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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.

Next railway corridor: China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan project

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) August 21, 2023 – One of the main topics of China’s Premier Li Qiang visit to Kyrgyzstan in October will be the...

China ports container volume rises 4.8% in first half of 2022

China ports container volume rises 4.8% in the half year of 2022,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease slightly in July 2023 – August 7, 2023 In...

Could China be given Anaklia port project?

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The long-delayed Georgia Anaklia deep sea port project in the Black Sea seems about to be served on a...

Port of Ravenna exports BMWs to the Far East

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2023 – Last April, Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) started exporting cars and since then has handled around 3,000...

40.6% growth in China-Russia trade in H1’23

Beijing, China (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Trade turnover between Russia and China in the first half of 2023 increased in dollar terms by 40.6% compared to...

TransContainer and Inner Mongolia Foreign Trade Development hold talks

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and the Chinese company Inner Mongolia Foreign Trade Development Co., Ltd (IMFT) have...

Sanctions push Russia towards Asia

Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – Deprived of Western markets due to sanctions, Russia’s trade with the Shanghai Cooperation...

FESCO’s business now depends on China

St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Chinese direction occupies the main share of Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group...

China’s Sany sales surge in sanctioned Russia

Yanino, Russia (PortSEurope) June 11, 2023 – Sany, the major Chinese manufacturer of handling and construction equipment, continues its sanctions-driven...

41% growth in Russia-China trade turnover in Jan-May’23

Beijing, China (PortSEurope) June 8, 2023 – Trade turnover between Russia and China in the first five months of 2023 increased in dollar terms by 40.7%...

China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023

China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023,Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease in May 2023 – June 7, 2023 From...

FT: Huge shipping containers surplus after COVID-related shortages

London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Global demand for goods is declining after the post-COVID restrictions and boom and this is...

FESCO Baltorient Line adds Port of Mundra, India, to rotation

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – The FESCO Transportation Group has added a call to the port of Mundra, India. The FESCO Baltorient Line...

CCTT Maritime Logistics Working Group holds first meeting

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – Today, the Coordinating Council for Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) hosted the first meeting of the...

The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?

Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...

Russia’s Vladivostok as a domestic Chinese port

Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The Port of Vladivostok, Russia’s largest in country’s Far East, will be used to transport goods...

TransContainer agreed to handle its services at new terminal in SEZ Alabuga

Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – AlabugaExim LLC, the operator of a new container terminal in SEZ Alabuga in the Deng Xiaoping Logistics...

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