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.
COSCO sets up OceanRail Logistics in Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Chinese COSCO Shipping and Ports Limited has announced the setting up of OceanRail Logistics S.A. The...
Resignation of Deputy CEO and CFO of Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – The management of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the resignation of Deputy CEO and CFO...
Thessaloniki Port Authority sees record container numbers in 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) closed 2017 with more than 400,000 TEUs being transported,...
European Investment Bank to support Thessaloniki port development
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – The “green light” for the consolidation of Thessaloniki’s seafront, from...
Thessaloniki Port Authority calls extraordinary shareholders general meeting for January 25, 2018
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 31,2017 – The Board of Directors of Organismos Limenos Thessalonikis Societe Anonyme (Thessaloniki Port...
Signing of new collective agreement in Piraeus Port Authority
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has announced the signing of the new Collective Labour Agreement...
HDRAF signs sale of Thessaloniki Port Authority to South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki Limited
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the state privatisation agency, has issued a...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – November 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco Shipping Ports group, has reported November...
EU rules that Greece should recover state aid from Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Greece’s appeal against the European Commission, the EU Court, for Piraeus Port Authority...
Measures for the removal of dangerous and harmful ships from the ports of Piraeus and Elefsina
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Panayiotis Kourouplis, yesterday gave instructions to take...
APL enhances India Pakistan-Mediterranean Express Service with new port calls
APL, December 15, 2017 APL today announced the addition of three new port calls to its weekly India Pakistan-Mediterranean Express Service (IPM). The new ports...
CPMR takes part in BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on December 13-14, in Piraeus
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, December 13, 2017 The CPMR took part in the BLUES project’s kick-off meeting on 13-14 December in Piraeus, Greece....
Thessaloniki Port Authority privatisation delayed until December 21
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The Greek state privatisation agency, TAIPED (Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund), has...
World Economic Forum – Global Competitive Index 2017-2018 – Port Infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The World Economic Forum reports that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects...
Greece and China to develop cooperation under Belt and Road initiative
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai has visited Athens and held talks with Greek Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis...
Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues discusses China role in the Mediterranean
Rome, Italy, December 6, 2017 – The Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues, which took place in Rome a few days ago, gave politicians, bankers and...
Piraeus Port Authority S.A. – interim condensed financial information for the period Jan-Jun 2017
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has published “Interim Condensed Financial Information” for the...