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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.

Luka Koper hosts delegation from Chinese port of Ningbo

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – On Thursday, November 22, 2018, Luka Koper hosted a delegation from the Chinese port of Ningbo. For...

Algeciras port signs agreement with China’s Ningbo Zhoushan port

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...

Chinese delegation visits Gioia Tauro port

Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 26, 2018 – Chinese Minister of Economy Li Bin has visited the port of Gioia Tauro during a tour organised by the...

Thessaloniki Port Authority attends 1st China International Import Expo event

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has attended the 1st China International Import Expo (CIIE)...

China ready to invest in new multimodal cargo terminals on the Ukrainian border with the EU

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – China plans investment in new multimodal freight terminals on Ukrainian territory on the...

Barcelona port signs cooperation memorandum with China’s Ningbo Zhoushan port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – The ports of Barcelona and Ningbo Zhoushan have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange...

Piraeus Port Authority participates in China International Import Expo

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has participated in the first China International Import Expo (CIIE)...

Valenciaport exhibits at China International Import Expo, Shanghai

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has...

Ukrainian ports participates in China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has attended the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in...

New Chinese ambassador to Greece visits Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – China’s new ambassador to Greece, Zhang Qiyue, has visited the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and...

Genoa offers port projects to Chinese investors

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – The New Silk Road could lead Genoa port in overcoming the crisis. Including that of the collapse of the Morandi...

Suez Canal participates in China International Import Forum

Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Suez Canal Economic Authority has participated in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) held in Shanghai...

China Merchants Group eyes acquisition of Trieste port operator

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Italian companies Parisi Group and I.Co.P. srl are in talks for the sale of their shares in...

AdSP Genoa president speaks at CIIE event in Shanghai

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Paolo Emilio Signorini, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP...

Croatia hopes its ports to become gateway for Chinese foreign trade

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Croatia hopes its ports to become a gateway for the import of cargo to Europe from China, prime minister...

Genoa mayor meets local companies at Shanghai exhibition

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – The Mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci is in Shanghai attending the occasion of China International Import Expo...

Fincantieri: The Chinese cruise hub established

Trieste, Italy, November 5, 2018 In the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic development and Labour Luigi Di Maio and...

Italy’s Fincantieri establishes cruise hub in China

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has signed a contract for the creation of an industrial hub for cruise,...

Valenciaport and China’s Tianjin port sign agreement to promote technological platform

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) and...

Delegation from Zhuhai city visits Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – On October 26, 2018, a delegation from the Chinese city of Zhuhai visited La Spezia, attending...

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