On the 6th and 7th October PPA SA participates in the technical workshop with 17 other partners on behalf of the European Project POSEIDON-MED, which is the first European - Cross-border project for supplying ships with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG Bunkering project) in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea.

Approved by the Board of Piraeus Port Authority the business plan and investment program 2014-2018. After the dialogue which will follow with the Attica region, municipalities, institutions of Piraeus and the unions will be drafted the final investment plan 2015-2019 which will be discussed at the Board in December 2014.

The MedCruise (Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports) HQ to remain at the PPA headquarters for the next three years, 2014-17, was the first decision of the new President and the Board of Directors, elected by the Association during the General Assembly held at Barcelona.

  PPA SA participated actively in Seatrade Med, which was held in Barcelona from the 15th to the 18th September 2014, through its own booth and talks at all levels of cruise decision making. Seatrade Med complies, after Seatrade Miami, the world's biggest cruise event, involving all the cruise lines, large ports and national port authorities, international institutions (CLIA, ESPO, MedCruise) and hundreds of business representatives from the area of the port industry.

The Board of PPA approved of the result of the three-member Arbitration Committee of the no. 157/2008 Concession Agreement for the development, operation and utilization of the International Conference Exhibition Center in the land space of the cruise area (Leondos - Palataki). Both companies, at their request, went to the three-member Arbitration Committee chaired by Prof. Michael Stathopoulos and members Mr. P. Petroulis and Ioannis Moraitis.

The Board of PPA approved the conduct of a public international open tender for the repair and maintenance of large floating dock in Perama (15,000 tons) within the five-year inspection of the basis of its commitment to support the shipbuilding  industry and NEZ Perama.

The Board of PPA approved the conduct of a public international open tender for the award of service staffing and operation of control equipment safety at International Cruise Passenger Stations, specialized in Private Enterprise. The indicative budget is 907.200 Euros plus VAT and the duration of the contract will be two years.

The President of the Chamber of Trebzond M. Suat Hacisalihoglu and business executives of his entourage, met today at the headquarters of the PPA with the President and CEO of the Authority, Mr. George Anomeritis and the General Manager, Mr. St. Chatzakos.

The master Mastellone Giovanni Battista, the officers and crew of the biggest container vessel ship that ever tied to the PPA pier, the “MSC LONDON”, were welcomed by the administration of PPA in the Container Terminal at Pier I of PPA. The reception was attended by the Minister for Marine and the Aegean, Mr. M. Varvitsiotis, the Secretary General Mr. Ath. Christopoulos, the Head of the Port Body Mr. Ath. Athanasopoulos and the President of MSC Hellas Mr. Christina Theodorika,…

The Financial Report for the first half of 2014 (01.01.2014-30.06.2014) approved by the Board PPA SA during its meeting.