THE HARBOUR OF VOLOS

CONNECTED CITIES
PELION 28-30 JUNE 2006

PANAGIOTIS PAPAKOSTAS
The history of the port
• The port has it’s present location since the end of Byzantine period. It was
used to export cereals from the fields of Thessaly and handmade products
from the mount Pelion.

• The first authority of the port was established after the liberation of Thessaly
from the Turks in 1881. The construction of the port is placed between 1889
and 1923.

• In 1939 it was the third largest port in Greece after Piraeus & Sallonica.
• Damages from bombings during the second world war
• The present development planning of the port since 1983 after a long period of
problems and negotiations
VOLOS PORT AUTHORITY S.A.
¾ Members of the board of the Organization
1. 4 public sector representatives (including the president of the board and the CEO)
2. 1 representative of the company’s employees
3. 1 representative of the Greek confederation of the porters stevedores
4. 1 member of the financial and social committee
5. 1 representative of the shareholder
6. 1 representative of the Prefecture
7. 1 representative of the Municipality
8. 1 representative of the Commercial and Manufacturing Chamber
9. 1 Managing Director of the port authority or other port Officer

¾ Main activities of the Organization

1. Passenger’s ships services
2. Long shoring services
THE PASSENGERS PART OF THE PORT

Contributes 10% of the

total income

400.000 passengers annually

300.000 are traveling to

Sporades (Skiathos,
Skopelos & Alonnisos)
 Itineraries
Existing
• Ship line Volos - Sporades - Mytilini
 Itineraries
Existing
• Ship line Volos - Sporades - Mytilini

400.000
350.000

300.000

250.000
200.000

150.000
100.000

50.000
0
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

YEAR NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

 Non existing ship lines
• Sallonica – Volos –
Santorini - Crete

Reasons for the cancellation

of the ship line
• The continuous decrease of the
passengers
• The 2 hour delay through the bay of
Pagasitikos ( additional cost & fuels)
 Non existing ship lines
Sallonica – Volos – Santorini - Crete

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS

10.000

8.000

6.000

4.000

2.000

0
1997 1998 1999

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
Cruisers
• The port of Volos is considered as a good destination for cruisers
• 300m2 for cruiser services
• New cruiser station under construction - 5.518 m2
YEAR 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NUMBER OF 25.620 26.577 75.663 9.978 11.542
PASSENGERS

Vehicles
YEAR 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
NUMBER OF 65.449 58.926 50.848 61.906 62.535
VEHICLES
The Commercial Port

• Contributes 24% to the total income

Infrastructure

• Silo (seed deposits) with a capacity of 15.000 t.

• 2 cranes on railroad
• 3 stacking vehicles
• 1 Forklift – lifting capability of 45t.
• 6 tow boats
 COMMERCIAL LINES
NORTH SEA
EVERY WEEK

GIBRALTAR

MEDITERRANNEAN
SEA

TRANSPORTATION VOLOS
IN
CONTAINERS
CONSTANTINOPLE
 THE VISION
► REASSURING LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY &
DEVELOPMENT
► DEVELOPING & IMPROVING THE COMMERCIAL
ACTIVITIES
► IMPROVING COOPERATION WITH LOCAL
STAKEHOLDERS – AND THE CITY IN PARTICULAR
► IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS & EFFICIENCY
► CONTROLING & REDUCING OPERATIONAL COSTS
► PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT (QUALITY OF
WATER ETC)
► REDEFINITION OF THE ACTION PLAN
 THE LONG TERM SCOPE
REASSURING LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND
DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE PROMOTION OF THE
PORT AS A TRANSPORTATION INTERCHANGE IN
FAVOR OF THE LOCAL POPULATION, THE
EMPLOYERS, THE LOCAL ECONOMY IN
HARMONISATION WITH THE CITY DEVELOPMENT
AIMING AT THE PROTECTION OF THE QUALITY OF
LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT!