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).
CNMC authorizes Cosco Shipping taking control of Noatum Ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 3, 2017 – La Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has authorized the takeover of Noatum...
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...
Cosco expects rise in container transport demand in H2 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Holdings Co. Ltd. reported a profit in the first half of the year and expects that...
Piraeus Container Terminal profit declines 39.4% y/y in H1 2017
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., owned by Cosco, booked a profit of €10.845 million ($9.13 million) in the...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – July 2017 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by Cosco of China, has reported July 2017 container terminal...
Kumport Liman Hizmetleri ve Lojistik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş – July 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...
Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. – July 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 July 2017...
Valencia speeds process for extending Noatum’s concession
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has accelerated the procedures to approve the...
COSCO starts operating MAF1 line
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines launched on August 17 its new service MAF1 between the main ports of the Mediterranean...
Noatum extends Pla-Za railway terminal concession
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) has extended the...
Cosco representatives visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Representatives of Cosco Shipping Ports visited Valencia port and the facilities of Noatum Container Terminal...
Cosco looks to hold Piraeus Port Authority board meetings in China
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. has announced that on Friday 28/7/2017, the Adjourned Ordinary General Meeting...
China investment in Mediterranean ports
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The Italian financial daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article looking at Chinese state...
IndaMed – new container service from Malta Freeport
Freeport, Malta (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – A new weekly service IndaMed will call at Freeport, linking it with major ports in India, Pakistan,...
CMA CGM presents new service in Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At the historic Ca ‘Foscari University Barracks on July 20, the Venice stage of the French shipper...
Valencia port starts night rail service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Last week saw the start of Valencia port’s night train service. The Board of Directors approved the...
Piraeus Port Authority set for new labour agreement
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA SA) is set to agree a new general labour code with local unions who...