The
Port of Thessaloniki is one of the largest
GreekGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
seaports and one of the largest ports in the
Aegean SeaThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 16 million tonnes (7 million tonnes
dry bulk- Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
and 9 million tonnes
liquid bulk- Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
).
The Port of
ThessalonikiThessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. It is honorarily called the Συμπρωτεύουσα Symprotevousa of Greece, as it was once called the συμβασιλεύουσα symvasilevousa of the Byzantine Empire...
is also the second largest
GreekGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
containerA shipping container is a container with strength sutiable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to ubiquitous corrugated boxes.-Intermodal freight containers:...
port||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and/or transferring cargo. It is usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake. The best ports have deep water in channels or berths, and protection from the wind and waves...
after the
Port of PiraeusThe 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. 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...
.
In 2007 the Port of Thessaloniki handled 14,373,245 tonnes of
cargoCargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.- Marine Cargo Types :...
and 222,824
TEU'sThe twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot long intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes...
making it one of the busiest
cargoCargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.- Marine Cargo Types :...
ports in
GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
and the second largest
containerA shipping container is a container with strength sutiable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to ubiquitous corrugated boxes.-Intermodal freight containers:...
port in the country .
-
The terminal has a storage area of 350,000 m
2 and a storage capacity of 4,696
TEU'sThe twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot long intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes...
in ground slots.
The
Port of Thessaloniki is one of the largest
GreekGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
seaports and one of the largest ports in the
Aegean SeaThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 16 million tonnes (7 million tonnes
dry bulk- Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
and 9 million tonnes
liquid bulk- Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
).
The Port of
ThessalonikiThessaloniki , Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. It is honorarily called the Συμπρωτεύουσα Symprotevousa of Greece, as it was once called the συμβασιλεύουσα symvasilevousa of the Byzantine Empire...
is also the second largest
GreekGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
containerA shipping container is a container with strength sutiable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to ubiquitous corrugated boxes.-Intermodal freight containers:...
port||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-|}A port is a facility for receiving ships and/or transferring cargo. It is usually found at the edge of an ocean, sea, river, or lake. The best ports have deep water in channels or berths, and protection from the wind and waves...
after the
Port of PiraeusThe 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. 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...
.
Statistics
In 2007 the Port of Thessaloniki handled 14,373,245 tonnes of
cargoCargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.- Marine Cargo Types :...
and 222,824
TEU'sThe twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot long intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes...
making it one of the busiest
cargoCargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.- Marine Cargo Types :...
ports in
GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
and the second largest
containerA shipping container is a container with strength sutiable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to ubiquitous corrugated boxes.-Intermodal freight containers:...
port in the country .
General statistics between 2007 and 2008
| Years |
2007 |
2008 |
Cement*In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term "opus caementicium" to describe masonry which resembled concrete and was made from crushed...
|
871,936 |
810,311 |
| Liquid bulk* - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
|
7,618,622 |
7,347,922 |
| Dry bulk* - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
|
7,740,920 |
6,215,012 |
| Containers (TEU's) The twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot long intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes...
|
408,212 |
222,824 |
| Total* -Mathematics:*Total, the summation of a set of numbers* Total function, a type of partial function in mathematics* Total order, a common total relation in mathematics* Total relation, a type of binary relation in mathematics-Business and enterprise:...
' |
16,231,478 |
14,373,245 |
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Container terminal
The terminal has a storage area of 350,000 m
2 and a storage capacity of 4,696
TEU'sThe twenty-foot equivalent unit is an inexact unit of cargo capacity often used to describe the capacity of container ships and container terminals. It is based on the volume of a 20-foot long intermodal container, a standard-sized metal box which can be easily transferred between different modes...
in ground slots.
The
container terminalA shipping container is a container with strength sutiable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to ubiquitous corrugated boxes.-Intermodal freight containers:...
is currently being expanded by 36 hectares after an investment of around US$600 million from the
Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
based company
Hutchison Port HoldingsHutchison Whampoa Limited or HWL of Hong Kong is a Fortune 500 company and one of the largest companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. HWL is an international corporation with a diverse array of holdings which includes the world's biggest port and telecommunication operations in its three...
.
The
Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
based company won the tender after surpassing the first offer made by
COSCO PacificCOSCO Pacific Limited , headquartered in Hong Kong, is a subsidiary and listed company of COSCO Group owned by COSCO Group. It is mainly engaged in container terminal operations, container manufacturing and leasing, shipping agency and freight forwarding.It has been a Hang Seng Index Constituent...
, which offered around US$ 500 million for the development of the
container terminalA container terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation. The transshipment may be between ships and land vehicles, for example trains or trucks, in which case the terminal is described as a maritime container terminal...
.
In 2009 Hutchinson didn't find the money to pay for the concession of the port and so they lost it.
Cargo terminal
The cargo terminal has a storage area of 1,000,000 m
2 specializes in the handling of wide cargoes:
metal productsA metal is a chemical element that is a good conductor of both electricity and heat, forms cations and ionic bonds with non-metals. In chemistry, a metal is an element, compound, or alloy characterized by high electrical conductivity. In a metal, atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions...
,
oreAn ore is a type of rock that contains minerals such as gemstones or metals that can be extracted through mining and refined for use. Samples of ore in the form of exceptionally beautiful crystals, exotic layering visible when sectioned or polished or metallic presentations such as large nuggets or...
, chemical products (
chloroformChloroform is the organic compound with formula CHCl
3. This colourless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid is a trihalomethane. It is also considered somewhat hazardous...
,
asphaltAsphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum...
, chemicals,
mineral oilsAn oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and is hydrophobic but soluble in organic solvents. Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are nonpolar substances. The general definition above includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated chemical structures,...
),
general cargoesCargo is goods or produce transported, generally for commercial gain, by ship, aircraft, train, van or truck. In modern times, containers are used in most intermodal long-haul cargo transport.- Marine Cargo Types :...
,
timberTimber may refer to:*Lumber, i.e. wood materials* Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Oregon* Timber , a 1984 arcade game by Bally Midway* An alternative spelling for Timbre...
,
bulk cargoes- Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk liquids*Bulk mail*Bulk material handling*Bulk purchasing- Physics :*Bulk density*Bulk modulus*In brane cosmology and M-theory, the bulk is a hypothetical higher dimensional space within which the eleven dimensions of our universe - Industry :*Bulk cargo*Bulk...
and
food productsFood is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal, including humans, for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol...
.
The terminal also serves as a major
transshipmentTransshipment or Transhipment is the shipment of goods or container to an intermediate destination, and then from there to yet another destination....
hub in the
AegeanThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
—
Black Seaur a loser!The Black Sea is an inland sea bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various straits. The Bosporus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects it to...
area being used by other Balkan countries like
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country located in both Central and Southeastern Europe. Its territory covers the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and central part of the Balkans...
, Macedonia,
AlbaniaAlbania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a Mediterranean country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south-east...
and
MontenegroMontenegro , is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east and Albania to the south...
.
Oil and gas terminal
The
oilAn oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and is hydrophobic but soluble in organic solvents. Oils have a high carbon and hydrogen content and are nonpolar substances. The general definition above includes compound classes with otherwise unrelated chemical structures,...
and
gasNatural gas is a gas consisting primarily of methane. It is found associated with fossil fuels, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, and landfills...
terminal has a total storage capacity of 500,000 m
3 and an annual traffic capacity of 9,000,000 tonnes per year.
Passenger terminal
The Port of Thessaloniki has one of the largest
passenger terminalsA passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination.There are two common contexts in which the term is used:...
in the
Aegean SeaThe Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectively. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
basin which handled around 162,731 passengers in 2007.