On Tuesday in the port of Piraeus, it was inaugurated the expansion of the port's second car terminal which was made at the Heracleus pier with a investment of 20 million euros. The terminal, which has a depth of the seabed of -12 meters, it has a capacity of 5,100 cars thanks to an expansion of 40 thousand square meters which brought the total area to 110 thousand square meters.

On the occasion of the inauguration, the Greek Minister of Economy and Finance, Kostis Hatzidakis, highlighted the contribution of the of the port to the national economy, which has contributed to the specified - currently accounts for 1.56% of the product gross domestic area of Greece and which will be supported by many other projects to upgrade port infrastructure will be implemented in the future.