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.
Cosco looks to hold Piraeus Port Authority board meetings in China
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced that on Friday 28/7/2017, the Adjourned Ordinary General Meeting...
China investment in Mediterranean ports
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The Italian financial daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article looking at Chinese state...
Fransabank organises port of Beirut export to China
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – In July 2016, Fransabank organized a “One Belt & One Road to Beijing” in the Chinese capital where...
Portugal looks for new Silk Road role
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – Following the Portuguese prime minister’s visit to China in 2016, the first memorandum of...
Chinese navy visits Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 2, 2017 – A Chinese naval fleet has arrived on Sunday at Piraeus port for a four-day friendly visit to Greece. Three...
Algeciras port to join Silk Road conference in Ningbo, China
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Algeciras port will participate in the International Forum on Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation in Ningbo,...
Portuguese prime minister promotes Sines port for the new Silk Road
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Portuguese prime minister António Costa insisted today on the “leading position” of the port of...
Tunisia seeks to develop as regional trade hub
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – Speaking at the Tunis Forum 2017, Minister of Trade and Industry Zied Ladhari said the country could be not...
Tunisia seeks Silk Road role
Tunis, Tunisia (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – The strategy for Tunisia’s integration into the new Silk Road is based on a set of factors including...
Barcelona, Shanghai free trade zones sign cooperation deal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – The free zones of Barcelona and Shanghai ports have signed a cooperation agreement to enhance the relations...
SRM – The 2017 Report on the Maritime Economy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) has published the fourth issue of the Report on the Maritime...
Mayor of Shanghai visits the CMA CGM tower in Marseille
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Rodolphe Saadé, Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM Group, has received today, Yong Ying, Mayor of...
Venice attends EU-China forum
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Port of Venice was the only port invited to participate in the 7“ EU-China Forum entitled ‘EU-China...
Chinese delegation visits the port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The Counselor Minister of the commercial economic office of the Chinese embassy in Italy, Xu Xiaofeng, has...
Serbia, China, Hungary start talks on transport corridor to Piraeus port
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Serbia, China and Hungary have agreed to start talks as soon as possible on the modernization of the transport...
Kazakhstan, China presidents launch train container service to Turkey, Central Asia
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have officially launched a...
Valencia port aims to become Mediterranean hub for China’s New Silk Road project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – Valencia port brings together all the assets and conditions to be a strategic hub of the Mediterranean part of...