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COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited is a leading global ports operator with a terminals portfolio covering the five main port regions in Mainland China, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Europe and the Mediterranean. Its Mediterranean terminal operations are located in Bilbao and Valencia (both Spain), Vado Ligure (Italy), Kumport (Turkey), Suez Canal (Egypt) and Piraeus (Greece).

Vasco Shipping Services plans to sell new Cosco Shipping Lines services from Gijón port area

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Vasco Shipping Services is to start selling new Cosco Shipping Lines services from Gijón port on June 12....

UK Maritime and Transport Minister visits Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – The United Kingdom Maritime and Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani has visited the port of Piraeus and met with...

Leading global shipping companies discuss Black Sea container hub

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – During the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2019 being held in Odessa, Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA)...

Genoa port hosts Shenzen port promotion

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...

China’s Vice President Wang Qishan visits container terminal Tollerort, Hamburg port

News Release – China’s Vice President Wang Qishan visits container terminal Tollerort – May 30, 2019 HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT)...

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited reports higher April throughput at container terminals

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 – In April 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container throughout...

COSCO asks Greek government for further 16% of Piraeus Port Authority.

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 26, 2019 – As part of the 2016 agreement between the Greek government and China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, COSCO...

Sines port may open new stage in commercial ties between China, Portugal

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Sines port can start a new era in the relationship between Portugal and China, at a time when Beijing is...

Puertos del Estado president hosts Commercial Counselor of Chinese embassy in Spain

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Puertos del Estado President, Salvador de la Encina, has met with the Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of...

COSCO Shipping Specialized opens European head office in Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Chinese news agencies are reporting that COSCO Shipping Specialized, one of the core members of...

Analysis – Thessaloniki port seeks exit from Piraeus shadow; Chinese and Russian interests

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) May 19, 2019 – After acquiring 67% of the second largest Greek port of Thessaloniki in March 2018, the consortium of new...

China’s Cosco brings Valencia port’s expansion project to court

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Two years’ ago, Chinese group Cosco Shipping Ports Limited, the third largest container shipping company...

APM Terminals’ Vado gateway to open in December 2019

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The “Vado gateway”, the container terminal of APM Terminals, will open on 12 December 2019, said...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, New Democracy politician visits Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, President of the New Democracy political party and Leader of the Opposition, has...

COSCO’s European container terminals see improved performance in Q1 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – In the first three months of 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw...

COSCO hotel proposal for Piraeus port hotels approved

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Greek Culture Ministry’s Central Council for Modern Monuments has approved a proposal submitted by...

Ambassadors visit Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – In the presence of China Ambassador to Greece Zhang Qiyue, ambassadors of approximately 30 countries made...

Greece’s Central Archaeological Council halts COSCO’s Piraeus port investment plan

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) declared two-fifths of the municipality of Piraeus as an...

Piraeus Port Authority presents 2018 financial results to the Hellenic Fund and Asset Management Association

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The annual briefing to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) of the results of Piraeus Port...

Noatum Ports rebranded Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain)

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Following its acquisition by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited in June 2017, Noatum Ports SLU has been...

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