The shipping platform

Location: Piraeus lies on the Saronikos Gulf towards the SE of the mainland. General overview: It is the major port in Greece and is the port for Athens, handling most cargoes and large number of cruise/ferry passengers. The Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping owns the port. The port complex consists of three sectors: The Passenger Port (Central), The Commercial Port (Hercules/Drapetsona) and The Ship Repair Zone (Perama). Imports include coal, petrol, oil, timber, metal and industrial products. ● Container terminal: The container part of the port is made up of three terminals: -Terminal 1 with a total capacity of 1,1 million TEUs, -Terminal 2 with a total capacity of 3 million TEUs and -Terminal 3, completed in 2016 with a total capacity of roughly 2,7 million TEUs. ● Cargo terminal The cargo terminal has a storage area of 180,000 m2 and an annual traffic capacity of 25,000,000 tonnes. ● Automobile terminal The Port of Piraeus has two car terminals of approximately 190,000 m2, storage capacity of 12,000 cars and a transshipment capacity of 670,000 units per year. In latest year the automobile terminal handled 430,000 automobiles, 100,000 for the local market and 330,000 transhipments. ● Passenger terminal The Port of Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe and one of the largest passenger ports in the world. It has a total quay length of 2.8 km and draft of up to 11m. Vehicle traffic reaches 2.5 m while in 2017, passenger traffic reached 15.5 m. About a third of cruise sailings in Piraeus are home ported in Piraeus. Piraeus Cruise Port has 11 vessel berths, with a total quay length of 2,800 meters. It can dock vessels with a draft of 11 meters. Each berth has environmental/waste services available. PPA operates three cruise terminals, "A", "B", and "C" . -Terminal "A" Miaoulis Terminal A Miaoulis is the main terminal, with most cruise ships docking here. Of all three terminals, Terminal A is closest to the city center. 36 check-in counters spread over 6 halls can handle up to 1,200 passengers per hour. -Terminal "B" Themistocles Terminal B Themistocles was completed in 2013. It has 2 berths where even very large ships with 4,500 passengers or more can dock. It mainly handles cruise ships whose voyage starts in Athens. -Terminal "C" Alkimos Terminal C Alkimos was built back in 2003 and was thoroughly renovated in 2016. However, due to its tent-like construction, it always seems a bit improvised. The terminal has 20 check-in counters that can handle up to 700 passengers per hour. Exports include cement, tobacco, fruit, cotton, skins and grapes. Traffic figures: Approx 25,100 vessels visit the port, 11,706,200t of cargo including 513,400TEU and 20,336,500 passengers are handled by the port annually. Load line zone: Summer. Max size: -Cruise vessels: LOA 300m, draught 12.5m. -Largest vessel handled: "Queen Elizabeth 2", LOA 293m, beam 32m, draught 9.9m.