Upgrading port infrastructure

A authorities program worth astir 585 cardinal euros will turn Greek ports into hubs of connectivity, greenish transition, and security, Deputy Maritime Affairs and Island Policy Minister Stefanos Gkikas told a league connected Tuesday.

At the opening of the interministerial ITC 2025 – 8th Infrastructure & Transport Conference (September 22-29) astatine the Athens Concert Hall, Gkikas clarified that the instauration and upgrade of larboard infrastructure is “a basal priority” so that islands get adjacent terms of competitiveness with mainland Greece and the planetary markets.

The backing for land ports “has been secured done the NSRF programme ‘Transportation 2021-2027,’” the curate said. He added that the backing “exceeds €180 cardinal for the upgrade of 30 land ports, with an accent connected small and distant islands, of which projects 21 person been included successful the Growthfund.”

Another €80 cardinal will beryllium allocated to upgrade land and determination ports, while the greenish transition of ports will see €10 cardinal (already allocated) for acold ironing studies astatine the ports of Lavrio, Rafina, Kavala and Corfu. They are the archetypal batch of 23 successful total that are foreseen to beryllium provided with acold ironing capabilities, oregon energy transportation betwixt onshore facilities and a vessel tied astatine port.

For the full project, €150 cardinal person been secured from “Environment and Climate Change 2021-2027,” overseen by the National Economy and Finance Ministry, and different €115 cardinal from the Decarbonization Fund, Gkikas told the audience.