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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.

China’s Silk Road initiative offers great opportunities to Italian ports 

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Italy has a great opportunity to take advantage of China’s New Silk Road initiative, as China...

Event: The Silk Road Summit – Constanta port, October 4-6, 2017.

Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 29, 2017 – The Silk Road Summit is an event organized by the National Company of Maritime Ports...

Greece-China, meeting of the 12th Interministerial Committee in Athens

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Greece and China discussed strengthening trade and investment exchanges during the 12th...

A Coruña port presents its advantages to Chinese investors

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The president of A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña), Enrique Losada, received...

Chinese companies Anhui, Zhongzhi representatives visit Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Representatives of Chinese companies Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Zhongzhi New Energy Vehicle have...

Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...

MoU signed at Xi’an Silk Road Business Summit

Beijing, China (Ports Europe) September 17 – On 8-9 September 2017 Xi’an Silk Road Business Summit and Silk Road Cultural Week was held in...

Trieste port president calls on Europe to participate actively in China’s OBOR project

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Europe needs to have an active role in China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, the president of...

What China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” means for the Western Balkans

Brussels, Belgium, September 11, 2017 – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has commissioned an independent report on the...

AMNA organises “New Silk Road” forum

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Representatives of 25 national news agencies from China, the Balkans, Central and Southern...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras praises Sino-Greek cooperation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attended the opening of China’s pavilion at...

Valencia port prepares trade mission to China

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has started preparing a commercial mission...

Cosco expects rise in container transport demand in H2 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. Ltd. reported a profit in the first half of the year and expects that...

Baku International Sea Trade Port attends Silk Road conference

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – China has hosted an international conference dedicated to the Chinese transcontinental project...

China, USA are largest container traffic partners of Valencia port in H1 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – China and the USA were the main trading partners of Valencia port in the container traffic segment in...

Chinese delegation visits Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – A meeting between the municipality of Civitavecchia, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...

Chinese ambassador visits Setúbal port

Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – The Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Cai Run, visited Setúbal port on August 4, and...

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