Customer: DENCO LTD

Duration: May 2004 – October 2004

The study aims at the proposal formulation for the development of the port infrastructure and specialization of activities and provided services of the Eastern Greece ports (Alexandroupoli, Kavala, Volos, Rafina, Lavrion and Eleusina, combined with the main ports of the country; Piraeus and Thessaloniki), in order to achieved the rational development and operation of the specific port system. The study focuses on the identification of the under study port system competitive advantage and on the hierarchy of works and measures for the achievement of this objective.
The phases of the study are the following:
• Current status record and analysis
• Basic future development trends that will influence maritime transport – qualitative development
• Forecasts – proposals for the target year 2030
• Port development schedule.

Role of TREDIT:
– Current and scheduled (approved) port infrastructure
– Greek and EC studies’ review
– Identification of the under study ports’ transport workload
– Other transportation port links and relevant transport workload
– Identification of the current ports’ influence area in Greece and internationally
– Impacts of the Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports’ operation on the under study ports
– Impacts of the major scheduled transport works
– The role of the under study ports in the demand service – National and International Inland
– Maritime Transport Demand Forecasts of the under study ports – Development of forecast models
– Port development prospects (target year 2030)