Akarport is the company which manages, and operates the port of Astakos - Navipe located on the west coast of Greece. The port's strategic location next to international maritime routes makes it a gateway for traffic between the countries of the European Union and the East while at the same time rendering it a link between the Adriatic, the Balkans and the areas around the Black Sea.

Our Vision

To create a commercial gateway matching Greece's position, offering:

• Transit of raw materials and products
• Warehouse management, distribution and assembly services

To provide top quality services ensuring:

• Quality - cost effectiveness
• Consistency - duration - respect for the customer
• Technology - flexibility - speed

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Objectives

The company's objectives are:

• The operation and utilization of the Port of Astakos - Navipe which is situated on the Western Coast of Greece between the cities of Igoumenitsa and Patras. The Port is on a direct line from the Suez Canal.
• The development, management and administration of the Port and the adjacent Maritime Industrial Area which also is characterized as Free Industrial and Commercial Zone (unique in Greece).

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Business Units

Akarport's business units reflect the extensive portfolio of possible cargo types and include:

• Container Terminal & CFS Activities
• General Cargo & Bulk Hub
• Car & Ro/Ro Terminal
• Industrial & Free Zone Area
• Shipping Agency
• 3rd Party Logistics
• Security

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The Port

The Port of Astakos - Navipe is strategically located on the Western Coast of Greece, close to the main international shipping lines, provides a unique opportunity of developing a gateway for traffic between the European union and East, as well as linking the Adriatic, Balkan and Black Sea areas. The Port's organization and flexibility stems from the whole project being in the private sector, which ensures business effectiveness, without undue in bureaucratic procedures.

The Infrastructure

• The total area is 2.043.300 sq.m.
• Maritime industrial area: 1.663.000 sq.m.
• Port land area: 400.000 sq.m.
• Seafront quay-wall length: 2.300 m.
• Piers with draft at -16 m.
• Flexible interaction between port area and industrial area
• High standards for environmental protection
• The best and highest standards of security
• The port's minimum width is 450 m. and maximum is 1.200 m.
• The turning circle is 660 m. in diameter
• Full range of services for ships and boxes

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Services / incentives

Akarport's services guarantees:

Reliability - Thanks to:

• The certainty offered by an experienced staff
• BLG Consultant's international experience in port management
• A complete public utility infrastructure
• State-of-the-art communications and data processing systems

Speed - The most important, vertically integrated logistics platform operating in Greece with:

• Technologically-advanced infrastructure supporting all stages along the supply chain from the production line, to the port, to the "shelf" combined with design, development, containerization and product transport management systems
• Services tailored to customer needs

Cost effectiveness:

• Simple procedures
• Transparency
• Advantageous, competitive prices
• Exemption from costs and duties for products and raw materials inside the Free Zone
• Reduced cost of transporting raw materials
• Economies of scale

State grants:

• Subsidies are offered to entrepreneurs for projects in the region reaching the 55% of the investment cost

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