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Last year the port of the Pireo has enlivened 863,808 container (+29.9%)
The revenues of Port Authority are diminished of 9.1%
March 17, 2011
Last year the turnover of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) is piled to 116,7 million euros, down of 9.1% regarding 128,4 million euros in 2009. The volume of transactions generated from the field of the traffic of the container has been pairs to 13,33 million euros, with a decrease of 75.8% regarding 55,12 million euros in 2009. The Harbour Authority of the Pireo has explained that such contraction in the section of the container is caused by the fact that the new container terminal to the Pier of the Greek port of call, that it is operated by the harbour agency, has begun the activity on June 1°, 2010 on experimental base in a moment of economic depression and has been subordinate to the competition of the container terminal to Pier II of the port, that it is operated by terminalista group Chinese COSCO Pacific. The revenues deriving from the canon of concession with COSCO Pacific are piled to 26,31 million euros and those generated from the services supplied near the terminal managed from the Chinese society have been pairs to 18,03 million euros, against respective 5,86 million and 10,87 million in the quarter 1° October - 31 Decembers 2009 (period in which the activity of COSCO Pacific to Pier II is begun).
Altogether in the 2010 terminal for containers of the port of the Pireo they have enlivened a traffic pairs to 863.808 teu, in increase of 29.9% regarding 664.895 teu in the year precedence.
Last year in the section of the cars the port of the Pireo has imported 133,545 vehicles, with a bending of 22.9% regarding 2009. The field has generated revenues online with those of the 2009 (year in which a reduction of 35% of the volume of transactions was recorded). PPA has announced that, instead, the transhipment of new cars of factory it has totaled an increment of 139.2% to 246.801 units regarding 103.178 in 2009, while is continued the decrease of the traffic of conventional bulk and goods.
In the section of the passengers the revenues have remained almost stable having totaled 10,46 million euros in the 2010 regarding 10,30 million euros in the year precedence. Last year the crocieristi have been 1.864.657 (- 8.1%), of which 426,147 as home port (+2.6%). The passengers of the cabotage services have been 10.100.697 (- 5.6%) and those of the ferries are piled to 8.371.064 units (- 4.1%).
In the 2010 expenses of Port Authority Greek they are diminished of 12.6% coming down to 116,34 million euros regarding 133,52 million euros in 2009 to root cause of the decrease of the cost of the staff generated from the decided measures of austerity from the Greek government and the reduction of the staff.
PPA has closed the exercise 2010 with a profit after the taxes of 7,05 million euros respect to a loss of 33,56 million euros in the exercise precedence.
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Last year the turnover of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) is piled to 116,7 million euros, down of 9.1% regarding 128,4 million euros in 2009. The volume of transactions generated from the field of the traffic of the container has been pairs to 13,33 million euros, with a decrease of 75.8% regarding 55,12 million euros in 2009. The Harbour Authority of the Pireo has explained that such contraction in the section of the container is caused by the fact that the new container terminal to the Pier of the Greek port of call, that it is operated by the harbour agency, has begun the activity on June 1°, 2010 on experimental base in a moment of economic depression and has been subordinate to the competition of the container terminal to Pier II of the port, that it is operated by terminalista group Chinese COSCO Pacific. The revenues deriving from the canon of concession with COSCO Pacific are piled to 26,31 million euros and those generated from the services supplied near the terminal managed from the Chinese society have been pairs to 18,03 million euros, against respective 5,86 million and 10,87 million in the quarter 1° October - 31 Decembers 2009 (period in which the activity of COSCO Pacific to Pier II is begun).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
