100,000 TEU annual volume with China in Koper port

As a gate to the European markets, Koper port in Slovenia is already an important point on the Silk Road

100,000 TEU annual volume with China in Koper port

A day before the international conference on the Maritime Silk Road organised by the Central European Initiative and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on 19th May in Trieste, Italy, Luka Koper hosted a delegation of the Chinese state agencies and the representatives of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. The delegation is one of the many visiting Europe within the project ‘One Road, One Belt’ related to the European Union’s strategic plans for the development of the Mediterranean and Adriatic-Baltic transport corridors; China is prepared to co-fund the actual projects along these transport routes.

The meeting was attended by the representatives of Koper port community headed by the President of the Slovenian Association of Port Logistics Providers and the President of the Slovenian Ship and Freight Agents Association, and the representatives of two Chinese state-owned shipping companies, i.e. COSCO and China Shipping Container Line.

China has been one of the most important overseas markets for Luka Koper. Nearly one million tonnes of different cargo were handled for this country last year, including 100,000 TEU. Koper is connected with Chinese ports by two direct container lines and several feeder services via Mediterranean hubs.

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