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Post by radovic on Nov 19, 2007 15:29:03 GMT -5
Gov't seeks to promote combined cargo hubs
EMonline
Greece has set the priority to become the main logistics centre in the SEE region
Greek Transport and Communications minister Costis Hatzidakis addressing the 11th Panhellenic Logistics Conference in Athens, said the government planned amendments to an existing law over the operation of logistics centres, to create a logistics hub in the Thriassio district, an industrial zone west of Athens, and completing a new railway terminal at the Neo Ikonio dock.
Hatzidakis, said a tender to build a logistics centre was currently underway, while he stressed that the government was examining the creation of a logistics hub in Thessaloniki with the aim to become a trans-Balkan cargo centre of combined transports.
A similar plan is examined for the extreme northeast city of Alexandroupolis. The government's next plan focuses on the region of Igoumenitsa, in extreme northwest Greece, while procedures are expected to begin soon for the construction of a new airport in Kasteli, on Crete - one of the biggest projects in Europe with a budget of 1.2 billion euros. (ANSAmed).
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