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 to become Mediterranean’s largest port in one and half years
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Chinese ports group COSCO Shipping Ports Limited expects Piraeus port to become the largest harbour in the...
COSCO interim results 2018 – Piraeus, Kumport, Noatum, Vado terminals information
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has announced results for the six months ended 30 June 2018. Key...
Chinese TV interviews Piraeus Port Authority CEO Fu Chengqiu
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – CGTN, a Chinese international English-language news channel of the state-owned China Global Television...
Romania to propose Gdansk-Constanta ports rail corridor overhaul
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Romania’s government plans to propose a project for the overhaul of a 3,663 km rail route linking...
Greece’s Chania municipal fund investing in Gavdos port upgrade
Gavdos, Greece (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – Greece’s Municipal Port Fund of Chania has launched a project to upgrade the infrastructure of Gavdos port...
Greece investing €3.7 million in new Ithaca port
Ithaca, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has examined the project for the construction of the Piso Aetos port on...
Greek customs association says reduction of working time of Thessaloniki port’s office is justified
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2018 – Greece’s association of customs agents OTYE has said the reaction of operators following the...
Greece rejects Piraeus port’s application for shipyard construction
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 21, 2018 – Greece’s economy ministry has rejected the application of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) for the...
Greek companies to oppose limit to customs working hours at Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – Companies active at Greece’s Thessaloniki port have criticised the decision of the...
Greece to invest €3.9 million in dock construction at Syros port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Greece’s South Aegean Region plans to invest €3.92 million ($4.47 million) in the construction of a...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – July 2018 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported July 2018...
U.N. Ro-Ro extends storage licence at Patras port
Patras, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Turkish shipper U.N. Ro-Ro has requested to the Patras Port Authority to extend its license to use the...
Greece’s Chania port to handle 95,000 cruise passengers in Jan-Aug
Chania, Greece (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Greece’s Chania port, located on Crete island, expects to handle about 95,000 cruise passengers in the...
Piraeus port masterplan talks are slowing
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The negotiations on the master plan of Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) remain behind schedule, due to...
Ekol starts regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio and Sète ports
Lavrio, Greece (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – Ekol, the Turkish logistics company, is to begin a regular Ro-Ro service between Lavrio port, Greece,...
Greece to invest €8.4 million in Athinios port jetty repair
Athinios, Greece (Ports Europe) August 10, 2018 – The Greek government is to invest €8.4 million ($9.7 million) in a project for the repair of...
Tender for Alexandroupoli port privatisation set for autumn
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) July 29, 2018 – The opening of the tender procedure for the divestment of activities at the port of Alexandroupoli,...