According to the Ministry of Commerce, ASEAN has become Chinas second largest trading partner in the first half of the year. In the past six months, the China-ASEAN import and export trade volume reached $291.85 billion, a year-on-year incr

On October 9, the Greek Committee of Planning and Development of Ports (ESAL) confirmed, in its press release, the approval of the PPA Master Plan, which had been examined by the Committee during its meeting on September 25. ESAL said the a

The Ningbo Zhoushan Port has grown from a wharf to one of the worlds busiest ports during 70 years. Now, it is speeding up to build itself into a strong port in the world, with the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the Yangtze Ri

SMM estimates that 83 vessels carrying 13.8 million mt of iron ore arrived at major Chinese ports during September 29-October 5, up 2.54 million mt from the week ended September 21. Arrivals at ports in east China and along the Yangtze Rive

A Chinese-funded port under the Belt and Road initiative is now in its initial stages of construction in the prime location of Sao Luis, the capital of the state of Maranhao. The Port of Sao Luis, which is expected to be operational in the

Coal exports of Australias Gladstone port to China plunged 80.12% from a year earlier to the lowest level since March 2016, amid ongoing uncertainty of Chinese import restriction on Australian coal. In September, Gladstone port shipped 159,

Caofeidian district in the northern city of Tangshan will make full use of its recently inaugurated free-trade zone (FTZ) and build itself into a world-class integrated trade port, a senior official said Friday. The district, located on the

Local authorities making great progress in development, reform and opening-up Hainan has made solid progress in deepening reform and opening-up since the central government decided in April 2018 to turn the entire Hainan Island into the cou

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) has forecast that the citys exports this year would suffer their largest decline in a decade due to the impact of the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. The trade promotion

Coal shipments through Chinas Tianjin port declined 6.92 million tonnes, or 14.48% year on year in the first eight months to 40.88 million tonnes, data showed. Since the port banned diesel-fueled trucks from coal transporting in 2017, its c

What was ostensibly the arrival of yet another mega-containership at the Port of Hong Kong today (19 September), turned out to be the the occasion herald further significant measures to reverse the decline of the port, which has witnessed f

The berthing of the container freighter M.V. Arnold Maersk at Guangzhous Nansha Port on Sept 16 marks the opening of the first container line from the city to the east coast of the United States. The container line is also the first direct

2M Alliance members Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have added a port call in Nansha - in southern Chinas Guangdong province - to its US east coast service via the Suez Canal to New York, Charleston, Savannah, Miami and

Shanghai is the worlds best-connected container port, with Singapore in second place and Ningbo a distant 3rd place in the Port Liner Shipping Connectivity Index (Port LSCI) that has been developed jointly by MDS Transmodal and UNCTAD. The

Shanghai is going to develop its Wusongkou Cruise Port into the worlds third largest in terms of passenger trips and form an industrial chain worth 100 billion yuan ($14.08 billion) in the citys northern Baoshan district, officials said. Ch