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.
Valenciaport exhibits at China International Import Expo, Shanghai
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has...
Turkmenbashi port in Turkmenistan – another megalomaniac project or a new Silk Road winner
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – In a rare acknowledgment of problems with one of his ambitious billion dollar projects, last...
New Chinese ambassador to Greece visits Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – China’s new ambassador to Greece, Zhang Qiyue, has visited the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and...
CIRCLE SpA takes part in “Collaborative Innovation Days / New Global Routes: One Belt One Road Initiative & TEN-T” event
Press Release – CIRCLE S.p.A.: took part yesterday 6th November in Athens to “Collaborative Innovation Days / New Global Routes: One Belt One Road...
Genoa offers port projects to Chinese investors
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – The New Silk Road could lead Genoa port in overcoming the crisis. Including that of the collapse of the Morandi...
AdSP Genoa president speaks at CIIE event in Shanghai
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Paolo Emilio Signorini, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP...
Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to attract Chinese investment
Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Toufic Dabbousi, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, has met with Chinese...
Barcelona port signs Declaration of Shenzhen
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Barcelona port signed the Declaration of Shenzhen, a document that defends the digital transformation of...
Sines port linked to China’s Silk Road via new MSC rail link
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company is to launch a new rail service linking Spanish exporters, including...
Trieste port set to compete with Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Trieste port is actively seeking Chinese investment in a move which could challenge Piraeus port, now...
COSCO Shipping looks at access Ploče port
Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The state-owned Chinese company, COSCO Shipping, is looking to start business in the port of Ploče....
EU steps up its strategy for connecting Europe and Asia
European Commission – Press release EU steps up its strategy for connecting Europe and Asia Brussels, 19 September 2018 The European Commission and the...
La Spezia port promotes new Silk Road opportunities in Egypt
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Event: 17th Western China International Fair – Chengdu, Sichuan Province, September 20-24, 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Italy will be the “Guest Country of Honor” at the...
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,...
Constanta port to host Trans-Caspian International Transport Route round table
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) September 6, 2018 – The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) round table, organized by the Maritime...
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...
China’s Jushi opens third production line at Suez Canal factory
Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) September 5, 2018 – Managers of China’s Jushi, a global manufacturer fibreglass products, have met the head of the...
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...
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...