“Green light” for the establishment of a waterway in Kalamata

Waterfront will acquire and Kalamataas a permit for the establishment of a waterway is granted to the “Municipal Port Fund of Kalamata” in the area of ​​the city port.

By Joint Ministerial Decision of the Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Ioannis Plakiotakis, the Deputy Minister of Finance Apostolos Vesyropoulos and the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Michalis Papadopoulos, the “Municipal Port Fund” is granted to the the construction of the required facilities. With the permit for the establishment of a waterway, the first step for the development of the facilities in the port of Kalamata is made, as the conditions are met for an application for an operating license to be submitted.

On the occasion of the issuance of a permit for the establishment of a waterway in the port of Kalamata, o Deputy Minister of Transport Michalis Papadopoulos said: “Kalamata is added to the list of areas that can develop a waterway and another important destination on the mainland is part of the network of waterways under development. The possibility that Kalamata acquires to be able to receive seaplanes in the future, will contribute to the further economic and tourist development of the city and the Southern Peloponnese as a whole, further upgrading the Transport Infrastructure network of the wider area “.

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is currently examining 23 applications for waterway permits, of which 18 relate to the establishment permit and five to the establishment and operation permit (Skyros, Alonissos, Skopelos, Patmos and Tinos).