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COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited is a leading global ports operator with a terminals portfolio covering the five main port regions in Mainland China, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Europe and the Mediterranean. Its Mediterranean terminal operations are located in Bilbao and Valencia (both Spain), Vado Ligure (Italy), Kumport (Turkey), Suez Canal (Egypt) and Piraeus (Greece).

Piraeus Port Authority reports improved financials for 1H 2017

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – The Board of Directors of Piraeus Port Authority SA has approved the financial statements of the...

Greece-China, meeting of the 12th Interministerial Committee in Athens

Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Greece and China discussed strengthening trade and investment exchanges during the 12th...

Castellón port handles its biggest shipment of clay ever

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port handled the biggest clay shipment in its history on September 19. The Kang Shun vessel...

Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. – August 2017 container terminal statistics

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported August 2017...

Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – August 2017 container terminal statistics

Port Said, Egypt (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E., part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has reported August 2017...

Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – August 2017 container terminal statistics

Kumport, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, part of the Chinese Cosco shipping group, has...

Ferrovie dello stato Italiane to takeover TrainOSE

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Italian state-owned railway company Ferrovie dello stato Italiane will sign a final agreement to take...

Piraeus port awards €23.8 million contract for floating dock construction to Cosco

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has awarded a €23.8 million ($28.5 million) contract for the construction...

Cosco Shipping reports 2017 Interim Results (Overseas terminals)

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Cosco Shipping has reported its 2017 interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017. The...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras praises Sino-Greek cooperation

Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has attended the opening of China’s pavilion at...

Cosco awarded floating dock contract in Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 9, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) has announced the completion of the tender and the finalisation...

China’s Cosco books record-high container traffic at Piraeus port in August

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – China’s Cosco said it handled 344,000 containers at Piraeus port in August, exceeding by 4.2% the...

Hellespont set for contract with Cosco

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Athens-based Hellespont Group, headed by Greek shipowner Phrixos Papachristidis is in talks with the...

Aegean Shipping Management enters dry bulk market

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Piraeus-based company Aegean Shipping Management has announced the signing of a new building order of a...

Cosco announces express cargo shipping to Europe via Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – A new service called “China-Europe Sea-Land Express Cargo” is being started by Cosco...

Cruise Shipping and Urban Development: The Case of Piraeus

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) September 2, 2017 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) has published a report which assesses the impacts of cruise...

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