TITLE:
Greek Regional Upcoming Ports and New Chances for Investments
AUTHORS:
Natalia Vasileiou
KEYWORDS:
Regional Greek Ports, Investments, Annual Financial Reports
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.10 No.2,
March
31,
2022
ABSTRACT: In this paper we will discuss and analyze the existed situation in
upcoming strong Greek ports, their development and the new opportunities that
arise for investors. This study analyses the reforms and examines the port
governance configurations and the reform process as it unfolded over the last
12 years until today’s tenders for sale majority stake and sub-concessions of the
terminals. This discussion includes an examination of the background conditions
(port sector developments, natural sources of energy, economic and political
context) aiming to understand the foundations of the endorsed decisions and of
the apparent delays to progress announced reform programs. The paper also
discusses the evolution of the container ports and other ports in Greece,
recording the increased market concentration that followed the concession of
the Port of Piraeus terminal, as well as the different trends in other
important Greek regional ports, like port of Alexandroupoli, Kavala, Patra,
Igoumenitsa, Elefsina and Heraklion, as regards throughput, investments, and
commercial relations, that were observed in the case of the privately operated
container port.