Thessaloniki Port
Deadline to bid on Volos port up soon
The deadline to submit binding bids for a 67% stake in Volos Port Authority is August 22 and will not be extended, Kathimerini understands.
Of finalists summoned to submit binding bids, seven are said to still be actively interested.
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New ferry service launched between Thessaloniki, İzmir
Despite the growing tensions between Greece and Türkiye, the ports of Thessaloniki and İzmir were connected by ferry as of Oct. 12.
The maiden voyage was set from Thessaloniki to İzmir with "Smyrna di Levante," a vessel that is 160 meters in length and 23 meters in width and is owned by the Greek-based shipping company, Levante Ferries.
TAIPED to sell stakes in four regional ports
Greece plans to sell majority stakes in four ports as part of a privatization plan agreed with its lenders after the country exited the bailouts in 2018, a document from the state privatization agency (TAIPED) showed on Tuesday.
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Resilient Futures | Thessaloniki | To September 23
In cooperation with the Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (PCAI), the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki has put together a group exhibition that symbolically joins the country's two most important ports, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.
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Greece to boost privatisations
The head of Greece’s privatisations agency (HRADF) said on July 6 that it will make up for a revenue shortfall last year by raising a total €6bn by 2018. privatisations.
In 2016, for instance, Greece raised €500m from asset sales. Its target was €2bn.
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TAIPED calls for improved Thessaloniki Port bids
Greece's privatization agency (TAIPED) asked on Friday for improved financial bids from short-listed investors seeking to buy a majority stake in its second-largest port.
TAIPED got three offers last month for the sale of a 67 percent stake in Thessaloniki Port, which is required as part of Greece's international bailout.
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Greece to open Thessaloniki port financial bids this week
Greece will this week ask for improved financial bids from shortlisted investors seeking to buy a majority stake in its second-largest port, two officials said on Tuesday.
Greece gets three bids for Thessaloniki Port
Greece has received three binding bids for a majority stake in its second-largest port in Thessaloniki, the country's privatizations agency said on Saturday.
Phillipines-based International Container Terminal Services (ICTS), Dubai-based P&O Steam Navigation Company (DP World) and German private equity firm Deutsche Invest Equity Partners submitted offers, it said.
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OLTH head confirms four candidates
Four foreign investors are expected to bid for a majority stake in Greece's Thessaloniki Port (OLTH) on Friday, the offer deadline, the port's top executive said on Wednesday.
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Completed privatizations will not be canceled, assures gov't source
Greece does not plan to undo privatizations that have already been completed but will only reassess state divestments that were in the previous government's pipeline, a government official said on Thursday.
"We will not cancel completed privatizations," the government official who declined to be named told Reuters.