Silk Road
The new Silk Road (part of the Belt and Road initiative also known as One Belt, One Road, or OBOR) is a Chinese economic strategy to seek better access for Chinese-made products in European markets, which includes acquiring stakes in ports and other transport facilities, and cooperation agreements with countries along the Silk Road routes.
It involves road, rail and ship, but focuses on the last two. Many countries along the route are developing facilities to handle high cargo volumes. This includes ports around the Caspian and Black Seas.
China ready to expand port sector cooperation with Italy
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – China is ready to expand the scope of cooperation with Italy, including exploring opportunities in the field...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France this week
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – President Xi Jinping of China is to pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France from March 21-26, 2019....
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group starts service linking Venice port and Duisburg bimodal terminal
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Shippers using Venice port to unload goods destined for Europe are set to benefit from a new rail cargo...
China considers a new Silk Road role for Italy’s Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Italy March 22-23, and after Rome will visit...
Shanghai-based investment fund eyes €5 billion port project in Palermo
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – An unnamed Shanghai-based investment fund is interested in participating in a €5 billion ($5.7 billion)...
Genoa port, CCCC to sign joint venture deal on March 23
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Genoa port is expected to sign a memorandum for the establishment of a joint venture with China Communications...
Chinese development of Haifa port faces delays
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Haifa Municipality has registered an objection against the Haifa District Planning and Building Commission...
Qingdao Port Group president visits Vado Ligure, Genoa ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 8, 2019 – A delegation from China’s Qingdao Port Group, led by chairman Li Fengli, has visited the construction...
DP World considers Kazakhstan ports & logistics investment
Astana, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Chairman and CEO of DP World, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, has met with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister H.E....
Volos port to invest €600,000 in car terminal
Volos, Greece (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – The port of Volos intends to invest €600,000 ($679,989) to build a car terminal on the third pier, a move...
Italy-China business event held in Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Trieste has hosted a “China-Italy Business Relationship” round table, an event designed to...
La Spezia port supports upgrade of Pontremolese railway line
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 3, 2019 – Carla Roncallo, president of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP –...
COSCO’s Piraeus port development plan receives partial approval
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee gave a partial approval of the master plan of...
New deep water terminal to be built in the port of Poti
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – A new deep water terminal will be built in the Georgian port of Poti, which will enable it to receive...
EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for improvement of the highway between Caspian and Black Seas (Updated with details)
Originally published February 20, 2019 as “EU to lend €250 million to Georgia for local TEN-T transport development”; Updated with further...
Naples port hosts Suez Canal-New Silk Road discussion
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The recent doubling of the capacity of the Suez Canal, has improved the competitiveness of the...
Blue Water Shipping awarded Anaklia port contract
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Blue Water Shipping has been appointed as the local freight forwarding agent by Van Oord, contractor...
Bari, Brindisi ports to strengthen links with Israel’s Haifa
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Haifa port authority representatives have completed a visit to the southern Italian region of Apulia to sign...
COSCO signs agreement with another Mediterranean port
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – As well as high profile contracts to manage entire ports and port terminals around the Mediterranean...
Trieste port hosts Silk Road-railways forum
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – On February 14, 2018, the Trieste Maritime Station will host a conference called “Le vie della seta e...