Ports Authority strike averted
Cyprus Ports Authority workers have called off a 24-hour-strike planned for Thursday after they received assurances from the authority that their demand for continuation of...
Cyprus Ports Authority
Port workers strike over health insurance coverage demands
Cyprus Port Authority workers stopped work for two hours on Monday and announced a 24-hour strike on September 26 to press their demands for continued...
‘All safety measures taken over ship carrying explosives’
Cypriot authorities on Thursday gave reassurances they had taken all legal and safety precautions when a cargo ship carrying 410 tons of explosives that was...
Limassol port revenues ‘higher than before,’ ministry insists
STATE revenues from the privatisation of commercial operations at the port of Limassol will increase by more than 50 per cent compared to under the...
Claims of sabotage in port transition chaos (Update 2)
The processing of containers at Limassol harbour appeared to have markedly improved on Monday compared to the previous week, although the situation took a new...
Eurogate promises better service to frustrated truckers (Update 2)
Lorry drivers decided to continue refraining from delivering and picking up containers for three more days and, give Eurogate, the container cargo operator at the...
Larnaca to lose €8m in spending from hydrocarbon companies
The chairman of the Cyprus Ports Authority, the government agency which administers Cyprus’s ports, said that hydrocarbons companies estimate that Larnaca benefited from their activities...
Demetriades says labour trouble at ports may not be over
By Stelios Orphanides Transport minister Marios Demetriades said that he does not rule out more labour-related trouble at Cypriot ports caused by emotional concerns of...
€41m for ports payoffs
THE government on Thursday submitted to parliament a supplementary budget of €41.1m for the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA), covering payouts related to the pending privatisation...
Paphos seeks to woo cruise liner tourists
By Bejay Browne THE COST of constructing infrastructure at Paphos harbour to cater for cruise ships could cost around €7m, a study has found. The...
House green light for ports privatisation
By Staff Reporter THE House on Thursday changed the legislation governing the functioning of the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) in a way that now allows...
Ports authority issues tenders call for premises at old Limassol port
The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) has issued a called for tenders to lease premises at the old Limassol port. According to a statement from the...
Cabinet gives green light to ports privatisation framework
By Angelos Anastasiou THE Council of Ministers approved amendments to the legal framework governing the operation of the Cyprus Ports Authority, Transport minister Marios Demetriades...
‘Port privatisation will bring multiple benefits’
The shipping industry should become the “flagship” of Cyprus` economic growth, and privatisation could bring that about, said the Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) vice president...
Larnca port employees begin a work to rule
By Angelos Anastasiou Larnaca port employees on Monday announced their abstention from any overtime work until Thursday, in protest of being left in the dark...
Port employees eye services takeover
By Angelos Anastasiou Cyprus Ports Authority employees are prepared to take over some of the Limassol port’s services if government plans to privatise it press...
Port workers strike over Larnaca delays
By Evie Andreou PORT workers protested against the continuous extensions the government is giving the Zenon consortium over the Larnaca port and marina project with...
Privatisation programme to go full steam ahead in 2015
By Angelos Anastasiou The privatisation of several state and semi-state organisations, including the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CyTA), is scheduled to take place in 2015, according...
Port workers fear Larnaca profits skimmed by bidder
By Evie Andreou “WE do not wish to see the Cyprus Ports Authority to have the same fate as Cyprus Airways (CY),” the union of...
The corrupt rule of small kingdoms
By Loucas Charalambous I HAVE written many times about the small kingdoms and fiefdoms which have been operating with catastrophic consequences for the economy and...