Silk Road
The new Silk Road (part of the Belt and Road initiative also known as One Belt, One Road, or OBOR) is a Chinese economic strategy to seek better access for Chinese-made products in European markets, which includes acquiring stakes in ports and other transport facilities, and cooperation agreements with countries along the Silk Road routes.
It involves road, rail and ship, but focuses on the last two. Many countries along the route are developing facilities to handle high cargo volumes. This includes ports around the Caspian and Black Seas.
Port of Taranto blocks China-linked concession
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) September 12, 2023 – The Port of Taranto has blocked a concession to a company linked with China –...
DP World and ADUI to build logistics infrastructure in Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – DP World, a global port operator and logistics company, and Abu Dhabi Uzbek Investment Company (ADUI)...
The China-Central Asia Summit – a new Silk Road?
Xian, China (PortSEurope) May 22, 2023 – President Xi Jinpin has hosted his first-ever summit with the leaders of five Central Asian nations – the...
China to build infrastructure in ex-Soviet Central Asia
Xian, China (PortSEurope) May 19, 2023 – China wants to coordinate development, from building infrastructure to boosting trade, with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
AIIA: China’s overseas ports acquisition program
Canberra, Australia (PortSEurope) April 11, 2023 – In recent years, increasing Chinese investments in foreign ports have attracted media attention....
AzerTelecom presents “Digital Silk Road” to Organization of Turkic States
Samarkand, Uzbekistan (PortSEurope) October 31, 2022 – AzerTelecom has presented the “Digital Silk Road” to Organization of Turkic States...
COSCO links Bosnia with the Chinese Silk Road
Vienna, Austria (PortSEurope) September 2, 2022 – COSCO Shipping is to link Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) with the Chinese Silk Road with a...
2021 on the New Silk Road: integration of infrastructures, technologies and expertise
By the end of 2021 the volume of railway container transportation between Europe and China will make one million standard containers (TEU). Integration...
Are Chinese companies interested in Italy’s Port of Palermo?
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – In the last month, various reports have suggested that China may be looking at the Sicilian port...
European Silk Road Summit 2021 – An ever shifting market
Event Announcement – European Silk Road Summit 2021 – December 7-8, 2021 Rail freight along the New Silk Road proved its efficiency by keeping the...
ADB Institute – Regional Economic Impacts of Trans-Caspian Infrastructure Improvement: Implications for the Post-COVID-19 Era
Tokyo, Japan (PortSEurope) September 28, 2021 – Last July, the Asian Development Bank Institute published the working paper “Regional Economic...
Analysis – Caspiy and Martrade advance plans for modernisation of berths in Olya port on the Caspian Sea
Olya, Russia (PortSEurope) September 1, 2021 – PLC Caspiy has received from Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development resident status for the port-type...
First China train welcomed in the Cargo Center Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria (PortSEurope) July 6, 2021 – On June 21, the Rail Cargo group has welcomed the first train from China at the Cargo Center Graz in Werndorf....
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Pacific Eurasia establish Köseköy Terminal as new hub
Through a new partnership, ÖBB Rail Cargo Group and Pacific Eurasia are connecting Europe and Asia and further enhancing the potential of the New Silk Road....
New Silk Road: Services between Hamburg and Xuzhou successfully established
The Port of Hamburg is a top destination for rail services between China and Germany. Since November last year, a new link has become established between...
Polar Silk Road – the next ambitious China’s project
Beijing, China (PortSEurope) March 5, 2021 – Creation of a Polar Silk Road is China’s new ambitious transportation project, according to the draft of the...
ECO train to link Islamabad, Tehran and Istanbul
Tehran, Iran (PortSEurope) February 16, 2021 – The long dormant project for a container-carrying Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) train, which made...