lead...
Alexandroupolis port looks to expand regional influence
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – “Logistics of Northern Greece and the role of the Port of Alexandroupolis” was the...
Three binding offers for the marina of Alimos, Greece
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has received three binding offers for the tender...
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...
Corfu to receive EU funds for port developments
Corfu, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – The Port Authority of Corfu has announced the approval of the following projects of strategic importance...
MSC and Heraklion port discuss cooperation
Heraklion, Crete, Greece (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – The Port Authority of Heraklion SA and MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company have met to...
Priority of government is the development of the port of Alexandroupolis
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Secretary General for Ports, Port Policy and Maritime Investment Christos Lambridis has said that...
Greek, Russian governments discuss cooperation in port sector
Saint Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – A meeting of the Russian-Greek Mixed Maritime Commission has been held in St. Petersburg, January...
COSCO’s Piraeus Container Terminal sees 2018 container throughput up 19.4%
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, gas reported...
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...
Croatian Ambassador Aleksandar Sunko visits Port Authority of Igoumenitsa
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Croatian Ambassador Aleksandar Sunko visited the Port Authority of Igoumenitsa SA on January 22,...
Greek ports cruise traffic rises 3.5% in 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – Greek ports handled 4.79 million cruise passengers in 2018, up 3.5%, the association of Greek ports...
Livorno port hosts joint Greek & Chinese meeting
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – The China-Piraeus-Livorno axis was discussed during a meeting attended by the honorary consul of the...