COSCO’s presence in Piraeus yields positive results

COSCO announced the official results for the container throughput in July 2016 in ports it controls worldwide. In the port of Piraeus, this throughput was 15,2% higher this July in comparison to the same month last year. Additionally, the throughput in the first seven months of 2016 shows a 14,2 increase in comparison to the …

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Athens’ old airport ‘Hellinikon’ to be soon redeveloped

On Tuesday 7 June 2016 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund SA, HELLINIKON Global I. S.A. and Lamda Development S.A. This Memorandum amends the existing Share Sale and Purchase Agreement of HELLINIKON S.A. of 14.11.2014, in which important technical features of the Hellinikon former airport’s redevelopment are delimited …

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VIANEX MSD co-operation expanded

An event celebrating the continuous co-operation between companies VIANEX and MSD for a period of 33 years took place on Tuesday 9 February 2016. Mr Pavlos Giannakopoulos, Mr Athanasios Giannakopoulos Mr Dimitris Giannakopoulos and CEO of MSD Greece, Cyprus and Malta Mr Haseeb Ahmad were present […]

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Xu Lirong to head China Cosco Shipping Group

The acting chairman of China Shipping Group (CSG) Xu Lirong has been appointed the new chairman of China COSCO Shipping Group. This entity has been created following the merging of COSCO and China Shipping Co. This move was approved in December 2015 by the State Council.  Once the restructuring is complete, the new company will …

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Vestas receives 40 MW order in Greece and 50 MW order in China

Vestas company has received a firm and unconditional order in Greece for a wind energy project in the southern Greek region of Peloponnese. The order for 12 units of the V112-3.3 MW model was placed by Elliniki Technodomiki Anemos S.A., a Greek company specialising in the development, construction and operation of wind farms in the …

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Award presented to VIANEX SA at the Health & Safety Awards 2015

Leading Greek pharmaceutical company VIANEX SA was awarded the highest distinction as ‘WINNER’ in  the ‘Pharmaceutical Companies’ business sector for ‘The VIANEX Integrated  Quality Health and Safety Programme’, proving in practice that ‘its most valuable asset is its people’ […]

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A paradigm of doing business: The case of ARKAS

After 10 years of representation in Greece of Taiwan’s Yang Ming Lines ARKAS Hellas SA recently came to an agreement with them to use Piraeus as their main hub port in the Mediterranean. Yang Ming is the world’s 14th biggest company of global carriers operating a fleet of 89 vessels and a total capacity of 410.000 containers. It also belongs to the CHKYE shipping alliance where giants such as COSCO, Hanjin, ‘K’ Line and Evergreen take part […]

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