Piraeus is the ancient port that is as much of a tourist destination in its own right, as well as acting as the main gateway to the famous Greek capital of Athens. As it one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe for visitors from all over the world and has its own port, there are plenty of freight ferries to Piraeus sailing on a regular basis.

When you have freight goods that need to arrive in Athens, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing a port as there are plenty of daily sailings to and from destinations up and down mainland Greece and on some of its islands.

If your goods are travelling from Greece, you can sail with ANEK Lines from Paros, Naxos, Santorini, Heraklion, Chania and Crete Island. ANEK also offers sailings from Venice in Greece if you are travelling from Italy, and can also choose ML Ferries if travelling from the port of Ancon or Cesme.

If you are going to arrange freight ferries to Piraeus, there are plenty of companies such as SUPERFAST Ferries, European Sealines, Hellenic Seaways, endeavor lines and Blue Star Ferries from ports all over Greece and some in Italy including Bari.

Whenever your goods arrive on freight ferries to Piraeus, you can be guaranteed that they have a smooth run through customs and there will be little delays. Likewise, when claiming your luggage from the baggage reclaim, you shouldn’t be waiting around too long. If you wish to make amendments to your schedule at any time however, you must contact your operator as soon as you can.

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