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Greece received two binding bids for a majority stake in its northern port of Alexandroupolis, the country’s privatizations agency HRADF said.<\/p>\n
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, the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The deadline for the bids expired earlier on Thursday. The bidders were among four investors that had been shortlisted last year for the sale.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The agency will unseal the financial offers that meet the terms of the tender at a later time, it said.<\/p>\n
Athens’ quest to attract private investment in some of its regional ports as part of a wider plan for privatizations to boost economic growth has been revived as uncertainty linked to the COVID-19 pandemic eased.<\/p>\n
A consortium of Attica Holdings with Aktor Concessions, a consortium of Grimaldi Euromed with Minoan Lines and Investment Construction Commercial and Industrial, and the Thessaloniki Port Authority have bid for a 67% stake in the northwestern port of Igoumenitsa. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
(Reporting by Angeliki Koutantou; Editing by Mark Porter)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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