The government and Greece’s creditors have
agreed that the contract for the concession to the ETVA BIPE - Goldair
consortium of a freight center on a 0.59-square kilometer plot at
Thriasio, western Attica, owned by state railway property firm Gaiaose,
will be approved in Parliament by next month.
At the same time, MPs must also ratify the announcement of a tender
for the concession of another 1.4 sq.km. plot at Thriasio – in which
China’s Cosco is interested, possibly in cooperation with Trainose,
sources from the Chinese group have told Kathimerini.
The revised agreement with the creditors provides for the drafting of
alternative scenarios for the new tender by the end of January. It will
be officially announced as a public-private partnership by July. The
bidder that undertakes the 1.4 sq.km. plot will have to complete a
project planned by state railway works company Ergose. This concerns
spaces for cargo storage, customs and offices, as well as additional
storage spaces, complete with equipment such as gantry cranes.
The property already has two major logistics spaces in which Cosco
and others have expressed an interest, while the entire complex
represents part of the targets of a three-year economic cooperation plan
between Greece and China.
(ekathimerini.gr, 13 Dec., 2017)