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.
A Chinese delegation of vehicle manufacturers visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – A delegation of automotive companies from China and Hong Kong visited Barcelona port last week to study the...
Slovenia State Secretary visiting China
May 7, 2019 At the invitation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), the State Secretary at the Ministry of...
China’s CSIC sees Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik as gateway to Europe
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) sees Croatia’s Uljanik shipyard as a gateway to Europe,...
Analysis – Chinese investment in Piraeus port facing local challenges
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has visited China and attended the Second Forum of the Silk...
Switzerland and China sign Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) agreement
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – Swiss President Ueli Maurer has visited China and held discussions with President Xi Jinping. A Memorandum...
China and Georgia sign transport agreement
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – Georgian Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Maya Tskitishvili, has been in the Chinese...
Montenegro’s Bar port operator sees €22.1 million loss in 2018, seeks investment
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Montenegrin port operator Luka Bar recorded a €22.1 million ($24.7 million) loss in 2018, due to the...
Serbia and China sign contracts for construction of Preljina-Pozega highway, Novi Sad-Subotica section
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure has announced that contracts were...
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in Beijing
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has attended the second Belt and Road Forum for International...
duisport intensifies cooperation with Chongqing – developing rail traffic
Duisburg, Germany (PortSEurope) April 26, 2019 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) is expanding its cooperation with the Chinese city of Chongqing. During a...
Suez Canal Authority, China’s Tianjin to develop 2nd phase of TEDA Industrial Zone
Suez, Egypt (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s...
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev seeks investment during China visit
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is in China and has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, ahead of...
China Machinery Engineering Corporation signs contract for port of Varna enlargement
Varna, Bulgaria (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has signed a €120 million ($134.93 million) contract...
China Railway Eryan Engineering signs MOU for Croatian transportation corridor development
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – Infrastructure manager HŽ Infrastruktura has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Railway...
Analysis – Anaklia new port: China probably wants it, Russia hates it, U.S. navy might use it, Georgia would benefit from it enormously
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – The project for the future biggest deep sea port in the Black Sea, Anaklia, has reportedly secured financing...
Swiss President to visit China with finance and business delegation
Swiss President Ueli Maurer to visit China with finance and business delegation and is invited for state visit – 16 April 2019 President Ueli Maurer will...
Montenegro PM Marković at 16+1 Summit: Cooperation between CEEC and China is successful and significant
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – On 12 April 2019, the 8th Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries 16+1 (CEECs) was...
Bar port represents huge investment opportunity
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – Bar port represents a large chance for the development of Montenegro’s economy, Prime Minister Duško...
Rijeka port stays open to potential Chinese investments
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – China’s potential participation in the construction of a railway line linking Croatia’s Rijeka...
Genoa port not threatened by Chinese investment
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Genoa and Savona ports are not threatened by a potentially dominant position of China in the Italian ports...