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China is a country in East Asia and the most populous country in the world. It has a well-developed port sector and several large companies with European ports and shipping activities, including COSCO Shipping Ports, COSCO Lines, China Merchants Group and Shanghai International Port Group. It has a key role as a supplier of a vast amount of cargo to European markets, via a number of European Mediterranean Sea ports. It has holdings in a number of these ports. Its trade routes with Europe are widely known as the new Silk Road.

Serbia: Continuation of a long-term reliable partnership with China

Belgrade, November 19, 2020 The Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Tatjana Matic, and the...

Maersk doubles capacity on weekly ocean-rail service from Asia to Europe

Plans underway to scale up the service to daily services if customers’ demand continues on the current track – November 17, 2020 Copenhagen, 12...

The Port of Barcelona presents its services in the world’s leading market

The Port of Barcelona has been present at the 3rd edition of the China International Import Expo (CIIE), the largest fair that has been organized in this...

EU-China trade and investment relations in a post-covid world

On 9 November INTA will organise a hearing on EU-China trade and investment relations – November 9, 2020 The EU and China are two of the biggest traders...

Valenciaport promotes its wide connectivity and strategic location for Europe-Asia maritime traffic in Shanghai

COVID-19 does not prevent Valenciaport from participating in person with a stand in the China International Import Export (CIIE) contest – November 9,...

A digital presentation of Piraeus Port Authority at the China International Import Expo (CIIE)

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 6, 2020 – A digital meeting of the management of Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) with representatives of Chinese and...

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...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports announces positive 2020 third quarter results

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, the world’s leading ports operator, today announced the results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the three months and...

Ningbo Containerized Freight index rises remains stable in October

From January to September, the Container throughput of Chinese ports still decease slightly Compared with the same month last year ,and the Ningbo...

DSV introduces fast China-Europe road freight

Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) October 13, 2020 – DSV, a Danish transport and logistics company, has launched the DSV Silkway Express, a road...

Maersk’s first block train from China arrives in Georgia

Maersk’s intercontinental rail product portfolio expands, with the recent introduction of a block train solution connecting China and Georgia, the first such...

Valenciaport continues with promotional activity in the main world logistics and port competitions

Valenciaport’s commercial and promotional activity has continued its programming, adapting to the circumstances imposed in the events marked by Covid-19...

RINA and China’s SDARI sign MoU for classification of ships in 3D

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – RINA and Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a Memorandum of...

Ningbo Containerized Freight index rises significantly in September

From January to August, the Container throughput of Chinese ports decreases slightly compared with the same month last year, and the Ningbo Containerized...

Italy attends China International Logistics and Supply Chain Fair

Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) September 23, 2020 – The China International Logistics and Supply Chain Fair (CILF) takes place in Shenzhen and runs from...

China launches new cargo train route to Europe via Baku

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 20, 2020 – China has started a new rail cargo which will use Kazakhstan’s Aktau port and Baku port as...

Relations between Serbia and China have been further improved

Belgrade, September 17, 2020 The First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dačić and the Ambassador of...

Pedro Sánchez stresses importance of strategic relations between Spain and China

Prime Minster of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, received the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party and Politburo...

Greek Prime Minister meets Yang Jiechi, Chinese politician and diplomat

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met today at the Maximos Palace with Yang Jiechi, member of the Politburo and Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of...

First special train from China, with surgical face masks for Italian schools, arrives in Melzo

On Wednesday, August 26th, the first of ten special trains from Xi’an (China) has arrived in Melzo (MI) at Contship Italia Group Rail Hub Milano (RHM)...

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