China
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.
Port of Ravenna exports BMWs to the Far East
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 30, 2023 – Last April, Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) started exporting cars and since then has handled around 3,000...
40.6% growth in China-Russia trade in H1’23
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – Trade turnover between Russia and China in the first half of 2023 increased in dollar terms by 40.6% compared to...
TransContainer and Inner Mongolia Foreign Trade Development hold talks
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – PJSC TransContainer and the Chinese company Inner Mongolia Foreign Trade Development Co., Ltd (IMFT) have...
Sanctions push Russia towards Asia
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) July 10, 2023 – Deprived of Western markets due to sanctions, Russia’s trade with the Shanghai Cooperation...
Russia and China build sanctions-busting rail bridge in the Far East
Mohe, China (PortSEurope) July 3, 2023 – As a result of Western sanctions, Russia is fast becoming dependent on China for everything it was previously...
FESCO’s business now depends on China
St. Petersburg, Russia (PortSEurope) June 19, 2023 – The Chinese direction occupies the main share of Russian logistics giant FESCO transport group...
China’s Sany sales surge in sanctioned Russia
Yanino, Russia (PortSEurope) June 11, 2023 – Sany, the major Chinese manufacturer of handling and construction equipment, continues its sanctions-driven...
China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023
China ports container volume rises 4.8% from January to April of 2023，Ningbo Containerized Freight Index decrease in May 2023 – June 7, 2023 From...
FT: Huge shipping containers surplus after COVID-related shortages
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Global demand for goods is declining after the post-COVID restrictions and boom and this is...
FESCO Baltorient Line adds Port of Mundra, India, to rotation
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – The FESCO Transportation Group has added a call to the port of Mundra, India. The FESCO Baltorient Line...
CCTT Maritime Logistics Working Group holds first meeting
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – Today, the Coordinating Council for Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) hosted the first meeting of the...
The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...
Russia’s Vladivostok as a domestic Chinese port
Vladivostok, Russia (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The Port of Vladivostok, Russia’s largest in country’s Far East, will be used to transport goods...
China to build infrastructure in ex-Soviet Central Asia
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – China wants to coordinate development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
TransContainer agreed to handle its services at new terminal in SEZ Alabuga
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – AlabugaExim LLC, the operator of a new container terminal in SEZ Alabuga in the Deng Xiaoping Logistics...
New Kazakh logistics center in China’s Xian
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – The President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the ceremony for the launch of construction of a...
China wants Central Asia & Russia served it on a silver platter
Xian, China (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the past decade, China has dreamed about having at its disposal the transport and market potential of Central...