{"id":17135,"date":"2022-02-02T10:31:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T08:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hec.minoancloud.gr\/i-istoria-mas\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:43:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T10:43:52","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17135\" class=\"elementor elementor-17135 elementor-6615\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26d3014 elementor-section-full_width page-title-section elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"26d3014\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c31a86 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c31a86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba67755\" data-id=\"ba67755\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adeb860 mb-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adeb860\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<h1 class=\"display-3\">OUR HISTORY<\/h1>\n<ul>\n \t<li><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Our History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b09f6b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b09f6b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12b7786\" data-id=\"12b7786\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5ae0c7 mb-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5ae0c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-title mb-1-9 mb-md-6 text-center wow fadeInUp\" data-wow-delay=\"200ms\"><p>Our History<\/p><h2 class=\"mb-0 h1 mt-2\">Our Success Story<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc5c1d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-wl-history\" data-id=\"5fc5c1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wl-history.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xl-11 mx-auto\">\n                <div class=\"vertical-timeline\">\n                    <div class=\"timeline-items\">\n\n                    \t\n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">1993<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">The Company operates under the name Hellenic Environmental Center (HEC)<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2000<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">A 5-year contract is signed with the Piraeus Port Authority..<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2001 - 2005<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">HEC gradually signed contracts with all major Greek ports.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2006<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">Purchase of the 100,000 DWT Ecomaster vessel and conversion to floating treatment plant.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2010<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/GLOBAL-GREEN-PORT-Pantone-300C-368C-1.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">Global Green Ports Concept comes to life.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2012<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">The Group acquires the old blending plant of BP, in Piraeus.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2014<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">Waste Management patent \u201cOILY WASTE TREATMENT ARRAY FOR USE IN MARPOL PLANT IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS\u201d is approved.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2014<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">The Group is awarded the 35-year exclusive concession contract to act as a Port Reception Facilities provider in Piraeus<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2015<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/GREEN-PORT-HAMBURG-Pantone-300C-368C.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">Green Ports Hamburg was founded after acquiring a state-of-the-art facility located in the strategic center of the port.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                          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        \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">Green Ports Gibraltar begins operations as the exclusive Port Reception Facilities Provider in Gibraltar.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2016<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">The Group commences operations of the state of the art Piraeus facility after an intensive renovation and conversion of the installation to bring it the the highest global waste management standards<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2017 \u2013 2023 <\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">HEC Group continues to invest in innovative technologies and expands its services across a broad spectrum of environmental streams. The company has also grown its business organically and through strategic collaborations, securing a dominant position in its field within the European market<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n\t                        <div class=\"item\">\n\t                            <div class=\"icon\">\n\t                            \t\t                                \t<h4 class=\"mb-0 h1 opacity1\">2023<\/h4>\n\t                                \t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-circle d-none d-md-block\"><span class=\"circle\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\t                            <div class=\"timeline-content\"><span class=\"count\">\n\t                            \t\n\t                            \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hec.gr\/files\/2024\/04\/GREEN-PORT-MALTA-White.png\" alt=\"...\" title=\"...\" class=\"w-40px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        \t                            <\/span>\n\n\t\t                            <div class=\"text\">\n\t\t                            \t\n\t\t                                \t\t                                \t<p class=\"mb-0\">Green Ports Malta begins operations as a Port Reception Facilities Provider in Malta.<\/p>\n\t\t                                \t\t                            <\/div>\n\t                            <\/div>\n\t                        <\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR HISTORY Home Our History Our History Our Success Story 1993 The Company operates under the name Hellenic Environmental Center (HEC) 2000 A 5-year contract is signed with the Piraeus Port Authority.. 2001 &#8211; 2005 HEC gradually signed contracts with all major Greek ports. 2006 Purchase of the 100,000 DWT Ecomaster vessel and conversion to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hec.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}