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Shanghai International Port Group

Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. (SIPG) is the exclusive operator of all the public terminals in the Port of Shanghai. In 2015, SIPG won the bid for the concession to operate the port of Haifa’s new Bay Terminal in Israel for 25 years starting in 2021.

Sines port seeks Vasco da Gama Terminal investment

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 19, 2019 – In addition to recent announcement of the €547 million ($616.13 million) investment by PSA Sines in its...

CargoSmart and Maritime Industry Operators Commit to Transforming the Shipping Industry

News Release – CargoSmart and Maritime Industry Operators Commit to Transforming the Shipping Industry – July 12, 2019 Leading global shipment...

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...

Chinese development of Haifa port faces delays

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Haifa Municipality has registered an objection against the Haifa District Planning and Building Commission...

Top 10 global container port operators for 2018

London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) December 24, 2018 – Cosco Shipping Ports (CS Ports) remains the global port operators’ leader in 2018, according...

Haifa container terminal deal with China’s SIPG under review

Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) December 23, 2018 – The Israeli government is widely believed to be reviewing the March 2015 deal that gives China’s Shanghai...

BEST terminal takes part in Go Green initiative

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), operated by Hutchison Ports, has participated one more year in the...

Concerns about Chinese management at Haifa port

Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) September 15, 2018 – Shanghai International Port Group is reported to be the manager of the newly expanded Haifa port which...

Shanghai delegation visits Durrës port

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – A delegation with expert representatives from the Shanghai port system has been hosted Tuesday afternoon...

Ana Paula Vitorino named “Global Ocean Ambassador” by China

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was honored last Friday with the award “Global Ocean...

First major forum on the new Silk Roads organized by the port of Marseille Fos

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos organized on May 31, 2018, a forum on the theme of “Marseille and its...

Shanghai International Port Group interested in Sines port’s Vasco da Gama Terminal

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – According to Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) is...

Marseille port organises forum on the theme of “Marseille and its port on the new Silk Road”.

Marseille, France (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – The port of Marseille Fos organised May 31, 2018, 2018, a large forum on the theme of “Marseille...

Sardinian AdSP promotes potential at Transport Logistic China 2018 in Shanghai

Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 22, 2018 – From May 15-18, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port...

Algeria government aims to make El Hamdania a top 30 container port

Algiers, Algeria (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – According to Algeria’s direction des Travaux publics (DTP – Public Works Department), El...

Port discussions feature in Friuli Venezia Giulia trade mission to China

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – A trade mission of Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region has concluded an economic trade mission to...

Trieste port may start cooperation with Shanghai 

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2017 – Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government Debora Serracchiani has said that Trieste port...

Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues discusses China role in the Mediterranean

Rome, Italy, December 6, 2017 – The Third Forum of Mediterranean Dialogues, which took place in Rome a few days ago, gave politicians, bankers and...

Conftrasporto-Confcommercio Forum comments on the increased Chinese presence in Europe

Como, Italy (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – The 3rd Conftrasporto International Forum, organized in cooperation with The European House –...

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...

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