MedCruise (the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports) and through it the PPA SA, is participating this year, for the first time, in the Cruise Shipping Asia Pacific exhibition, which takes place in Singapore from the 8th till the 10th October 2013. MedCruise President and General Manager of PPA SA, Mr. Stavros Chatzakos, and the Secretary General of MedCruise, Mr. Thanos Pallis , who lead the 12-member MedCruise delegation from five countries (Spain, France , Italy , Slovenia, Greece), will represent the Union at the conference organized as part of this exhibition with participant delegates from significant number of countries in the Far East.

On October 17th 2013, the third Cruise Workshop themed “Cruise 2014” will be held, which is annually organized by the Hellenic Ports Association (Elime) and PPA SA.

A large delegation of the Tianjin port of China visited the PPA for talks on the operation of the passenger cruise port. The delegation was accompanied by representatives of the PPA Administration, Messrs. T. Tsitouras Cruise Director, Mr. D. Agrapidis Head of Cruise Department, Mr. T. Karlis Head of Strategic Planning, Prof. A. Korres Management Consultant and after the meeting toured the A’ Passenger Terminal “Miaoulis” and the new passenger terminal B’ “Themistocles”, launched in May 2013.