PORT OF PIRAEUS

Piraeus’ port plans ready, awaits Gov’s approval

Reuters reports that Piraeus Port Authority boost its investment plans to lure more businesses. The majority of the port is owned by China’s COSCO shipping, who hopes to make Piraeus port into its gateway to Europe.

The new plan sees additional spending on building and operating a fourth container terminal which will boost Piraeus’ total throughput to 10 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) a year from 7.2 million TEUs now, and a much smaller mall.

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COSCO plans new terminal at Piraeus Port

Cosco, the operator of Piraeus port, plans to build a fourth cargo pier, expanding its total investment in the port by 200 million euros to a total of 800 million, well-informed sources say.

In the new master plan it will submit for approval on August 20, after discussions with the government, the Piraeus Port Authority will include the construction of a fourth pier (Pier IV) with a capacity of 2.8 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), just east of the current Pier I.

The aim is to expand...

https://container-news.com/cosco-plans-new-terminal-piraeus-port/

Greek PM unveils maritime boost plan

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a three-pronged plan to boost Greece’s maritime fortunes during a visit to the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy in the port city of Piraeus on Thursday, August 8.

In comments after talks with Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis, the prime minister said that the first part of the initiative will comprise measures to make the Greek flag more attractive to Greek shipowners, who control the world’s largest merchant fleet. He also spoke of...

https://container-news.com/greek-pm-unveils-maritime-boost-plan/

Record amount of amphetamine Captagon seized at Port of Piraeus

Greek authorities have seized what they claim to be the world’s largest single haul of super-charged amphetamine Captagon pills, worth more than half a billion euros, onboard a container ship which arrived from Syria at Port of Piraeus, on Friday, 28 June.

Hellenic Coastguard and drug enforcement officers seized three containers full of the amphetamines, according to data provided by the Greek financial crimes unit (SDOE).

The total recovered amount of Captagon drug tablets amounted 5.25 tonnes,...

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Piraeus port welcomes “Athens Highway”

The Motor Vessel “Athens Highway” welcomed on Monday, June 3rd, 2019, at its first call at the Car Terminal of the port of Piraeus, the PPA CEO Capt. Fu Chengqiu and other executives of PPA S.A. and handed an honorary plaque to the captain of the ship Cpt. Kalin Dimov, as well as books on the ship’s library.

The ship is 200 m. long and 32 m. wide, its capacity is 5,100 units and serves the line “Far East – Piraeus – Northern Europe” and “Northern Europe – South Africa – Far East” on behalf of...

https://container-news.com/piraeus-port-athens-highway/

Livestock carrier catches fire at Port of Piraeus

Fire took place erupted on board the livestock carrier Boi Branco, which was berthed at Piraeus port, Greece, in the morning May 30. As of now, the extent of the damages or the cause of the fire is not known, while no injuries were reported.

After the fire was reported, tugs, boats, fire engines and teams were deployed in fire fighting.

As the fire department reported, the fire was extinguished in several hours.

At the time of the incident, the vessel was in ballast, while it did not have any...

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Greek and Chinese experts applaud Belt and Road initiative

According to Xinhua, experts in Greece praised the development the Port of Piraeus is experiencing, under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) during a two-day seminar. The event was a joint initiative by the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation in Greece and the Tsinghua University in China.

Mainly, the event ‘China, Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean’ took place in Piraeus, where Athanasios Platias, a professor at the University of Piraeus reported to Xinhua that

Greece historically...

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Mega container vessel suffered collision in Piraeus

The Coast Guard (Keratsini) of the Central Port Authority of Piraeus was informed that during the mooring operations of the mega container ship “THALASSA ELPIDA” flag of Singapore, the vessel collided with pier during berthing early in the morning May 1 in Piraeus, Greece.

Only material damage was reported from the incident. No injury was reported and no marine pollution was observed.

The container ship is still in Piraeus and is detained for survey.

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Port of Piraeus looks for ways to tackle environmental issues

Port of Piraeus, Greece’s major port is taking measures to tackle ship pollution from vessels and activities in the area, the Piraeus Port Authority informed Xinhua. The environmental measures focus on efficiently managing waste, monitoring the noise, water and air quality, energy efficiency and energy savings through technological advances.

As Chrysanthi Kontogiorgi, head of PPA’s environmental department, informed Xinhua

We elaborated an integrated environmentally assessment study which...

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