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.
China ports container volume rises 15% in first half of 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index rises in July
In first half of 2021, the cargo volume of China ports was 7643.3million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%; the container throughput of China ports...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited sees increase in June 2021 TEU traffic
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – In Jan-June 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 51 million TEU,...
CMPort forecasts more than 170% profit increase in 1H 2021
On 14 July 2021, China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) announced a positive profit alert for the 2021 interim results. The Group is...
Ukraine and China sign an agreement on cooperation in infrastructure construction
On June 30, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and Minister of Commerce of China Wang Wentao signed an intergovernmental agreement. It...
First China train welcomed in the Cargo Center Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria (Ports Europe) July 6, 2021 – On June 21, the Rail Cargo group has welcomed the first train from China at the Cargo Center Graz in...
A.P. Moller – Maersk first block train from Southern West Europe to Asia
Madrid, Spain – This new Maersk´s intermodal service has moved its first 37 x 40 containers in 32 days. The cargo was sent by truck from Cartagena,...
The first freight train from Guangzhou, China, is headed for Odessa
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – A cargo train has left the Chinese port of Guangzhou heading to Odessa in Ukraine carrying 50 containers....
China Merchants Port Holdings reports container cargo up over 25% in first four months of 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) June 4, 2021 – China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has reported significant growth in both container throughput and...
Croatia continues to strengthen ties with China and build cooperation
Today, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković received Yang Jiechi, the first man of Chinese diplomacy and the head of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Central...
China ports container volume rises 18.1% from January to April 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index rises in May
From January to April 2021, the cargo volume of China ports was 4897.3 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%; the container throughput of China ports...
Georgia’s Partnership Fund signs agreement with Chinese logistics centre
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – A strategic cooperation agreement has been signed between the Georgian Partnership Fund and the logistics...
TradeLens available in China through collaboration with China Unicom Digital Tech
China Unicom Digital Tech, the subsidiary of China Unicom, the global leading telecommunication service provider, announced their partnership with TradeLens...
Port of Barcelona Customer Training organises the conference “Business Protocol in China”
Yuan Gao, economist and linguist, expert in Chinese culture and international trade, participated the conference “Business Protocol in China”,...
New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established
The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between...
Analysis – Shipping containers crisis – boxes are getting more and more expensive to transport, but also to buy
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) May 3, 2021 – Exactly one month after the last 61 ships blocked by the six days grounding of the huge Ever Given...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces 2021 first quarter results
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, a leading ports operator, today announced the first quarter results for the three months ended 31 March 2021 – April 28,...
China ports container volume rises 14.6% in March of 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decreases in April
In March of 2021, the cargo volume of China ports was 1276.8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%, the container throughput of China ports was...
Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut; What about France, China, Turkey, the USA, Russia, the UAE & Kuwait?
Beirut, Lebanon (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was...
China Merchants Port reports 2020 financial results
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) April 3, 2021 – China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has reported annual results for the period ended...
China ports container volume rises 35.5% in February of 2021, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease in March
In February of 2021, the container throughput of Chinese ports have a increase of 13% compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized...