Greece gets nine expressions of interest for Egnatia motorway concession
16/02/2018 15:38
ATHENS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Greece has received nine
expressions of interest for a concession to operate the Egnatia
motorway running from west to east of the country, its
privatisations agency said on Friday.
The agency said the groups were: ANAS International
Enterprise S.p.A, ROADIS Transportation with AKTOR Concessions
HELr.AT , Vinci SGEF.PA with Mytilineos MYTr.AT , GEK TERNA
HRMr.AT with Egis Projects, Deutsche Invest Equity Partners
with Dimera, Sichuan Communications Investment Group Co. with
Damco Energy, Northern Greece Corridor consortium, Freyja
Holdings Sarl and Diolkos.
The concession contract for the financing, operation and
maintenance of Egnatia and three annex roads is for 35 years.
The Egnatia deal is part of a privatisation scheme launched
by Greece under its bailout programme. Greece must shortlist
qualified investors and then launch the binding bids phase in
March.
Egnatia stretches 648 km (402 miles) from the western port
town of Igoumenitsa to Evros in the northeast, at the border
with Turkey.
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou)
((angeliki.koutantou@thomsonreuters.com; +30 210 3376436;
Reuters Messaging: angeliki.koutantou.reuters.com@reuters.net))
Keywords: EUROZONE GREECE/PRIVATISATION EGNATIA