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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.

Huelva port presents offer to Chinese companies at Shanghai fair

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2018 – A commercial delegation of Huelva port, led by its director, Ignacio Álvarez-Ossorio, is this week at the...

Algeciras port starts trade mission in China

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Algeciras port has started a commercial mission at several strategic logistic and ports in China, as well as at...

Valencia port to take part in transport fair in China

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will participate in the ‘Transport Logistic...

Spanish ports’ cargo traffic with China rises 3.9% in 2017

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Cargo traffic in Spanish ports with origin or destination in China reached 18.7 million tonnes in 2017, 3.9%...

Event: Transport Logistic China 2018: The Mediterranean Sea: where Asia, Africa and Europe meet along the Maritime Silk Road Friday, May 18, 2018

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Intermed Gateways has organised a seminar on “The Mediterranean Sea: where Asia, Africa and Europe meet...

Anaklia Deep Sea Port becomes associate member of Trans Caspian International Transit Route

Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port has become an associate member of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route,...

Barcelona port attends Logistics Transport China fair

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona is presenting its activities and services at the Logistics Transport China, May...

Chinese port delegation visits Georgia

Batumi, Georgia (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Dimitri Kumsishvili, has...

Event: A Natural Connection for China in Europe – May 16, 2018, Shanghai

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – On May 16, 2018, at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC), a round table will be held...

Catania and Augusta ports to be represented at Transport Logistic China trade fair

Augusta, Italy (PortSEurope) May 6, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Sicilian Sea Port...

Call for Sines port to have a role in China’s new Silk Road

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – Portugal’s ambassador to Beijing, José Augusto Duarte, reiterated on Tuesday that Portugal has the...

Trieste port to develop cooperation with China’s Zhuzhou

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Zhuzhou, a metropolis of about 4 million inhabitants located in southern China, and the Italian Friuli Venezia...

Las Palmas port takes advantage of USA-China trade battle

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – Las Palmas port is taking advantage from the open commercial battle between the United States and China. The...

Barcelona, Zhoushan, Ningbo ports study enhancing of cooperation

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – A delegation from China’s Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group has visited Barcelona port to assess the...

EU authorities look at possible tax fraud by Chinese criminal organizations at Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 23, 2018 – It has been reported that the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Italian Central Anti-fraud Office...

Cosco Shipping signs investment contract with Kazakhstan Railways

Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Cosco Shipping has signed a contract with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (Kazakhstan Railways) to develop...

China to assist Georgia in developing Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor

Tbilisi, Georgia (Ports Europe) China will assist Georgia in developing Trans-Caspian International Transport Corridor, so-called middle corridor, within the...

Koper port representatives visit Chinese port of Ningbo-Zhoushan

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Representatives of port operator Luka Koper d.d. and the Slovenian government have visited the Chinese...

Valencia region ports’ presidents visit China 

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The presidents of the port authorities of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez; Castellón, Francisco Toledo; and...

Genoa hosts Silk Road forum

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – On Friday 23 March 2018 the Authority hosted the convention “The Silk Road in the New Perspective of...

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