Thessaloniki Port

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.