The Port of Piraeus (Greek: Λιμάνι του Πειραιά) is the chief sea port of Athens, Greece, located on the Saronic Gulf on the western coasts of the Aegean Sea, the largest port in Greece and one of the largest in Europe.The Chinese state-owned COSCO Shipping owns the port.
The port of Piraeus is the largest in Greece and the Mediterranean Sea , but also one of the largest in the world, both in terms of container and passenger traffic. The port of Piraeus has been the most important port of Attica since Archaic times. It is a major employer in the area with a total of 1,002 employees.
In 2015, approximately 17,000 ships were handled, while approximately 17.5 million passengers were served. In 2015, the port was the sixth largest in Europe (among the 20 largest) in terms of passenger throughput, the sixth largest in Europe and the 26th largest in the world in terms of annual container volume (TTO )
