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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.

Venice attends EU-China forum

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – The Port of Venice was the only port invited to participate in the 7“ EU-China Forum entitled ‘EU-China...

Chinese delegation visits the port of Trieste

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The Counselor Minister of the commercial economic office of the Chinese embassy in Italy, Xu Xiaofeng, has...

Serbia, China, Hungary start talks on transport corridor to Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Serbia, China and Hungary have agreed to start talks as soon as possible on the modernization of the transport...

Kazakhstan, China presidents launch train container service to Turkey, Central Asia

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Kazakhstan’s president Nursultan Nazarbayev and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have officially launched a...

Spain to boost cooperation with China under Belt & Road Initiative

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the “Business Opportunities for Spanish Companies under the Belt and Road Initiative”...

Valencia port aims to become Mediterranean hub for China’s New Silk Road project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – Valencia port brings together all the assets and conditions to be a strategic hub of the Mediterranean part of...

EU-China Summit: moving forward with our global partnership

Brussels, Belgium, June 2, 2017 The 19th Summit between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China held today in Brussels has brought a number...

Chinese delegation visits Sines port

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Sines port received a delegation of government officials of the Chinese province of Ningbo, where the fourth...

China considers Albanian transport investment

Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Albanian Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Sokol Dervishaj attended the recent Belt and Road forum...

Chinese investors show interest in Ligurian ports

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio said Chinese investors have expressed serious interest in the ports of...

EIB confirms support for Belt and Road initiative

Luxembourg (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Europe’s long-term lending institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has formally agreed to support...

China eyes heavy investment in Egypt’s Suez Canal

Port Said, Egypt (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Egypt’s Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil has said that China is looking at heavily...

China looks at Trieste port investment

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Following a visit to China, Italy’s Premier Paolo Gentiloni said that Chinese investors were...

Speech by Jyrki Katainen, Vice President European Commission, at the Leaders’ Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum

Brussels, 15 May 2017 [Mr. President, your Excellencies.] On behalf of the European Union it is a pleasure to be here in Beijing at the Belt and Road Forum,...

Italian ports are strategic for China’s One Belt One Road initiative – PM

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – China puts in place a multi-billion dollar investment plan for the New Silk Road, the largest infrastructure,...

Greece praises local Chinese investment

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – This week, China will open the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, May 14-15, and in Athens...

Event – Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation – May 14-15, Beijing

Beijing, China (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – China’s Belt and Road Forum is being billed as one of the biggest diplomatic events of 2017, and is based...

Greek president praises forthcoming Belt and Road Forum

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 7, 2017 – The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation takes place in Beijing on May 14-15 and Greek...

Nantes port accompanies the Pays de la Loire Regional Authority to China

Nantes, France (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – On April 9, a Pays de la Loire Regional Authority delegation left for a visit to China, including Hong Kong,...

Visit of Liu Qibao to Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) April 29, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA) has received a visit by Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of...

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