MSC presents new flexible cargo service to meet Asian demand
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company’s new “Suspension of Transit” (SOT) programme is a flexible cargo service that will help to fulfil the imminent resumption of demand…
COSCO Shipping Ports reports full year results for 2019
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) March 31, 2020 - COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has announced full year results of the company and its subsidiaries for the…
CMPort 2019 net profit up 15.4% to HK$8,362 million
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) March 30, 2020 - China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has reported financial results for 2019, and the highlights are:…
China sends medical support to Greece
News - Greek Parliament - March 21, 2020 Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis has participated in a ceremony held at El. Venizelos ”for the receipt of…
Chinese company donates 10,000 protective masks to Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) March 23, 2020 - China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) has donated 10,000 protective masks to the port of Trieste - message of…
Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing
Lagan, Russia (PortSEurope) March 23 - A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian…
Analysis – Israel to privatise Haifa Port, China invests, Washington concerned
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) March 18, 2020 – In 2015, the Israeli government decided to sell off state-owned assets in order to raise funds to reduce…
AzerTelecom looks to regional fibre optic development
AzerTelecom, a leading internet service provider that connects Azerbaijan to the international internet network, has the potential to build a digital economy in Azerbaijan, international…
Analysis – Is Alexandroupolis port the new trump card in the Trump administration’s Mediterranean Great Game?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) March 10, 2020 - On March 7, 2020, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and Deputy Assistant Secretary at U.S. Department of State -…
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grew by 1.55% in 2019
The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew 1.55% year-on-year in 2019 to $149.639 billion, according to official Chinese figures released by Forum…
Three Seas Initiative fund announces €5 billion investment in transport, energy and digital infrastructure
Riga, Latvia (PortSEurope) March 4, 2020 - At a conference organized in Rīga on February 27, the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF) announced it plans to…
International North–South Transport Corridor attracts further regional interest
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) February 25, 2020 - Both Iran and Pakistan have shown interest in becoming linked to the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC), 7,200 km…
Analysis – The Port of Mariupol: A Chinese piece in Ukrainian-Russian Azov Sea puzzle
Mariupol, Ukraine (PortSEurope) February 13, 2020 – It is widely expected that China will invest in Ukrainian Port of Mariupol as part of its Silk…
Georgia was invited to host Chinese Gatsu International Investment Forum
Georgia Partnership Fund - January 23, 2020 At the meeting the sides discussed the deepening of trade-economic relations. The Executive Director of the Partnership Fund provided…
Sino-Hellenic Investors’ Confederation is launched in Greece
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) January 26, 2020 - An official event in Athens has launched the Sino-Hellenic Investors' Confederation, an organisation that aims to support Chinese…
Chinese interested in ports of Catania and Augusta in Sicily
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) January 23, 2020 - The local FocuSicilia has reported that a delegation of Chinese investors has visited has visited the eastern Sicilian…
Venice port receives delegation from Chinese newspaper
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) January 17, 2020 - A delegation from the Chinese daily newspaper Guangming Daily has visited the port of Venice. The delegation included…
New projects with Chinese company CRBC in Serbia
Government of Serbia - January 10, 2020 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic spoke…
Egypt shows commitment to China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Cairo, Egypt (PortSEurope) January 12, 2020 - In a joint press conference with Chinese Foreign Minister, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that Egypt is…
China and Turkey use Baku port as transit point
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 10, 2020 - China has started shipping dried fruits to Turkey via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway. In late December, a train…