Greece has reportedly set the date for bidding on the port of Thessaloniki this fall.

The effort is part of plans to sell a 67% stake in the country's second largest port agreed in the country's bailout last year.

Reuters reports that suitors will have to submit binding bids at the end of September.

Five groups have shown interest in the bidding as of the end of last month: AP Moller-Maersk's APM Terminals, DP World of Dubai, ICTSI of the Philippines, German investment firm Deutsche Invest and the pairing of Russian Railways and GEK Terna, according to the International New York Times.

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