Piraeus the Greek government in the British courts, most were uninterested in continuing to base their headquarters in Piraeus, both out of distrust of the Greek government, and because the war had left the greater Athens area in a state of severe poverty. As a result, Greece's shipowners left Piraeus en masse in favour of operations in London, New York, Alexandria and other major shipping cities. Today the port of Pireaeus ranks 7th in Europe in terms of TEUs transported through it each year. In 1967, when a group of colonels staged a coup d'état against the government, in order to
Port River Port River The Port River (officially known as the Port Adelaide River) is part of a tidal estuary located north of the Adelaide city centre in the Australian state of South Australia, and used as a shipping channel since the beginning of European settlement in 1836. The river is officially known as the "Port Adelaide River" while the name "Port River" is described in official sources as "a local variant." The Port River is the western branch of the largest tidal estuary on the eastern side of Gulf St Vincent. It extends inland through the historic Inner Harbour of Port