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.
Potential Chinese investments in Rijeka, Trieste may threaten Slovenia’s Koper port
Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Koper port may lose its leading role in the northern Adriatic and become a port of regional importance if...
Prime Minister Šarec and Chinese Premier on possibilities for expanding relations between the two countries
News Release – Prime Minister Šarec and Chinese Premier on possibilities for expanding relations between the two countries – April 11, 2019...
Greece joins China’s ”16+1” Partnership With Central and Eastern Europe
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Greece has officially joined the ”Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European...
Plenkovic, Li say Peljesac bridge symbolises Croatia-China-EU cooperation
Zagreb, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Last week Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited the...
APM Terminals launches The Gothenburg Gateway
News Release – APM Terminals launches The Gothenburg Gateway – April 15, 2019 APM Terminals Gothenburg launched The Gothenburg Gateway this week....
Austria’s RCG establishes China-Hungary rail freight connection
Budapest, Hungary (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Austria’s Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has established a regular connection the Chinese province...
Croatia and China sign bilateral agreements, issue joint Silk Road statement
Zagreb, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang have issued a joint...
Chinese investors show interest in Rijeka port rail project
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – Chinese companies are interested in participating in the project for the modernisation of the...
The Dubrovnik Guidelines for Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries
Dubrovnik, Croatia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2019 – A Chinese delegation headed by Prime Minister Li Keqiang is in Dubrovnik to take part in the 16 + 1...
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...
Uzbekistan joins China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – Uzbekistan has joined the China-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway corridor, part of the...
Entrepreneurs from China’s Fujian province visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Xinzhao Chen, president of the Association of Chinese Entrepreneurs of Fujian Province in Spain, has held a...
Analysis – China and Italy sign new Silk Road agreement – the aftermath
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – A total of 19 institutional agreements and 10 commercial agreements were signed during the state visit of...
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...
Is Malta missing out on the new Silk Road?
Valletta, Malta (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – After the Italian ports of Genoa and Trieste joint the China’s new Silk Road project, the attention...
Calabria’s Gioia Tauro port misses a role in the new Silk Road
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – President of the Calabria Region Mario Oliveiro has written to Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte,...
Germany criticises Italy’s cooperation with China
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – The German government is concerned about China’s increasing influence in the EU. Foreign Minister Heiko...
China eyes investments in Italy’s Porto Empedocle
Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A Chinese technical delegation has studied the profiles of Sicilian ports, including Porto...
Trieste port signs agreement with China Communications Construction Company
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale (Genoa) and China Communication Construction Company sign cooperation agreement
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2019 – A part of the wider agreement signed in Rome between Italy and China for the development of relations...