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).
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...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces FY2018 financial results
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global leading ports operator, has announced full year results...
COSCO looks to inland Serbian ports to link to Europe
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO considers the region of Southeastern Europe (SEE) to be one of its strategic markets and intends to...
Marsa Maroc breaks container traffic record in 2018
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Marsa Maroc has broken its container traffic record last year, closing 2018 with a turnover up MAD 2.7...
COSCO meets with Valencia port management
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia),...
Piraeus Port Authority sign labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced the signing of the New Collective Labour Agreement with the...
Tripoli port challenges container checks in Beirut
Tripoli, Lebanon (Ports Europe) February 16, 2019 – The Chinese news agency Xinhua has reported that Ahmad Tamer, Lebanon’s Tripoli Port Director...
Piraeus Port Authority reports 19.2% revenue increase in 2018
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported revenue of...