The Port of Thessaloniki is one of the largest Greek seaports and one of the largest ports in the Aegean Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of 16 million tonnes (7 million tonnes dry bulk and 9 million tonnes liquid bulk). As a free port, it also functions as a major gateway for the Balkan hinterland and southeastern Europe.
The Port of Thessaloniki also contains the second largest container port in Greece, after the Port of Piraeus.
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Statistics
In 2007 the Port of Thessaloniki handled 14,373,245 tonnes of cargo and 222,824 TEU's, making it one of the busiest cargo ports in Greece and the second largest container port in the country.
Terminals
Container terminal
The port's container terminal has a storage area of 350,000 m2 and a storage capacity of 4,696 TEU's in ground slots.
The container terminal is currently being expanded by 36 hectares, following an investment of around US$600 million by the Hong Kong-based company, Hutchison Port Holdings. The Hong Kong-based company won the tender after surpassing a first offer made by COSCO Pacific, which offered around US$500 million for the development of the 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 total storage area of 1,000,000 m2 and specializes in the handling of wide cargo that ranges from metal products, ore, chemical products (chloroform, asphalt, chemicals, mineral oils), general cargoes, timber, bulk cargoes and food products. The terminal also serves as a major transshipment hub in the Aegean -- Black Sea area being used by other Balkan countries such as Serbia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro.
Oil and gas terminal
The oil and gas terminal has a total storage capacity of 500,000 m3 and an annual traffic capacity of 9,000,000 tonnes per year.
Passenger terminal
The Port of Thessaloniki has one of the largest passenger terminals in the Aegean Sea basin. The passenger terminal handled around 162,731 passengers in 2007, and it is recently being upgraded, as Thessaloniki is also slowly turning into a major tourist port for cruising in the eastern Mediterranean.
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