On Wednesday the contract for the implementation of the expansion works of Pier 6 of the port of Thessaloniki which will be executed by a joint venture between the Greeks Metka and Tekal and which will extend the quay by an additional 513 meters and they will widen it by 306.5 meters. The order, worth 195.6 million euros, includes the dredging of the navigation channel and the ship manoeuvring area for allow the docking of containerships with a capacity of up to 24,000 TEU. The works, which according to forecasts will be carried out in 40 months, will increase the capacity of container traffic of the Greek port of call from the current 650,000 TEUs to 1,500,000 TEUs per year.

We recall that in 2017 the Port Authority of Thessaloniki came under the control of the South Europe Gateway Thessaloniki (SEGT), which is owned by Deutsche Invest Equity Partners GmbH, Belterra Investments and the company Terminal Link terminal operator of the French shipping group CMA CGM, which acquired 67% of the capital of the Port Authority ( of 22 December 2017).