Shanghai names the Yangshan contenders
NewsShanghai authorities have drafted a list of port operators and shipping companies that will be invited to invest in the second phase of the ...
China Merchants in pole position
NewsChina Merchants Holdings International has laid the foundation for a national network of ports in three of China’s key regions....
Raising the stakes for hub port status
NewsTranshipment cargo is notoriously “fickle” but several new terminals backed by global port operators are set to make the fight for trans...
Ningbo set to challenge Shanghai’s new box port
NewsAs construction work on Shanghai’s new deepwater container port at Yangshan islands gets into the final phase, neighbouring Ningbo City ha...
JV for Yangshan
NewsShanghai Port Container Co (SPCC) has formed a joint venture with its state-owned parent company, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG), ...
Shanghai to outline port stake strategy
NewsThe Shanghai municipal government will soon reveal the extent of private participation in the four-berth Phase II of the new Yangshan deepwa...
Yangshan opened to overseas operators
NewsShanghai port authorities are preparing to invite bids from foreign companies to build and operate the four berth second terminal at the new...
…first crane tender
NewsIt transpires that tenders for the first six cranes for the Yanghsan development were called for earlier this year....
OOIL eyes Yangshan
NewsOrient Overseas (International) Ltd (OOIL), parent company of Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), is the latest to show interest in takin...
Cosco eyes Yangshan
NewsChina Ocean Shipping Co (Cosco) is the latest to express interest in Shanghai’s new Yuan100 bill (US$12.08 bill) container port at Yangsha...
Port operators waiting on Yangshan plans
NewsInternational port operators are hoping that the Shanghai Municipal Government will reveal operational plans for the city’s new deepwater ...
HPH cool on Yangshan
NewsHutchison Port Holdings (HPH) says it has not expressed any specific interest, so far, in participating in the development of Shanghai’s n...
Yangshan port faces delay
NewsThe opening of the first phase of Shanghai's ambitious new deepwater container port at Yangshan islands will be delayed by two years, accord...
…Shanghai terminal plans run into flak
NewsChina's ambitious plans to build the world's largest container terminal near Shanghai have run into opposition, according to shipping execut...