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.
Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...
Livorno port hosts joint Greek & Chinese meeting
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – The China-Piraeus-Livorno axis was discussed during a meeting attended by the honorary consul of the...
Livorno port discusses cooperation with Piraeus, China
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Livorno port’s management has held a meeting with the Honorary Consul of the People’s...
Piraeus is the head of the dragon
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Crisis? In Greece’s largest port of Piraeus, it is not felt. In the first nine months of 2018,...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port becomes central destination for weekly shipments from China
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Lebanon’s Tripoli port has become a central destination for weekly shipments from China to the...
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...
Trieste port aims to become gateway for Chinese cargo under the Silk Road initiative
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Trieste port is interested in taking advantage of business opportunities through the Maritime...
China’s Guizhou province eyes Italy’s Calabria ports
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – China’s Guizhou province has expressed interest in using the ports in the southern Italian region...
Ravenna Port System in Hong Kong
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Ravenna port has sent a business mission to Hong Kong, China, to present the port’s business offer...
Setúbal port strike delays pig exports to China
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – An export of pigs from Portugal to China will be delayed to January from December, due to the strike of...
Piraeus Chamber of Commerce hosts New Silk Road event
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The challenges, the great contribution and the next steps of China’s five-year initiative...
Greek businessmen and Chinese scholars voice confidence in Sino-Greek cooperation in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Greek businessmen and Chinese scholars voiced confidence in the prospects of Sino-Greek cooperation in...
FELB to launch freight rail service linking Italy to China’s Chengdu
Melzo, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Austria-based company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) plans to launch a freight rail service connecting the Melzo...
Croatia working to attract Chinese cargo traffic to Rijeka port
Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Croatia’s government is working on attracting Chinese cargo traffic to Rijeka port,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping visit Portugal and looks to develop partnership
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of China, on a two-day visit to Portugal, intends to deepen...
Lisbon and Beijing to endorse new Silk Road understanding
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The ambassador of the People’s Republic of China in Portugal, Cai Run, has confirmed the...
Xi Jinping will visit Portugal December 4-5, 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 2, 2018 – Following a visit to Spain, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Portugal December 4-5, 2018. During...
Algeciras port can benefit from Chinese president’s visit to Spain
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – The president of China, Xi Jinping, is visiting Spain and a number of agreements have been signed,...
Business set to gain from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s to Spain
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 29, 2018 – At a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the countries...