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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.

Region Friuli Venezia Giulia to send delegation to the Western China International Fair

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Enhancing and promoting Friuli Venezia Giulia (Fvg), encouraging incoming tourism from China,...

Valencia, Tianjin ports to enhance cooperation 

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Valencia’s regional Parliament has ratified a memorandum of understanding between the regional...

AdSP Mar Tirreno Centrale establishes relations with the Hong Kong government

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 8, 2018 – In cooperation with the International Propeller Clubs, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...

Conftrasporto: New silk road, from opportunities to danger with China

News – Conftrasporto – September 5, 2018 – New silk road, from opportunities to danger with sovereign China – Speech by Luigi Merlo...

Piraeus port to play vital role in “Belt and Road” initiative

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 4, 2018 – Piraeus port will play an important pivotal role in the construction of the China-European Land and Sea...

China interested in railway development at Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – Chinese Ambassador Li Ruiyu has said that China is interested in reactivating a Trieste railway station...

Chinese journalists visit La Spezia Container Terminal

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 31, 2018 – A delegation of journalists  from CCTV – China Central Television, China Daily newspaper and...

China, Greece sign agreement to promote Belt and Road Initiative

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 29, 2018 – The foreign ministers of China and Greece have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to...

Sines port to become important player in China’s New Silk Road

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – The New Silk Road initiative will include a route connecting Asia to Western Europe via South Africa’s...

Delegation of Chinese state TV visits the port of Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2018 – A Chinese delegation has visited Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...

Piraeus Port Authority and Qingdao International Port Group sign Memorandum of Understanding

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) and Qingdao International Port Group have signed a Memorandum of...

China values ​​the creation of the new VCFI index of Valenciaport

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The Chinese logistics market has echoed the recent creation of the new Valencia Containerized Freight...

Leading Chinese companies meet Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan

Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelyan has met with representatives of the largest...

China’s long march on European ports

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published in it Comments section, a long article by Simone...

First direct freight train linking Spain to China departs from tmZ maritime terminal

Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The first export train to China has departed from Spain’s Maritime Terminal of Zaragoza (tmZ),...

EIB cooperates with China with new €500 million Silk Road Fund equity investment initiative

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – At the EU-China summit June 2, 2018, the European Investment Fund and the Silk Road Fund signed a...

Meeting minutes of the 3rd Chairs’ Meeting Of EU-China connectivity platform

Beijing, China, July 16, 2018 The 3rd Chairs’ Meeting of EU-China Connectivity Platform took place on 15 July in Beijing, China. The Chinese delegation was...

List of projects to be considered in the framework of the EU-China Connectivity platform

Beijing, China (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The 20th Summit between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China took place in Beijing...

EU and China sign landmark partnership on oceans

Beijing, China, July 16, 2018 On 16 July, the European Union has signed a unique ocean partnership agreement with China. Two of the world’s largest ocean...

Assoporti to present study on the Mediterranean Sea 19 July in Rome

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – Assoporti, the ports association, will present a study on the geo-strategic scenarios of the Mediterranean...

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