Piraeus Traffic in June
Despite the fare increase, passenger traffic from Piraeus port showed an increase in June against the same month last year.
According to figures from the Ministry of Merchant Marine, a total of 1,087,693 passengers traveled from the three major ports of Athens (Piraeus, Lavrion, Rafina) this past June. This resulted in a 9.03 percent increase compared with the corresponding month last year. As for July 2008, figures show opposite results as passenger traffic appears reduced during the first days of the month. Between 1-7 July a total of 337,400 passengers traveled from the ports, compared with 350,282 in the same period last year.