COSCO to start direct Piraeus calls
08 Mar 2009
Source:PR News

COSCO Container Line (COSCON) is to start making regular weekly calls at Piraeus on the Asia/Mediterranean Express (AMX) service,

which is operated as part of the CKYH Alliance network The AMX runs with 8 x 5,440 teu COSCO-operated vessels and the first new call at Piraeus

is scheduled to be made by the 5,446 teu Cosco Shanghai on April 6th.

The new port rotation for the AMX service will be : Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Shekou, Singapore, Port Said, Piraeus, Naples, Genoa,

Barcelona, Valencia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai.

Back in October 2008, COSCO terminal operating/investment arm, COSCO Pacific Ltd signed an agreement with the Piraeus Port Authority to

invest Euro 4.3bn in managing and upgrading two container Handling wharfs in Piraeus under a 35 year concession period.  As has been reported,

plans by the Greek government to private the port sector have led to a series of strikes by the local workforce, resulting in Piraeus being dropped by

a number container lines which had made regular calls at the port