Ship chandlers & ship supply at Piraeus GRPIR

The port is run by Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA). In 2025 its container piers handled 4,641,295 TEU, the Car Terminal 291,287 vehicles, the cruise port a record 1,863,397 passengers and the ferry terminal 17,282,874 passengers.^[1]

—Containers: Pier I is operated by PPA itself — about 1.0 million TEU a year of capacity, 1,150 m of pier at up to 18 m depth, able to serve mega container vessels, and 664,581 TEU in 2025. Piers II and III are under concession to Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) since 2009 for 35 years, with capacity up to 6.2 million TEU; they handled 3,976,714 TEU in 2025.^[1,2]

—Cruise: three passenger terminals operating 24/7 and 9–11 simultaneous berths, including 2–3 berths for the largest cruise vessels, with a free shuttle bus around the cruise port.^[1,3]

—Ferries: the main link between the mainland, the Aegean islands and Crete, with passenger terminals at Akti Vasileiadi, Heation, Agios Dionysios and Akti Tzelepi. PPA counts the Salamis–Perama crossing for roughly 8 million passengers a year of the port’s total.^[4]

PPA operates five dry docks. The three floating docks are at the Perama Ship Repair Yard: Piraeus III (22,000 t lifting capacity, 240 m LOA, 35 m internal breadth), Piraeus I (15,000 t, 202 m, 31 m) and Piraeus II (4,000 t, 113 m, 18 m). Two graving docks sit on the Vasiliadi coast at Drapetsona: 140 m × 18.5 m and 85 m × 12.5 m.^[5,1]

—A ship in the repair zone is billed for waste reception like a non-regular caller: PPA’s solid-waste regulation lists ships in its ship repair areas, including private yards inside PPA’s area of responsibility, among the vessels that pay the waste fee per call.^[6]

—Stores and spares for a yard stay are a supply window of their own — tie deliveries to the docking date through the yard and your agent.

—Waste notice: PPA’s regulation requires ships calling at the port to send the completed waste notification form at least 24 hours before arrival (or on leaving the previous port if the voyage is shorter). It applies to the PPA port zone and the Anchorage of Piraeus, covers solid ship-generated waste under MARPOL Annexes I, IV, V and VI plus cargo residues, and collection is by licensed truck at the quay or by barge at anchor or stern-moored.^[6]

—Waste fee: every ship arriving in the PPA area and the anchorage pays a waste management fee whether it delivers or not. Cargo ships, tankers and cruise ships on non-regular calls pay per call (by GRT for cargo ships and tankers); regular ferries and frequent callers pay a fixed fee. Liquid waste falls under a separate PPA regulation.^[6,7]

—The anchorage: the same regulation defines the anchorage as a sea area next to the port, under the port authority rather than PPA, where ships anchor for short periods for refuelling, crew changes and receiving provisions.^[6]

—Fuel: the Mediterranean became a SOx Emission Control Area on 1 May 2025 — the sulphur content of fuel oil used in the area is limited to 0.10% m/m, against 0.50% outside SOx ECAs. PCT, the concession terminal operator, announced biofuel bunkering at Piraeus from 16 May 2025, with barge delivery from certified suppliers (trade-press report).^[8,9]

—Provisions, deck and engine stores, spares and fresh water are arranged commercially through your agent. Post a requirement and suppliers serving Piraeus answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you serve the port, the anchorage or the Perama yards, activate Piraeus.