Piraeus Port to cut docking fees for all ship types

Piraeus Port Authority SA, operator of Greece’s largest harbour, said it will provide docking services for less than a private company is currently charging at the port, Bloomberg reports.


Piraeus Port will cut the docking fee for cruise ships to 125 euros ($177.3) from 250 euros and for cargo vessels to 75 euros from 150 euros, the authority said today in an e-mailed statement. The authority will charge passenger ferry companies between 200 and 950 euros a month, depending on the size of the ship, rather than a fee each time a vessel arrives or leaves the port, according to the statement.


The number of cruise ship arrivals scheduled for 2011, based on information from cruise ship operators, is set to rise to 962 from 823 last year, the authority said March 3.
(Source:http://en.portnews.ru)