Piraeus port has never witnessed such glory, PCT employee says

Sarantos Zilakos, a young Greek electrical engineer, is leaving work each afternoon since 2011 with a warm smile on his face. He returns home to his wife and 17-month-old daughter proud, because he feels he is making his own contribution to a major project that has been praised internationally as a success story of bilateral cooperation between Greece and China.

Zilakos, 31, is working at the department of cranes maintenance at Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT), a Cosco Shipping subsidiary which runs the site in the past seven years posting impressive results.

Piraeus has never witnessed such glory, he told Xinhua in a recent interview as state leaders were gathering at Beijing to discuss the Belt and Road Initiative in which Greece's largest port holds a key role.

After the Chinese investment at PCT piers have been expanded and upgraded, modern cranes have been...