COSCO one step from purchasing share in container terminal Hamburg
COSCO is close to finalising the deal to purchase a share of 24,9 per cent in the HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT). Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and CSPL, a subsidiary of COSCO, are...Read more
Olaf Scholz visits Beijing: ‘The world needs China’
The train coming from Hamburg, prepared for the China International Import Expo (CIIE), successfully reached the exhibition in Shanghai on 6 November. The train departed on 26 September from Hamburg, passed through Poland, Belarus, and...Read more
COSCO withdraws from Duisburg Gateway Terminal
COSCO has sold its shares in the Duisburg Gateway Terminal (DGT) to the Duisport, the operator of the port of Duisburg. COSCO’s share in the terminal amounted to 30 per cent. As of now, the...Read more
COSCO will enter Hamburg, but only as a minority shareholder
COSCO will only be allowed to buy 24,9 per cent of the shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), in the port of Hamburg, so the German government has decided. The previous agreement involved COSCO...Read more
COSCO will not own the port of Hamburg, HHLA guarantees
COSCO is about to finalise the acquisition of 35 per cent shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT), managed by HHLA. This procedure has been worrying the German federal government, which is assessing whether COSCO’s...Read more
Sangritana does it again: Honda components will now travel by rail
After launching a rail freight service for the transport of automotive parts between Italy and Poland on behalf of Stellantis, Sangritana is putting Honda motorcycle components on the rail as well. Sangritana is an Italian...Read more
COSCO at Tollerort: Hamburg says yes, German government says no
Robert Habeck, the German minister of economy, asked to halt COSCO’s rise in the port of Hamburg. The Chinese company is, in fact, about to finalise the acquisition of shares of the Container Terminal Tollerort...Read more
COSCO launches new rail connection China-Germany
COSCO has launched a new China-Europe train, connecting Qingdao on the east coast of China with Mannheim, a German logistics hotspot in the west of the country. The first train departed from Qingdao last Friday, 18...Read more
Chinese New Year’s resolution: regular chemical train on the Silk Road
As soon as the Chinese New Year is over, a regular chemical train may be running on the New Silk Road. That is the plan of COSCO and VTG, which saw the first train arriving...Read more
First of a VTG-COSCO series: China chemical train arrives in Duisburg
With the first chemical train arriving from China in Duisburg this week, the starting signal was given to the COSCO VTG China-EU chemical train business. The train carrying 28 ISO tanks of non-dangerous liquids is...Read more
More weekly connections between Zeebrugge and Strasbourg
The train connection between Cosco’s CSP Zeebrugge terminal and Strasbourg in eastern France now runs with daily roundtrips between the two destinations. The service upgrade is in place since Friday 2 July. Trains travelling in...Read more
COSCO daughter takes share in BILK terminal Budapest
Ocean Rail Logistics, a Greek subsidiary of the Chinese Cosco Shipping, has taken a 15 per cent interest in the BILK rail terminal near the Hungarian capital Budapest. This terminal has the potential to become...Read more