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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.

Germany’s Mosolf Group increases Silk Road automobile services

Kirchheim/Teck, 3 December 2019 – The MOSOLF Group is expanding its services related to the rail link along the New Silk Road. The automobile logistics...

Greek minister wants to speed up regional port exploitation

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) December 7, 2019 – Minister of Maritime and Island Policy, Yiannis Plakiotakis, has said that the government plans to...

Gibraltar minister presents at China blockchain-silk Road forum

Government of Gibraltar – December 6, 2019 The Gibraltar Minister for Commerce Albert Isola was the keynote speaker at the Hainan Free Trade Zone Global...

EUROGATE at international CIIE trade fair in Shanghai

EUROGATE – November 5, 2019 From 5 to 10 November, EUROGATE flew the flag at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai and presented its...

Audi vehicles by rail to China from EUROGATE Bremerhaven

EUROGATE – December 5, 2019 Since October, six times a week container block trains have been transporting Audi vehicles from Bremerhaven to China. The...

Chinese company interested in Serbian rail projects

Government of Serbia – December 2, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana...

Duisburg inland port expands its activities in China

Duisburg, Germany (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) and China Railway Container Transport Corp (CRCT), part of China State...

COSCO Shipping Ports Limited – Container Throughput of Oct 2019

Container Throughput of October 2019 In Oct CSPL achieved 7.5% yoy growth in total throughput (excluding QPI), throughput of subsidiaries increased by 7.8% yoy...

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route presented at several international events in November 15

Trans-Caspian International Transport Route – November 15, 2019 November 5-10, 2019 in Shanghai (China), the International Association...

Croatia works with China on new infrastructure projects

Belgrade, November 26, 2019 Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic spoke...

European Silk Road Summit event starts in Venlo, the Netherlands

On November 26-27, 2019, international shippers, logistics providers, operators and silk road professionals will come together at the 3rd edition of the...

President Xi Jinping sees agreement exchange ceremony of establishment of Confucius Institute at University of Thessaly

Confucius Institute – November 11, 2019 On November 11th, President Xi Jinping met with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens during his...

Portugal hosts Silk Road conference

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – Last Wednesday, November 13, the 6th Portugal-China Gala was held under the theme ”Belt &...

Georgian entrepreneurs take advantage of China’s largest exhibitions under partnership fund

Partnership Fund – November 5, 2019 Deputy Executive Director of the Partnership Fund Giorgi Khelaia met with the delegation of the Trade Promotion...

Joint declaration between Greece and China on strengthening integrated & strategic cooperation

The following statement was published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greece – November 11, 2019 Upon invitation of the President of Greece,...

European Investment Bank to provide finance to Piraeus Port Authority

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 12, 2019 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide €140 million to support expansion and...

Serbia’s Popovic attends 21st China New Technology Fair in Shenzhen

Belgrade, November 10, 2019 Minister without portfolio in the Government of the Republic of Serbia in charge of innovation and technological development Nenad...

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