Container Terminal

	Piraeus is the only port of the European Union in the East Mediterranean with the biggest and most important Container Terminal. The Container Terminal operates within a short distance from the center of Piraeus. The position is considered ideal as it is tide free and has suffi cient depth to provide service even to the largest container vessels ordered today. The infrastructure of the port is being expanded with the extension of Pier I, the renewal of equipment of Pier II and the construction of a new Pier III, aiming to the improvement of eff ectiveness and the accommodation of the increasing demand.
Container Terminal Facilities Piers I and II Total docks length 2774 m. Max depth 18 m. Total area 900.000 sq.m. Storage area 626.000 sq.m. Container freight station (CFS) 19.200 sq.m. 14 ship to shore cranes, 1 mobile crane, 64 straddle carries, forklifts and tractors. Capacity 1.6 - 1.8 million TEU annually
Investments in progress Extension of Pier I To be completed in 2009 Increasing terminal capacity by 1.0 million TEU Machinery & Equipment for Pier I Purchase of 4 Super Post Panamax ship to shore cranes Purchase of 2 Panamax ship to shore gantry cranes Purchase of 6 Rail Mounted Gantry cranes Purchase of 2 Rubber Tyre Gantry Cranes Upgrade of Port Management Information System To be completed in 2009 Port - Rail Connection Construction of port railway station To be completed in 2009   Investments in progress Machinery & Equipment upgrade of Pier II Revamping of ship to shore cranes equipment Application of a high density stacking system Capacity increase by 1.0 million TEU Completion expected in 2012 Construction and equipment of Pier III Application of a high density stacking system Capacity increase by 1.0 million TEU Completion expected in 2015