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AdSP del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (Livorno) attends Qatar Silk Road event

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) November 13, 2019 – Stefano Corsini, the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP...

Joint declaration between Greece and China on strengthening integrated & strategic cooperation

The following statement was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece – November 11, 2019 Upon invitation of the President of Greece,...

Koper port provides investment update

Koper, Slovenia (Ports Europe) November 12, 2019 – Operator of the port, Luka Koper d.d., has started implemented investments with the target of...

European Investment Bank to provide finance to Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 12, 2019 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide €140 million to support expansion and...

Visit of Prime Minister Mitsotakis and President of China Xi Jinping to COSCO’s premises in Piraeus

Government of Greece – November 11, 2019 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President of China Xi Jinping, accompanied by their spouses Mareva...

Sumitomo invests in Tanger Med to promote special economic zones

Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 11, 2019 – Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation has signed a business development agreement with Tanger Med...

Cosco division acquires 60% of the share capital of Piraeus-based PEARL

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 11, 2019 – Ocean Rail Logistics, part of the COSCO Shipping group, has acquires 60% of the share capital of...

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas reports of prime minister’s visit to China

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas made the following speech to parliament regarding the visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to China this week...

US Chargé d’Affaires US Embassy in Ukraine William B. Taylor visits Mariupol Port

 Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) – October 30, 2019 Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Creakle met with the Charge d’ Affairs of the USA...

Athens-Shanghai direct airline agreement discussed to increase tourism

Shanghai, Greece (Ports Europe) November 8, 2019 – As part of the efforts of the Greek delegation in Shanghai to promote business between the two...

Barcelona port presents services as Mediterranean hub to Sino International Freight Forwarders Conference

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) November 7, 2019 – A delegation of the port of Barcelona comprising commercial manager, Luis Paris; manager Carlos...

Piraeus Port Authority attends China International Import Expo

Shanghai, China (Ports Europe) November 6, 2019 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA), operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has joined again...

Conti Group reported to be exiting Anaklia port project

Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) November 5, 2019 – The U.S.-based Conti Group International, a construction and development company, has announced that...

Fedespedi publishes 2018 container terminal report

Milan, Italy (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – Fedespedi, the National Federation of International Shipping Companies, has published “Container...

Italian enterprises attend Qatar Silk Road Exhibition

Doha, Qatar (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – The Qatar Silk Road Exhibition & One Belt, One Road Conference is taking place in Doha on November 3-5,...

Ukraine and Iran ministers look to transport cooperation

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 5, 2019 – On November 1, 2019, Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Kricliy met with Ambassador Extraordinary and...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits COSCO headquarters in Shanghai

Government of Greece – November 4, 2019 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warmly welcomed the President, executives and employees of COSCO’s...

Speech by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Greek-Chinese Business Forum in Shanghai

Government of Greece – November 4, 2019 “There has never been a better time to write a new chapter in Greece’s relations with China.”...

Greek Prime Minister promotes country at China International Import Expo

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) November 4, 2019 – The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in Shanghai attending the second China International...

President of Algeciras port calls for La Algeciras-Bobadilla bottleneck solution

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of...

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