Two international tenders for service concessions at the ports of Alexandroupolis and Kavala – but not for the outright management of the state-run port authorities – are facing delays, reportedly due to this month’s elections, for the European Parliament and local government entities, naftemporiki.gr reports.
Previously optimistic timetables cited by the government have now given way to a period after the elections, possibly during the summer. In case of a snap general election, then the tenders will come under the scrutiny of a new government and Parliament to arise from a poll.
Furthermore, official US interest continues to be exhibited for the port of Alexandroupolis, which lies in extreme northeast Greece, a few kilometers west of the Greek-Turkish land border on the Evros (Maritsa) River. The specific area is considered as a burgeoning cross-road for land-based and off-shore natural gas facilities and pipelines.
The US consul general in Thessaloniki, Gregory W. Pfleger Jr., this week visited the port on the occasion of the arrival of a US-flagged vessel carrying military vehicles and containers with military materiel, destined for the multinational NATO exercise “Saber Guardian 2019”.
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