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Igoumenitsa

Igoumenitsa is a coastal city in northwestern Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Thesprotia. Igoumenitsa is the chief port of Thesprotia and Epirus, and one of the largest passenger ports of Greece, connecting northwestern Mainland Greece with the Ionian Islands and Italy. It is operated by Igoumenitsa Port Authority S.A.

Igoumenitsa port set to finish pier construction

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 7, 2018 – Construction of the side-mooring pier in the port of Igoumenitsa is ongoing. The pier should be...

Greece’s HRADF now focuses on third phase of port privatisation

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) September 5, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) is now focused on the third phase of the privatisation...

Greece plans next stage of ports privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 30, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...

Greece looks at pubic-private partnership model for regional port privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – At the Jean Monnet symposium on “The Future of European Port Policy” on the island of Chios,...

Privatisation of Greek regional ports progressing

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), the state privatisation agency, is expected to...

After Thessaloniki port, Greece plans further port privatisations

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) March 27, 2018 – Following the privatisation of Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A., now operated by South Europe Gateway...

Greece promotes regional port privatistion

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 19, 2018 – “There is great interest in these strategically important ports”, said a senior official of...

Greece has high expectations for regional port privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Following the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (now managed by China’s COSCO Shipping...

Alexandroupoli set to be first port privatisation

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) August 31, 2017 – the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) is to proceed with plans to privatise the...

Greece will not privatise the smaller ports

Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Greek privatisation, Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF/TAIPED), has said that 10...

Poseidon Med II holds LNG event in Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The present and the future of the shipbuilding industry in Greece towards LNG as fuel era, was the focus...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Greek state to keep control of some regional ports

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – State sell-off fund TAIPED will retain control of 10 regional ports of international interest, with the aim...

European ports start project supporting sustainable mobility

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) February 20, 2017 – Representatives of the management of Valencia, Igoumenitsa, Dürres, Kotor and Limassol ports officially...

Greek shipping ministry announces plan for regional ports

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) January 17, 2017 – The Greek Minister of Shipping & Island Policy has announced privatisation plans for the ports...

Minoan replaces Trieste with Venice in ferry route connecting Ancona to Greece

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 19, 2017 – Minoan Grimaldi Lines has changed the route of its ferry line connecting Ancona to the Greek ports of...

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