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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.

Ukrainian ports participates in China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai

Odessa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has attended the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in...

New Chinese ambassador to Greece visits Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – China’s new ambassador to Greece, Zhang Qiyue, has visited the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and...

Genoa offers port projects to Chinese investors

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – The New Silk Road could lead Genoa port in overcoming the crisis. Including that of the collapse of the Morandi...

Suez Canal participates in China International Import Forum

Suez, Egypt (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Suez Canal Economic Authority has participated in the China International Import Expo (CIIE) held in Shanghai...

China Merchants Group eyes acquisition of Trieste port operator

Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Italian companies Parisi Group and I.Co.P. srl are in talks for the sale of their shares in...

AdSP Genoa president speaks at CIIE event in Shanghai

Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Paolo Emilio Signorini, president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP...

Croatia hopes its ports to become gateway for Chinese foreign trade

Rijeka, Croatia (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Croatia hopes its ports to become a gateway for the import of cargo to Europe from China, prime minister...

Fincantieri: The Chinese cruise hub established

Trieste, Italy, November 5, 2018 In the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Economic development and Labour Luigi Di Maio and...

Italy’s Fincantieri establishes cruise hub in China

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri SpA has signed a contract for the creation of an industrial hub for cruise,...

Valenciaport and China’s Tianjin port sign agreement to promote technological platform

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) and...

Delegation from Zhuhai city visits Contship’s La Spezia Container Terminal

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – On October 26, 2018, a delegation from the Chinese city of Zhuhai visited La Spezia, attending...

Lebanon’s Tripoli port looks to attract Chinese investment

Tripoli, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Toufic Dabbousi, head of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, has met with Chinese...

Chinese delegation visits A Coruña port in Galicia

Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – A delegation from the Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province, China, has visited the facilities of...

Chinese companies eye investments in Trieste port operators

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Chinese state companies want to enter the capital of some of the operators of the port of Trieste, the...

Chinese government officials visit Piraeus port

Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – China’s Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng has made an official visit to Piraeus Port Authority SA...

Barcelona port signs Declaration of Shenzhen

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Barcelona port signed the Declaration of Shenzhen, a document that defends the digital transformation of...

Barcelona and Shenzhen ports sign agreement to develop cooperation

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 – The ports of Barcelona and Shenzhen have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange experiences...

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