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.
Sanctions require Russia’s Primorye corridors to China
Posyet, Russia (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – Western sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 require Moscow to...
Georgia, China sign Middle Corridor MoU
Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) September 17, 2024 – Last Friday, Georgia and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the...
200th container train from China arrives in Aktau port
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The 200th container train so far in 2024 from China has arrived at Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea port...
First China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan freight train
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan freight train departed from Wuxi, Jiangsu province near...
Safetrans sends largest-ever container ship along Northern Sea Route
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – The Safetrans Line Panamax container ship “Flying Fish 1” left Bronka, St....
MSC buys four container ships from Safetrans
Geneva, Switzerland (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has purchased four Panamax-class container ships from...
Third major border crossing opened between China and Kyrgyzstan
Bedel, Kyrgyzstan (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Bedel-Avtodorozhny, the third major crossing between Kyrgyzstan and China, has been...
Update: China to help (again) Russia’s North-South corridor
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 12, 2024 – Russia is again relying on help from China to develop a strategic transportation project – the...
Chinese company signs contract to use Astrakhan SEZ
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – The Chinese company Guangdong Xinhui Cimc Special Transportation Equipment Co., Ltd, Kiton Group LLC...
Ports of Algeciras and Ningbo plan cooperation
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – The Port of Algeciras is consolidating its role as a key distribution hub between Asia, Europe,...
Chinese ports container volume rises 8.3 % from Jan to Jul 2024
Chinese ports container volume rises 8.3 % from January to July of 2024, Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease slightly in August 2024 – September...
No return cargo for China’s containers from Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – The impossibly huge containerised trade imbalance between Russia and China leads to accumulation of hundreds...
Container transit from China via Middle Corridor increased 14 times
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2024 – Container transit from China via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
FESCO starts LCL container service, Shanghai & St.Petersburg
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) August 17, 2024 – The FESCO transport group has launched a regular service for sending LCL containers (Less than Container...
Fake Chinese ball and roller bearings seized in Varna port
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – 11,966 fake ball and roller bearings with different technical applications were seized in Bulgaria’s...
Mamuka Khazaradze: “Anaklia becomes a Chinese port”
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Georgia’s Black Sea Deep Water Port of Anaklia was to be the largest infrastructural investment...
Jan de Nul to construct maritime infrastructure of Anaklia Port
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2024 – Belgian company Jan de Nul won the tender for the construction of the maritime infrastructure of Georgia’s...
China and Russia create “Ice Silk Road” in the Arctic
Arkhangelsk, Russia (Ports Europe) – On August 5, 2024, China and Russia launched a rail-sea service, Arctic Express No 1, which will transport...
Chinese ships in Russian Far East inland waterways
Khabarovsk, Russia (Ports Europe) August 4, 2024 – In further proof of Russia’s dependence on China, Moscow will allow Chinese ship Jianghong Fuxing to...
First batch of Leapmotor electric vehicles on their way to Europe
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – The first batch of Leapmotor International electric vehicles, the C10 SUVs and T03 cars, set sail this week...