Platiyali, Aetolia & Acarnania, GR
Prokopis Maragkakis
Platiyali is a commercial and transit port built in a natural cove within the bay of Astakos, Aetolia. The infrastructure was built in the early 1980’s, funded by ETBA (Hellenic Bank for Industrial Development) and EU funds with the intention to develop the Platygiali Naval Industrial Zone with primarily ship dismantling facilities. The investment soon proved unprofitable and by 1990 ETBA attempted to sell off the facilities. Reactions from the local community against the intention to construct a toxic waste combustion plant, prevented twice, in 1990 and 1992, the sale of the port to Swiss corporations. Almost a decade later Platiyali was eventually sold to ‘Astakos-Terminal’ and transformed into a commercial and transit port. Today the port operates under the supervision of the Greek Company ‘Akarport’.
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