CMPort forecasts more than 170% profit increase in 1H 2021
On 14 July 2021, China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) announced a positive profit alert for the 2021 interim results. The Group is preliminarily…
China Merchants Port Holdings reports container cargo up over 25% in first four months of 2021
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) June 4, 2021 - China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) has reported significant growth in both container throughput and bulk cargo volume…
CVC Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings may seek Kumport stake
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 26, 2021 - CVC Capital Partners and China Merchants Holdings International Co. are two companies interested in acquiring a stake in…
Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut. What about France, China, Turkey, United States, Russia, UAE, Kuwait?
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was…
China Merchants Port reports 2020 financial results
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 3, 2021 - China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has reported annual results for the period ended 31 December…
New STS cranes from China’s ZPMC to arrive in Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A. purchased two new, specially designed STS (Ship To Shore) cranes in order to…
Second stage of tender for expansion of Thessaloniki port Pier 6 completed
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) February 8, 2021 - The submission of binding financial and technical offers for the second stage - Call for bids for the selection…
Controversial Russian businessman, close to Putin, to control Thessaloniki port
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) February 5, 2021 - Russian billionaire of Greek origin and born in Georgia, Ivan Savidis, has acquired the 47% stake in Thessaloniki…
COSCO Shipping Ports Limited reports container traffic slightly down in 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 18, 2021 - China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported global container traffic of 101.8 million containers (TEU), down -0.9%…
Analysis – Could DP World and Maersk prevent China from taking over all Haifa Bay ports?
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 - At the end of October, Israel Shipyards Industries together with Dubai-based DP World submitted a long-expected bid in…
Analysis – France expected to beat China in the race for the Port of Beirut – Hezbollah is the main obstacle
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – Two months after the deadly explosions that destroyed most of Beirut port, Lebanon’s largest, it is increasing clear…
Huge fire erupts in Beirut port, 36 days after deadly explosion
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) September 10, 2020 – A huge fire erupted in Lebanon’s largest port of Beirut in a warehouse storing cooking oil and then…
CMPort sees revenue down over 8% in first half of 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 - China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has announced unaudited consolidated interim results for the six months…
Beirut Container Terminal back in operation
Beirut, (PortSEurope) August 14, 2020 - Four days ago on Monday August 10, the Beirut Container Terminal restarted operations. On the afternoon of 4 August…
Eurofos terminal adds two new gantries
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) July 21, 2020 - The Eurofos container terminal has employed two malaccamax-type gantries. The equipment ws manufactured by ZPMC in China and…
Terms for tender of concession of Beirut port container terminal change
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) July 19, 2020 - Earlier this year, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport issued a tender for the concession of Beirut…
China Merchants Port & Thessaloniki Port Authority sign agreement on Port Information System
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) July 12, 2020 - China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) and its subsidiaries China Merchants Holdings (International) Information Technology (CMHIT) with Thessaloniki Port…
New European assets add to container traffic for CMPort of China
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) June 25, 2020 - Deng Renjie, Executive Vice President of China Merchants Group Limited and the Chairman of the Board of…
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Israel, China on the agenda?
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) May 12, 2020 - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will make a brief visit to Israel tomorrow to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin…
CMPort: 2019 annual results online press conference
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 17, 2020 - Deng Renjie, Executive Vice President of China Merchants Group Limited and the Chairman of the Board of…