tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post947112278674926791..comments2023-07-17T11:55:51.363+02:00Comments on ObservingGreece: A Growth Model for Greece - Regional Cargo Hubskleinguthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12491174042954678023noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882645467378797266.post-74896751849045640502012-10-27T06:39:13.734+02:002012-10-27T06:39:13.734+02:00Constantza cargo port is probably bigger than Pira...Constantza cargo port is probably bigger than Piraeus, Thessaloniki etc combined - what Rotterdam is to the Rhine, so Constantza is to the Danube. I'm not sure that barge traffic recovered to the same levels after Clinton and Blair bombed the bridges in Serbia. Some EIB money has gone into Constantza. It also has a working shipyard.<br /><br />Beirut and Port Said are expanding their transshipment operations.<br /><br />McK's did not mention ship/boat building, surely building boats and coastal ships would be a 'natural' growth industry for Greece. <br /><br />Greece should do whats necessary to get the yachts back that have gone to Turkey and Croatia over the past couple of years. Increased and more onerous regulation was a factor - yes, when Greece should have been deregulating it imposed new regulations, and they did not come from Brussels. Yachts tend to sit around in the winter, but they still need servicing, defouling, refitting, rerigging, refurbishing - there's good money in that. People could work in tourism in Summer and fix yachts in Winter - idyllic existence.<br /><br />CKCanutely Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318977471631386327noreply@blogger.com