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1. The global economy is expected to rebound with significant growth in 2021 and 2022. What are your predictions as a company providing trade infrastructure?

The Secretary General of Energy and Mineral Resources, Alexandra Sdoukou, referred to the priority of upgrading ports to energy hubs with the promotion of the use of RES and especially photovoltaics, participating in a working meeting on "Energy upgrading of ports through electrification" organized by the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) with the participation of the Hellenic Elec

Koper – The Koper cruise terminal is expecting 41 cruise ships with around 61,000 passengers this year, out of the initially planned 88 with around 130,000 passengers.

Russia's state-of-the art frigate Admiral Kasatonov sailed into the port of Piraeus last week along with a number of escort vessels for a working visit, according to a statement by the Russian Embassy on social media. The Russian frigate docked at a Greek port that is controlled by a Chinese state company, just 5 nautical miles from a Greek naval base.

More than 25 cargo ships were waiting outside the port of Piraeus on Wedneday, unable to approach it as the Greek port pilot service called a 48-hour strike, creating major delays and serving a blow to the port's international prestige.

Eventually the strike was ruled illegal in court, but this isn't the first time the pilots have decided not to work in recent months.

Container handling at Piraeus Port Authority recorded a marginal decline in 2020, significantly smaller than that recorded in Northern Europe or in the rest of the Mediterranean.

Sources say last year closed with a drop of just 3.75% in handling activity, which owner Cosco Shipping officials consider to be quite a feat given the recession in global trade due to the pandemic.

The expectation for the completion of the Alexandroupoli, Ighoumenitsa and Kavala port privatization tenders has now shifted to the latter half of this year, if not to next year, as the process has already been extended several times.

Greek retailer Jumbo said on Tuesday thousands of containers filled with toys it ordered months before Christmas remain stuck in ports around the world as warehouses in Greece are overwhelmed due to Covid-19 restrictions. 

A Greek website said Jumbo had about 6,000 containers stuck on cargo ships.

A company official told Reuters the "figure is impressive, but it's real." 

Ljubljana – Measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus epidemic have had a severe impact on public passenger transport in Slovenia, while cargo transport was less affected, data from the Statistics Office show.

Between January and September, public passenger transport was halved compared with the same period a year ago, the sharpest decline being observed at ports and airports.

From the Mediterranean to the Baltic, Belt-and-Road-Initiative (BRI) projects are gradually getting back on track, despite challenges related to worldwide travel restrictions and production stoppage.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in Europe in early spring, Chinese companies have been trying their best to minimize the damage to their businesses and implement their projects.