Greece gets bids for Thessaloniki Port- privatisations agency

Thessaloniki Port Authority SA

24/03/2017 18:32

ATHENS, March 24 (Reuters) - Greece's privatisation agency 
said on Friday investors had submitted binding financial offers 
for a majority stake in the country's second-largest port in 
Thessaloniki  OLTr.AT , without saying how many had bid or 
disclosing names. 
    "The process of evaluating the offers will begin 
immediately," the agency said. 
    Phillipines-based International Container Terminal Services 
(ICTS)  ICT.PS , Dubai-based P&O Steam Navigation Company (DP 
World)  DPW.DI , Japan's Mitsui & Co  8031.T  and German private 
equity Deutsche Invest Equity Partners had been expected to 
submit binding bids.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1GZ1RH 
    The sale of a 67 percent stake in Thessaloniki Port, which 
was launched in 2014 and a key part of the country's 
international bailouts, has been beset by delays and political 
resistance. 
    The deadline for submitting binding bids to financial 
adviser Morgan Stanley expired on 1700 GMT on Friday. 
 
 (Reporting by George Georgiopoulos, editing by David Evans) 
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Keywords: GREECE PRIVATISATION/PORTS