China
China is a country in East Asia and the most populous country in the world. It has a well-developed port sector and several large companies with European ports and shipping activities, including COSCO Shipping Ports, COSCO Lines, China Merchants Group and Shanghai International Port Group. It has a key role as a supplier of a vast amount of cargo to European markets, via a number of European Mediterranean Sea ports. It has holdings in a number of these ports. Its trade routes with Europe are widely known as the new Silk Road.
Valencia port to continue rapprochement effort with China
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has set the continuation of its efforts to...
Cosco looks at further investments in Italian ports
Milan, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – Chinese businesses continue to explore further investments in Mediterranean ports and in particular in...
Spanish dry port tmZ receives first container of regular line to China
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Spanish dry port Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) said it has received the first container of the...
Bordeaux increases contact with China in 2017
Bordeaux, France (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – Firstly, in Canton (port twinned with Bordeaux Port Atlantique), the ports of Bordeaux and Nantes...
DSV to launch Zaragoza-Zhengzhou rail freight service
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Zaragoza dry port operator Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) plans to launch a regular freight rail...
Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...
China, Switzerland eye investments in Italian ports on the Tyrrhenian Sea
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – China has a strong interest in investing in Italian ports and especially in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the president...
Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...
Port discussions feature in Friuli Venezia Giulia trade mission to China
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – A trade mission of Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region has concluded an economic trade mission to...
Trieste port may start cooperation with Shanghai
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government Debora Serracchiani has said that Trieste port...
Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues discusses China role in the Mediterranean
Rome, Italy, December 6, 2017 – The Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues, which took place in Rome a few days ago, gave politicians, bankers and...
Chinese delegation visits Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 – A delegation from China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) has met with officials...
Transglory launches Tunisia-China maritime trade service
Rades, Tunisia (PortSEurope) December 3, 2017 – Spanish company Transglory has started a new maritime trade line between Rades port in Tunisia and...
Propeller Clubs improve image of Italian ports in Hong Kong
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 1, 2017 – Italian Propeller Clubs has attracted the attention of Chinese investors to Italian ports during their visit...
Contship Italia Group attends Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference (ALMC) is one of the largest shipping and maritime...
Tanger Med port hopes to join One Belt, One Road initiative
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Morocco’s Tanger Med port hopes to strengthen its cooperation with Chinese companies and join One...
Bulgaria and China establish local transport think-tank
Sofia, Bulgaria (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Local and Chinese organisations have signed an agreement to establish the China-Central and East Europe...