Willingness to invest earns Ekol Greece the Gold Award

On the 7th of February 2017, Ekol Greece received a Gold Award during the annual ceremony of the Transport & Logistics Awards in Athens. The award is of the category Freight Transportation & Freight Forwarding for the sector of International Freight Transports.

“I am very happy and proud that we received this award. It shows we have chosen the right strategy and we keep developing in Greece and outside in other countries. For example, we have just opened a new block train connection so our Greek customers can use proper intermodal services to send shipments to Scandinavia”, said Dimitris Batakis, Country Manager of EKOL Greece.

Since Ekol entered the Greek market, investments in this country have amounted to around EUR 5 million. This award was a proof they invested it well, said Dimitris Batakis. The target was to have even a stronger presence in the market before the end of this year.

Ekol Greece is located in Thessaloniki and Athens. Additionally, the company has an office in the Port of Lavrio, near Athens, for its own vessel operations that connect Greece with Turkey and Europe through the port of Trieste in Italy.

Modern warehouse facilities located in Athens, Aspropyrgos, are used for contract logistics, international and domestic services also cross-dock operations. The total available capacity is 6,000 m2. Ekol’s facility also serves as a bonded-customs warehouse and can store various product groups including ADR.

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