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.
Is Russia’s Ust-Luga Baltic port a Chinese terminal?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – The giant Chinese supply chain operations and real estate development corporation Xiamen C&D Group is...
Russia as China’s vassal state
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) May 18, 2024 – Western sanctions are turning Russia into China’s vassal state and a raw-materials appendage of Beijing. The...
Ports of Barcelona and Shanghai announce cooperation
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 14, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona and the Port of Shanghai have signed an agreement for cooperation in projects...
DP World Yarimca starts rail service to avoid Red Sea problems
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – DP World Yarimca has started using a previously unused rail route from China to Turkey to ensure the...
Update: China’s Famsun to build grain terminal at Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Russia is producing an excessive amount of cheap grain. Iran needs to import huge quantities of grain. China...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces results for Q1 2024
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, the world’s leading ports logistics service provider, today announced the First Quarter results of the Company and its...
Chinese port delegation visits Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2024 – A delegation from China’s Shangdong Port Group and the Port of Quingdao yesterday visited the Port...
Grimaldi Group opens new offices in Shanghai
Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) April 23, 2024 – Grimaldi Shipping Agency Shanghai has inaugurated new offices in Sinar Mas Plaza, the tallest skyscraper...
Middle Corridor might help China and Russia, but more so Europe
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 21, 2024 – The European Union (EU)’s plans to upgrade the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR, Middle...
Russia pushes for corridors with Asia to bypass sanctions
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) April 20, 2024 – Russia is pressing ahead with the creation of two new transport corridors linking it with Asia, seeking to...
China’s Famsun to build a new grain terminal at Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) April 18, 2024 – China’s Famsun Group is to construct a new grain terminal at Makhachkala Commercial Seaport. A...
China-Russia trade turnover continues to grow in Q1’24
Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 13, 2024 – Trade turnover between China and Russia in January-March 2024 increased in dollar terms by +5.2% compared...
China’s BTR to build plant in Tangier, Morocco
Tangier, Morocco (Ports Europe) April 12, 2024 – BTR and the Morocco government have signed an agreement for the Chinese company to set up a plant in the...
Railway JV between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan looks to China
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) April 9, 2024 – Kazakhstan and doubly landlocked Uzbekistan will create a railway joint venture that will create cargo...
A new rail cargo service – Shijiazhuang, northern China, Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia (Ports Europe) March 29, 2024 – A new rail cargo service between Shijiazhuang (capital of Hebei Province in northern China) and Belgrade...
First train leaves Kazak terminal in Xian, China for Kazakhstan
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 27, 2024 – The first train has departed a Kazakhstan-owned logistics centre in China’s dry port of Xian along...
Ships crashing into bridges call for new port safety standards
Baltimore, United States (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – The giant container ship crash on March 26 with the column of the bridge at the entrance to...
Damen Marine Components to supply rudder systems for BYD Auto
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) March 14, 2024 – Damen Marine Components (DMC) has been contracted to supply rudder systems for four Pure Car and...
Chinese port delegation visits Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2024 – A delegation from the Chinese ports of Yantai and Shandong, accompanied by representatives of Nordex...
Chinese cranes in London Gateway, are they spying tools?
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) March 4, 2024 – DP World has welcomed Europe’s largest quay cranes at its flagship London Gateway logistics hub....