Port of Piraeus | |
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Country | Greece |
Location | Piraeus |
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Owned by | Piraeus Port Authority S.A. |
Type of harbor | Natural/Artificial |
Size | 3,000 ha (30 sq km) |
Employees | 1,681[1] (2007) |
General manager | Dionysios Bechrakis |
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Vessel arrivals | 27,839 vessels (2008)[2] |
Annual cargo tonnage | 20,121,916 tonnes (2007)[3] |
Annual container volume | 1,373,138 TEU's (2007)[4] |
Passenger traffic | 21,522,917 people[5] (2007) |
Annual revenue | US$ 33 million (2007)[6] |
Net income | US$ 3 million (2007)[6] |
Website | www.olp.gr/ |
The Port of Piraeus, as the largest Greek seaport, is one of the largest seaports in the Mediterranean Sea basin and one of the top ten container ports in Europe.[7] The port is also a major employer in the area, with more than 1,500 employees who provide services to more than 24,000 ships every year. Port of Piraeus has been the port of Athens since Archaic times.[8][9]
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In 2007[update] the Port of Piraeus handled 20,121,916 tonnes of cargo and 1,373,138 TEU's making it the busiest cargo port in Greece and the largest container port in the country and the East Mediterranean Sea Basin.[10]
Year | 2007 |
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RoRo* | 1,108,928 |
Bulk cargo* | 606,454 |
General cargo* | 6,278,635 |
Containers* | 12,127,899 |
Total* | 20,121,916 |
The terminal has a storage of 900,000 m2 and an annual traffic capacity of around 1.8 million TEUs. [12]
The container terminal has two piers with a total length of 2.8 km, a storage area of 626,000 m2 and an annual capacity of 1.6 - 1.8 million TEUs.[13]
Pier I is currently expanding and at completion in 2009 it will increase its container traffic capacity to 1,000,000 TEUs.[14]
Pier II is also expanding and will have a container traffic capacity of 1,000,000 in 2012.[15]
There are plans to build another pier, Pier III which at completion in 2015 will have a high density stacking system with a container capacity of 1,000,000 TEUs per year.[16]
The cargo terminal has a storage area of 180,000 m2 and an annual traffic capacity of 25,000,000 tonnes.
The Port of Piraeus has three car terminals with a total length of 1.4 km, a land area of 180,000 m2, storage capacity of 12,000 cars and a transshipment capacity of 670,000 units per year.[17]
In 2007 the automobile terminal handled 260,605 trucks, 612,840 cars and 9,920 buses.[10]
The Port of Piraeus is the largest passenger port in Europe and one of the largest passenger ports in the world with a total traffic of 21,522,917 people in 2007.[5]
Years | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Domestic passengers | 11,713,269 | 11,159,274 | 11,484,763 | 11,668,647 | 11,572,678 |
Ferry passengers | 8,397,292 | 8,393,053 | 7,977,880 | 7,636,426 | 8,395,492 |
Foreign passengers | 823,339 | 757,552 | 925,782 | 1,202,190 | 1,554,747 |
Total traffic' | 20,933,900 | 20,255,879 | 20,388,425 | 20,507,263 | 21,522,917 |