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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki is a port in Northeast Greece in the North Aegean Sea. It is operated by Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA). It was privatised in March 2018, and was operated by South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT) Ltd, a consortium, in turn, then owned by Germany’s Deutsche Invest Equity Partners (DIEP) 47%; France’s CMA CGM (Terminal Link) 33% and Savvidis Group (Cyprus-registered Belterra Investments) 20%. Terminal Link is 49% owned by China Merchants Port Holding, which is controlled by the Chinese state. In February 2021, Russian billionaire of Greek origin, born in Georgia, Ivan Savvidis, acquired the 47% stake in the port owned by DIEP. Savidis, “the Russian tsar of Thessaloniki”, according to local media, now controls 67% of Greece’s second largest port.

Government representatives visit the Thessaloniki Port Authority

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 27, 2024 – The Director of the Prime Minister’s Office in Parliament and Head of the Prime...

Port of Thessaloniki to handle electric buses from China

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Next month, the Port of Thessaloniki is set to receive 110 new, electric buses. The vehicles were...

Cruise season starts in Port of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Last Saturday, the cruise season started in Port of Thessaloniki with the arrival of...

Thessaloniki Port Authority appoints CFO

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2024 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) has appointed Spyros Stamou as its Chief Financial...

Four parties interested in Pier 6 expansion – Port of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) December 25, 2023 – The process of submitting offers for the 1st Stage – Pre-qualification of the Tender for the...

Thessaloniki Port Authority has joined the ATHEX ESG Index

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 19, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has joined the ATHEX ESG Index. Run by the Athens Stock...

Thessaloniki Port Users’ Council meets to discuss common issues

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) November 22, 2023 – The Thessaloniki Port Users’ Council met yesterday to discuss issues of common interest and...

Thessaloniki Port Authority relaunches tender for Pier 6

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) November 15, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) will relaunch the tender process for the project...

Thessaloniki as a gateway to Southeast Europe for East Port Said, Egypt

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2023 – East Port Said, at the northern entrance of the Suez Canal, sees the Greek Aegean port of...

Police find 60 kg of cocaine in Port of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 18, 2023 – Following a month-long operation, police in Piraeus have discovered 60 kg of cocaine. The police believe...

Port of Varna hosts trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit

Varna, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) October 9, 2023 – This week, the Port of Varna will host a trilateral Greece-Bulgaria-Romania summit. The meeting will...

Thessaloniki Port Authority: Strategic Investment in the Port of Volos

Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA S.A.): Strategic Investment in the Port of Volos – Thessaloniki, October 4, 2023 On September 28, 2023, the Board of...

First underwater cleaning at the Port of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) October 2, 2023 – In the framework of its initiatives for the protection of the marine environment and the advancement...

Thessaloniki Port Authority announces first half results

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) September 27, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority has announced financial and throughput results for the first half of...

Thessaloniki and Gdansk ports sign cooperation agreement

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 14, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A. has signed a new cooperation with the Port of Gdańsk...

Thessaloniki Port Authority and Ashdod Port, Israel, plan cooperation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) August 8, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) and Ashdod Port, Israel, have announced a cooperation agreement....

Greece develops logistics

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) June 1, 2023 – Greece is welcoming fresh investment in its logistics sector on the background of its successful port...

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