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China Merchants Group Limited is an international state-owned corporation. The company is operating under the auspices of the Chinese Ministry of Transport.

GMP orders four more hybrid straddle carriers from Kalmar

Le Havre, France (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – Générale de Manutention Portuaire (GMP) in Le Havre has ordered with four more hybrid straddle...

CMPort’s Kumport container terminal increases traffic in first half of 2023

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 20, 2023 – CMPort’s Kumport container terminal registered 679,00 containers (TEU) handled In the first...

China’s CMPort sees container and bulk cargo traffic down in Q1 2023

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 17, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, China’s CMPort saw container and bulk cargo traffic down. In this...

China’s CMPort container throughput up slightly in 2022

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 17, 2023 – China’s CMPort container throughput up slightly in 2022. Highlights: A full press release can be...

AIIA: China’s overseas ports acquisition program

Canberra, Australia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – In recent years, increasing Chinese investments in foreign ports have attracted media attention....

CMPort increases TEU throughput by +12% in 2021

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 14, 2022 – In 2021, CMPort’s port sector recorded total container throughput of 135.04 million TEUs, a...

DP World consolidates Eurofos terminal in Fos-sur-Mer, exits Le Havre

DP World Limited and Terminal Link SA, a joint venture 51% owned by CMA CGM and 49% owned by China Merchants Port, have today reached a conditional agreement...

“Russian tsar of Thessaloniki” now owns 71.85% of city’s port. Russia and China via proxies now control Greece’s second largest port

Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) December 24, 2021 – Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) has reported that Belterra Investments Ltd., owned by a Russian...

Are Chinese companies interested in Italy’s Port of Palermo?

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – In the last month, various reports have suggested that China may be looking at the Sicilian port...

China excluded from another Adriatic port

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 9, 2021 – Last week, it was announced that a joint venture of APM Terminals and the local ENNA had been awarded...

Port of Barcelona has signed the Ningbo Declaration

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona attended the 6th Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum, one of...

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...

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...

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...

Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut; What about France, China, Turkey, the USA, Russia, the 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...

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...

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