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.
Sale of 67% of Thessaloniki Port Authority to be signed Dec 15, 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 25, 2017 – Sotiris Theophanis has said that the agreement for the sale of a 67% holding in the Thessaloniki...
GEFO opens Greek subsidiary
Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – GEFCO Group, a French logistics company, officially opened its Greek subsidiary earlier this month....
Greece launches tender procedures for privatisation of Alimos and Chios marinas
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has issued two separate international public...
Port of Heraklion opens new cruise terminal
Heraklion, Greece (PortSEurope) November 19, 2017 – The Port of Heraklion has celebrated the official opening of the upgraded cruise terminal. In...
Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – October 2017 container terminal statistics
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported October 2017...
Kavala port issues tender
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Kavala Port Authority (OLK S.A.) is to invite offers via public auction for the use of open-air space...
Regulation Authority for Ports delegation meets in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – A delegation of the Regulation Authority for Ports (RAL), headed by the President Panagiotis, Jason...
Kavala Port Authority informs tax office of debt
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – The Board of the Kavala Port Authority (OLK S.A.) has decided to inform the tax office of the...
WGCATCH fisheries meeting in Kavala this week
Kavala, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – From November 6-10, 2017, the Annual Meeting of the Pan-European WGCATCH, the International Council for...
Chinese delegations visiting Megareon include Cosco representatives
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – On November 4, two Chinese delegations could be found in the Municipality of Megareon. One mission...
Thessaloniki Port Authority announces board of director appointment
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 4, 2017 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (THPA) has announced that Konstantinos Christogiannis has...
Cosco and Trans-IT step up cooperation in Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Danish logistics company Trans-it A/S and Cosco, the Chinese shipping company which operates Piraeus...
ABS Cyber holds seminars in Piraeus and Limassol
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – ABS Cyber has held seminars in Athens and Limassol October 17 and 18 respectively) which were attended...
Thessaloniki port sees increased trade in first three quarters of 2017
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – In the first three quarters of 2017, total tonnage from Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA)...
Athens-Thessaloniki high-speed rail service set for January 2018 start
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Preparations are going ahead for the first high-speed connection between Athens and Thessaloniki...
Thessaloniki Port privatisation sent to Court of Auditors for approval
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – The file of the preferred investor for the privatisation of the Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A....
Poland and Ukraine sign Via Carpathia transport agreement
Kiev, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 28, 2017 – A memorandum of cooperation for the construction of a trans-European transport route was signed by Poland...