The Freeport of Riga in Latvia has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with the Port of Qingdao in China, one of the ten busiest ports in the world. According to a statement, the goal of the agreement is to facilitate tradi

Throughput volumes at the Port of Hong Kong fell 2.8% in March, to 1.58M teu. The Kwai Tsing terminals accounted for 1.23m teu, 1.6% down on the figure recorded in March 2018. The midstream operators handled 350,000 teu, a fall of 7% compar

As Greece exited its eight-year bailout last summer, the Piraeus port shined with rising throughput and revenues. The port has enjoyed a long historical excellence since ancient times, but its fate took a wrong turn a decade ago. The throug

The World Dream, a ship owned by Dream Cruises, the first luxury liner brand in Asia, docked at the Xiamen International Cruise Home Port on April 16. The cruise ship was the largest to be received by Xiamen home port since its berth renova

World Dream, Asias largest tonnage cruise ship, berthed in east Chinas port of Xiamen Monday, making it the first 150,000-ton mega cruise ship to make port after the port had an upgrade. The World Dream is 330 meters in length and 40 meters

Chinas investment volume in global ports has skyrocketed since the launch of Belt and Road Initiative but faces risks and challenges amid the fair share of controversy and turbulent political arena and financial markets, according to a repo

The port of Shanghai has maintained its position as the worlds largest container port, but new statistics from Alphaliner show its lead over second-placed Singapore narrowed last year. Shanghais box throughput in 2018 totalled 42.01 million

The Hambantota International Port in the southern part of Sri Lanka has become a successful model in Belt and Road cooperation with China. The port is on an important point of Belt and Road routes and a thoroughfare for international liners

The Port of Xiamen recently established a friendly relationship with the Port of San Antonio, the largest in Chile, making it the Chinese citys 14th international friendly port, according to Xiamen port authority. Last November China and Ch

Tangshan Port set up an inland port in Xian, Shaanxi province in Northwest China, on March 27. The two ports will work together to promote the operation of Xian-Tangshan Port land-sea intermodal transport, and add new momentum to the Xian l

The much-heralded Hong Kong Seaport Alliance is to be gradually implemented from today (1 April). First announced in January 2019, the joint operating agreement is set to deliver enhanced service offerings across 23 berths under a common te

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (COSCO SHIPPING Ports or CSP or the Company, SEHK: 1199), the worlds leading ports operator, today announced full year results of the Company and its subsidiaries (the Group) for the year ended 31 December 2018.

Italian port city of Palermo is aiming to attract Chinese investments to increase its capacity and become the gateway for Chinese companies to European markets . Chinese President Xi Jinping was on a visit to Italy from Thursday to Saturday

The city of Maoming, Guangdong province officially began using the Bohe New Port Area on March 22, after the citys Party chief Xu Zhihui gave the order to open the port at 9:30 am. Located in Bohe Bay, the port is near the international Str

The container throughput of Taicang port in Jiangsu province saw double-digit growth in the first two months of 2019, local media reported on March 19. More than 860,000 containers were delivered in the same period at the port, a year-on-ye