Ports

Chinese and Greek representatives of public and private sectors explored potential to boost bilateral cooperation on shipping and trade during an investment event on Tuesday (April 25). Organized by Shanghai’s Pilot Free Trade Zone Lingang Special Area at the premises of Piraeus Port Authority S.A., (PPA) a member of China’s COSCO Shipping group, the event was attended by Chen Jinshan, a member

Luka Koper, the operator of Slovenia’s Port of Koper expects to end 2021 with 996 thousand TEUs handled, which represents a new historic record, the port operator said on Thursday (Dec. 30), On Wednesday (Dec. 29), the Container terminal of the Port of Koper beat the previous container throughput record of 988,501 TEUs set in 2018. “This is an important milestone, especially

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Greece’s privatisations agency, completed on Wednesday (Oct. 6) the transfer through Athens Stock Exchange of the 16% stake of PPA S.A. (Piraeus Port Authority) to Chinese port operator COSCO SHIPPING (Hong Kong) Co., Limited. The transaction followed the amendment of the Concession Agreement between the Greek State with PPA S.A. and its ratification by the

The redevelopment of Larnaca Port and Marina amounting to €1.2 billion is on track as the final touches are added to the blueprints before the Cypriot-Israeli consortium takes over on April 1, 2022. Founded in Cyprus in 2018, Kition Ocean Holdings Ltd (a consortium, composing of investors Eldeman Holding BV and Alexandrou Corporate Services Ltd) was the winner of the government’s international public

March was an extremely positive month for the operations of the Container Terminal of the Port of Paranagua, Brazil´s largest port for grains. Last month, 95,633 TEUs (Twenty-foot container units) were imported and exported. The figure represents growth of 24% compared to the same month of 2020 (72,791 TEUs) and was mainly driven by the movement of refrigerated containers, with 16,475 TEUs