Greece's Prime minister Alexis Tsipras is set to visit Beijing early July provided a number of outstanding issues are resolved including approval of the EUR368.5m ($412m) sale of the Piraeus Port Authority¹s (PPA) concession to Cosco Pacific.

Greek Prime minister Alexis Tsipras kicked off Posidonia 2016 on 6 June in the presence heads of states, European Union officials, Greek cabinet members, foreign maritime ministers, board members of the Union of Greek Shipowners, chairmen of...

Since the start of 2014 European shipowners have been in expansion mode, primarily driven by the Greeks.

Union of Greek Shipowners president, Theodore Veniamis has called for closer co-operation and the further development of synergies between the Greek and Cypriot shipping communities.

Greece priorities were brought into focus mid-month when construction was launched on a 550km (342-mile) section of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), to bring gas from the vast Azerbaijani Shah Deniz 2 field, western Turkey to Greece, Albania and...

The “shipping crisis” seems to have had little impact on Greece's major owners as the largest owners have increased in number and their fleets are bigger.

The long touted privatisation of Piraeus port is at an end … almost and both Greece and China are now talking about the benefits they hope to glean from the EUR368.5m ($412m) deal between Greece’s privatisation fund and China Cosco Shipping...

China Cosco Shipping finally got its hands on Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, 8 April when it signed a share purchase agreement with the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) to acquire a 67% stake in the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA).

Piraeus port, one of the world’s largest passenger ports, is ISPS compliant….or is it? With thousands of the 45,000 refugees now stranded in Greece, milling around within the confines of the port’s perimeter, not only impeding the smooth operation...

Major Chinese port operator Cosco Pacific saw 2015 full-year net profit rise by 30% to $381.6m on the back of a writeback of provisions on the disposal of its stake in China International Marine Containers. Without the extraordinary gain however...