Piraeus Port Authority-PPA/OLP-COSCO Shipping

The port of Piraeus, a historic port with a 2,500-year old history situated in a particularly advantageous geographic location and one of the main Trans-European networks route, is an international maritime tourism and transit trade hub.Piraeus is the leading port in Europe in terms of passenger traffic, the largest container terminal in Mediterranean Sea and one of the top-5 in Europe and one of the largest car-terminals in Eastern Mediterranean Sea. It operates as the main commercial gate, which connects Greece and South Europe with the rest of the world. In addition, it is the cruise centre in the eastern Mediterranean providing comprehensive services to cruise ships. Furthermore, it has a big ship repair base, where ship repair business provided to smaller, medium and bigger vessels. At the same time as the main ferry port of the city of Athens connects most islands to the mainland.