While visiting the Titan Cement facility, I did not know that I would become so fascinated with their process of manufacturing cement. Starting from clinker, which is a very raw and unprocessed material, they are able to create four varieties of cement, each used for particular applications, and providing these products not only in the…
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Day 10 – The Foundation of a Positive Future
Today we visited Titan Cement and the Athens airport, where we learned about their operations, values, and what sets them apart in their industry. These visits have really made me stop and reflect on how I can make a positive difference in the world as a future industrial engineer. I will have the opportunity to…
Finding Inspiration in Sustainability
Today we visited the TITAN Cement Plant as well as the airport operations team at the Athens International Airport. At the cement plant, we heard about the different ways TITAN was trying to reduce carbon footprints, such as using alternative fuel like used tires, dryed sewage sludge, and flexi coke. Additionally, they had machines that…
Piraeus Port – How Greece and China Collaborate
Today we had the opportunity to tour Piraeus Port. The Piraeus Port is a port located in Greece that deals with large container ships. It handles multiple sized vessels which all only transport container cargo. On our bus tour of the facility, we got to see how cargo was loaded and unloaded from the ships…
Piraeus Container Terminal Tour
Today we had the opportunity to tour the Piraeus Container Terminal from our bus. As our tour started, we saw the terminal’s enormous inventory of empty containers, as well as a railway system used for deliveries throughout continental Europe. Our tour guide explained some useful definitions for the site tour, such as TEU, or a…
Day 9 Greece: Piraeus Port
Today was absolutely amazing and one of the most impressive company visits we have experienced thus far. We started our day off at UNIC, by receiving a lecture on sustainability in the supply chain. We then traveled to Piraeus Port for our company visit which was an absolute treat. We recieved a presentation and Q/A…
Logistics at Scale: The Port of Piraeus!
Today, we toured the Piraeus Container Terminal at the Port of Piraeus, the largest port in Greece and one of the largest in Europe. The Piraeus Port serves as a central location for the loading and unloading of tens of thousands of tons of cargo daily from incoming and outgoing vessels. The port is operated…
Controlled Chaos in Piraeus
While touring the Piraeus Port container terminal by bus, I observed the many moving parts collaborating to load and unload shipping containers on and off vessels. There was a significant number of trucks, empty and carrying shipping containers, driving around the container terminal grounds. This coordination required operators on foot, by the access gate, to…
Port Day
Today we got to visit the container terminal in the Piraeus Port. We saw how they load and unload ships and just how large the port really is. It can hold 2.6 million teels, or units of shipment containers. This number is a lot larger than I was expecting. Seeing how large the operation is…
Ports are more than just the content of containers
As we Piraeus Container Terminal’s port, we encountered various types of cargo containers, from standard 20 feet and 40 feet containers. During our tour around the port, we could see different constructions being carried out, as well as different cranes and forklifts that were handling the cargo. It was exciting to spot two extremely rare…
Inside the Port Terminal Experience
Today we toured the container terminal by bus at the Piraeus Container Terminal, also known as the PCT, and observed how large-scale shipping and transportation operations function on a daily basis. During the tour, I saw massive cargo containers stacked throughout the port, along with giant cranes moving containers between ships, trucks, and storage areas…
The Port of Piraeus
On our journey today in Greece, we had a lecture about supply chain with Dr. Elias Yfantis of the University of Nicosia. This taught me a lot and after this we took a trip to the Piraeus port. We went through all the different piers by bus and was able to see everything close up….
A Day at the Port
Today, we visited the Piraeus Port, which is the main gateway port connecting to the entirety of Greece. I enjoyed being able to observe the port by bus because I have never visited a port like this one. I have visited various ports in the past to board cruise ships, but I have never experienced…
Greece: Day 9!
As we drove around on the bus, I observed numerous shipping containers throughout the port. Some were stacked incredibly high and sat empty, while others were being loaded and transported to different parts of the pier. I also noticed automated cranes carefully lifting containers and placing them onto ships with impressive precision. I learned that…
A Productive Day at Piraeus
Today we visited Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) at Piraeus Port. It is currently operated by COSCO Shipping, as part of the 2009 concession agreement between Greece and China, which will last 35 years. to implement piers two and three. It is one of the biggest ports in the Mediterranean, with a capacity of 6.2 million…
Ports and fun!
Today, after an interactive activity with Dr. Elias Yfantis, we visited the Piraeus Container Terminal. During the exploration of the terminal via bus, we saw the various machines, shipment containers, and technology involved in making shipping services possible. The massive crane-like machines that place the 20 foot shipping containers onto the vessels were of the…
The Port is Massive
For one of our more interesting visits this week our group visited the Piraeus Port. Piraeus Port is the largest port in the Mediterranean and it is a deep sea port as well. It was very interesting to see just how colossal the mother vessels and the port is. The 20×40 crates were insignificant compared…
Piraeus Port Review
Today we visited the Piraeus Port Container Terminal and viewed the operation through our bus. There are two main piers (#2 and #3) where the majority of the operation takes place, with capacity for both mother vessels (20,000+ TEUs) for open ocean shipments and feeder vessels (1000+ TEUs) for Mediterranean trade. There were lots of…
Piraeus Port!
Today we took a bus tour of the PCT and Cosco Ports at Piraeus. It is one of Europe’s largest ports and is divided into three main terminals. Our tour started at the entrance driving towards the first terminal. On the way we passed by the empty container storage which was just packed storage containers….
Visiting the Port of Piraeus
Today we had the opportunity to visit the Port of Piraeus. We visited 3 of the port’s piers. The total capacity of the port is more than 8 million TEUs, and one TEU is the size of a 20 foot container. Typically when we think of shipping containers (at least from my perspective) the 40…