Thessaloniki · Greece
Used containers at Thessaloniki: a free-zone terminal about to double
ThPA reports 617,000 TEU through the Thessaloniki container terminal in 2025, and in the same year it signed a contract to enlarge Pier 6. A terminal that is building for double its capacity is a place worth reading carefully, because its present size is a good guide to what a lot here can be.
A terminal inside a free zone
ThPA states that the container terminal is part of the port's Free Zone, on a site 550 metres long and 340 wide at Pier 6. Free-zone rules shape what a buyer can do with a unit and when. We do not give customs advice; we ask that the status of a lot is clear before it is discussed.
Small yard, short list of cranes
The operator lists ground storage for 5,200 TEU and four ship-to-shore cranes, two of them delivered in 2022, and a double railway line to the national network. That is a compact terminal. A request that names a large quantity is worth reporting early so the reviewer can say whether it is realistic.
The planned Pier 6 extension
The company says the contract signed in November 2025 adds 513 metres of quay length and is to lift capacity from 650,000 to 1,500,000 TEU over forty months. Until it is built, the figures that count are those of the terminal as it stands.
Owners and buyers across the northern Aegean
Owners name type, quantity and release date. Buyers in northern Greece and neighbouring countries register what they need and how far they can collect. The Piraeus page covers the south, and our reviewer compares requests by actual distance.
Verified port facts
About the port of Thessaloniki
- According to ThPA (16 April 2026), container throughput at the Port of Thessaloniki reached 617,000 TEU in 2025, up 51,000 TEU (9.1%) on 2024.
- According to ThPA, the container terminal is part of the port's Free Zone, in the western part of Pier 6 (quay 26), and extends over an area 550 m long and 340 m wide (page undated).
- According to ThPA, the container terminal has a storage capacity of 5,200 TEU in ground locations and serves vessels with a draught of up to 12 metres (page undated).
- According to ThPA, ships are handled by four ship-to-shore cranes, two of them New Panamax cranes delivered in 2022 (page undated).
- According to ThPA, the container terminal is linked to the national railway network by a double railway line (page undated).
- According to ThPA (19 November 2025), the Pier 6 expansion contract has a 40-month implementation period and adds 513 m of length; the terminal's capacity is to rise from 650,000 TEU to 1,500,000 TEU.
Container terminals named by the sources above: ThPA container terminal, Pier 6. LATYNEX does not represent any terminal.
Equipment
What you can submit for Thessaloniki
- Dry containers (20DC / 40DC / 40HC): on request — tell us what you have or need in Thessaloniki and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Damaged / AS-IS units: on request — tell us what you have or need in Thessaloniki and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Reefer: on request — tell us what you have or need in Thessaloniki and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Open top / flat rack: on request — tell us what you have or need in Thessaloniki and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- Tank: on request — tell us what you have or need in Thessaloniki and we will say honestly whether we can help.
- We are also extending into further equipment and service categories. Tell us what you have or need if you do not see it above — we will say honestly whether we can help.
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Thessaloniki: questions we hear
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