Greece gets two binding bids for Alexandroupolis port (updated)

Thessaloniki Port Authority SA

22/09/2022 16:45

(Adds background, confirms bids)
       ATHENS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Greece received two binding
bids for a majority stake in its northern port of
Alexandroupolis, the country's privatisations agency HRADF said
on Thursday.
    The bidders for a 67% stake in the port were Quintana
Infrastructure and Development through Liberty Port Holdings
Single Member, and International Port Investments
Alexandroupolis, a joint venture of Black Summit Financial
Group, Euroports, EFA Group and GEK Terna  HRMr.AT , the agency
said in a statement.
    The deadline for the bids expired earlier on Thursday.
    The bidders were among four investors that had been
shortlisted last year for the sale.
    Situated in northern Greece, near the borders with Bulgaria
and Turkey and with a floating gas storage and regasification
unit in the pipeline, Alexandroupolis has potential as an energy
hub for central Europe.
    The agency will unseal the financial offers that meet the
terms of the tender at a later time, it said.
    Athens' quest to attract private investment in some of its
regional ports as part of a wider plan for privatisations to
boost economic growth has been revived as uncertainty linked to
the COVID-19 pandemic eased.
    A consortium of Attica Holdings  EPAr.AT  with Aktor
Concessions  HELr.AT , a consortium of Grimaldi Euromed with
Minoan Lines and Investment Construction Commercial and
Industrial, and the Thessaloniki Port Authority  OLTr.AT  have
bid for a 67% stake in the northwestern port of Igoumenitsa.
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    In a separate announcement after unsealing their bids on
Thursday, the agency said it has asked all three bidders to
raise their offers. It did not disclose the size of each offer.
 (Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Mark Porter)
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