More than 1,000 metal objects suspected of being bombs from World War II have been detected on the seabed at the Port of Thessaloniki (ThPA), in the area where works for the expansion of Pier 6 are being carried out.
The material was detected using magnetic surveying methods on the seabed around Pier 6. According to information obtained by Naftemporiki, the survey was deemed necessary by the management of the port authority and the consortium (METKA-TEKAL) implementing the project after two World War II aerial bombs and a single-digit number of 150 mm artillery shells were found in August this year during a precautionary inspection.
The magnetic survey was conducted by a specialist consultant. The bombs discovered in August were removed by the Hellenic Navy’s Underwater Demolition Team.
Port sources stress the need for the competent state authorities to be mobilised immediately to collect the items detected, as their removal requires specialised handling and procedures.
The same sources pointed out, however, that the installation of caissons — large, hollow cellular reinforced-concrete structures that form the main structural core of the Pier 6 expansion and define the area of the extension — is not being hindered by the presence of the findings and is expected to be completed in March.
The discovery of inactive, unexploded wartime ordnance dating from World War II is not uncommon in the port area and, more broadly, in Thessaloniki’s historic centre.
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