Thessaloniki Port Authority subsidiary based in Sofia, Bulgaria and named ”ThPA Sofia Ead” opened on Thursday, 12th of November 2020.
The intermodal terminal (dry port) based in Iliyantsi, Sofia will be linked by train directly to the Port of Thessaloniki, providing competitive transit times and costs.
The new dry port aims to become an important trade hub and a modern development center, which will be linked by train with a range of dry ports in South-Eastern, Eastern and Central Europe.
The Executive Chairman of the BoD of ThPA S.A. Athanasios Liagkos, stated: “The dry port in Sofia is indeed a particularly important historical as well as development milestone for the Port of Thessaloniki. It is the first dry port from a series of similar ones that we will create in the wider Balkan region”.
