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Volos

Volos is a city situated on the Eastern coast of central Greece, about 326 km north of Athens and 215 km south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia Prefecture. I it is an important industrial centre and a leading ferry port connecting to he nearby Sporades Islands. It is operated by the Port Authority of Volos.

Government minister visits the Volos Port Authority

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) December 20, 2022 – Last week, the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Ioannis Plakiotakis, and the General Secretary of...

Mediterranean Gas launches market test ARGO FSRU, Volos

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) November 3, 2022 – Mediterranean Gas officially launches the market test for the capacity allocation at ARGO FSRU import...

Privatisation of Port of Volos to start

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) October 3, 2022 – The privatisation of Port of Volos is to start with the sale of a 67% shareholding. Volos Port Authority...

Greece announces timetable for port and marina privatisation

Athens, Greece (PortSEurope) November 24, 2021 – The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...

Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund visits Port of Volos

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) November 1, 2021 – The Port Authority of Volos (OSE) has hosted a visit of Thanasis Ziliaskopoulos, presdient, the Hellenic...

Port Authority of Volos holds user council

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) March 23, 2021 – The Port of Volos Users Council, chaired by the Managing Director of the Port of Volos Socrates Anagnostos,...

U.S. ambassador to Greece sees investment in local ports

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) February 12, 2021 – Speaking at a 2021 New Year’s Reception, U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, said that...

Volos port to proceed with pier extension study

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – The Ministry of Shipping has approved a study for the completion of pier No. 3, a proposal submitted for...

Volos port signs tender for reachstacker containers

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – The Managing Director of Volos Port Authority, Socrates Anagnostou, and the Managing Director of...

Greece pushes ahead with regional port privatisation

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) April 1, 2020 – State-owned Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), responsible for privatising Greek state-owned...

Analysis – Local Goldair to join U.S. companies in bid for regional Greek ports concessions?

Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – U.S. interest in investing in the privatisation of Greek regional ports is intensifying as the...

Volos port and EESYM meet for development talks

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – Michalis Adamantiades, President of the Hellenic Chamber of Transport Business Association (EESYM), has...

U.S. Ambassador Pyatt indicates Washington interest in Alexandroupolis port

Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) January 27, 2020 – Speaking at the Amcham New Year 2020 event, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt repeated U.S....

Christian Kalogirou, General Secretary of the Aegean and Island Policy, visits Volos port

Greece (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – Yesterday, the General Secretary of the Aegean and Island Policy, Christiana Kalogirou, visited the offices of...

Volos Port Authority has new board members

Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) October 10, 2019 – In September, the composition of the new Board of Directors of the Volos Port Authority (OLV SA) was...

Greece to produce regional port sustainability reports

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) September 7, 2019 – The Greek Minister of Maritime Policy, Yiannis Plakiotakis, has said that the government will carry out...

Visit of the Executive Chairman of the TAIFA, Mr. Aris Xenofou in Volos

Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Aris Xenofos, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund...

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