Port of Piraeus
| Port of Piraeus | |
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Part of the port of Piraeus
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| Location | |
| Country | Greece |
| Location | Piraeus |
| Coordinates | 37°56′31″N 23°38′10″E / 37.941944°N 23.636111°ECoordinates: 37°56′31″N 23°38′10″E / 37.941944°N 23.636111°E |
| Details | |
| Operated by | Piraeus Port Authority (: ) |
| Owned by | COSCO (51 %), Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (23,14 %) and investors (25,86 %) |
| Type of harbor | Natural/Artificial |
| Size | 3.900 ha (35 sq km) |
| Employees | 3.181 (2008) |
| Managing Director | Captain Fu Cheng Qiu |
| Statistics | |
| Annual container volume |
 3.67 million TEU (2016) 3.32 million TEU (2015) |
| Passenger traffic |
18.6 million people (2014) |
| Annual revenue |
€ 103.49 million (2016) € 99.88 million (2015) (PPA figures) |
| Net income |
€ 6.698 million (2016) € 8.375 million (2015) (PPA figures) |
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Website www.olp.gr |
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The Port of Piraeus is the largest Greek seaport and one of the biggest in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Port of Piraeus served as the port of Athens since the ancient times.
Today, the Port of Piraeus is a major employer in the region and is operated by the Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA).
With about 18.6 million passengers Piraeus was the busiest passenger port in Europe in 2014. Since 2009 the port's container handling is growing rapidly. Piraeus handled 3.67 million TEUs in 2016 (2015: about 3.32 million). According to Lloyd's list for top 100 container ports in 2015 Piraeus ranked 8th in Europe and 3rd the Mediterranean sea.
Until the 3rd millennium BC, Piraeus was a rocky island connected to the mainland by a low-lying stretch of land that was flooded with sea water most of the year. It was then that the area was increasingly silted and flooding ceased, thus permanently connecting Piraeus to Attica and forming its ports, the main port of Cantharus and the two smaller of Zea and Munichia. In 493 BC, initiated the fortifications of Piraeus and later advised the Athenians to take advantage of its natural harbours' strategic potential. In 483 BC, the Athenian fleet left the older harbour of Phaleron and it was transferred to Piraeus, distinguishing itself at the battle of Salamis between the Greek city-states and the Persians in 480 BC. In the following years Themistocles initiated the construction of the port and created the ship sheds (neosoikoi), while the Themistoclean Walls were completed in 471 BC, turning Piraeus into a great military and commercial harbour, which served as the permanent navy base for the mighty Athenian fleet. However, in the late 4th century BC began a long period of decline for Piraeus; the harbours were only occasionally used for the Byzantine fleet and the city was mostly deserted throughout the Ottoman occupation of Greece.
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