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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte is in China on a week-long visit to attract more investment. Photo: Handout

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei signs deal to train thousands of Peruvians

The tech giant signed the deal as Peru’s President Dina Boluarte visited its headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen.

The tech giant signed the deal as Peru’s President Dina Boluarte visited its headquarters in the southern city of Shenzhen

26 Jun 2024 - 8:27PMvideocam

Peru resolves Chinese megaport dispute as president prepares to meet Xi

26 Jun 2024 - 5:50AM

World shipping’s green fuel adoption puts cart before horse as supply struggles

29 May 2024 - 5:51PMvideocam

Why is US concerned about China’s troubled US$3.6 billion port project in Peru?

Unprecedented logistics centre in Latin America financed by Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative is locked in a legal battle over its operation.

16 May 2024 - 4:02AMvideocam

An artist’s impression of the port of Chancay in Peru. Photo: Cosco Shipping

Peru seeks to avoid arbitration over Chinese-built megaport

Dispute erupts over Peru port authority ‘error’ that gave Cosco Shipping exclusivity over operations.

30 Apr 2024 - 10:02AMvideocam

World’s largest electric container ship starts service between Chinese cities

Chinese-built Cosco vessel to help cut emissions as the battery-powered ship begins weekly service.

29 Apr 2024 - 11:00AMvideocam

Editorial | Air strikes on Houthis only escalate tensions as UN pursues peace

As war between Israel and Gaza rages, US and British attacks on Yemen in Red Sea showdown risk spreading the conflict further.

13 Jan 2024 - 12:40AM

A missile is launched from a warship during a US-led coalition operation against military targets in Yemen, aimed at the Iran-backed Houthi militia that has been targeting international shipping in the Red Sea. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | China’s inaction over Red Sea shipping attacks could exact a high price

China may criticise the US for turning the Middle East into a geopolitical arena but, by not joining the US-led effort to counter Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, Beijing appears to be equally engaged in geopolitical manoeuvres rather than prioritising regional security.

24 Dec 2023 - 9:30AM

Greener shipping: why China will drive the industry’s adoption of wind power

As the world’s ‘shipping mecca’, China is in a strong position to manufacture and install wind-assisted propulsion technology, says the CEO of a UK-based company that offers an automated sail system capable of slashing fuel use by up to 30 per cent.

18 Oct 2023 - 10:31AM

China’s launch of biofuel shipping fuel is only the start of industry’s green push

Hong Kong’s largest shipping fuel supplier has achieved a first for China by refuelling an ocean-going vessel using a climate-friendly marine biofuel mix. It must continue its search for other affordable long-term alternatives, says a senior executive.

12 Sep 2023 - 3:03PMvideocam

Shipping accounts for around 3 per cent of global carbon emissions, according to the International Maritime Organisation. Photo: AFP

US raises alarm as Chinese platform corners global shipping logistics market

Warnings that Beijing, via Logink, could ‘gain access to and control massive amounts of sensitive’ data, including the commercial transport of US military cargo and critical market information.

8 Sep 2023 - 12:16AMvideocam

Germany says controversial Chinese stake in Hamburg port to go ahead

Berlin had been reassessing whether to let the deal proceed amid security concerns over the sale of what has been classed as critical infrastructure.

11 May 2023 - 2:53AMvideocam

Germany reviews controversial Chinese stake in port

Berlin is re-evaluating its economic relationship with Beijing amid concerns over human rights, ties with Russia and the escalation of tensions over Taiwan.

12 Apr 2023 - 11:56PMvideocam

Maersk’s exit from blockchain-based logistics leaves the field open for China

Hong Kong-based Global Shipping Business Network has the largest blockchain platform for collaboration in shipping and logistics after Maersk and IBM’s TradeLens closed.

10 Apr 2023 - 6:30AMvideocam

Four years after Maersk and IBM teamed up to create the blockchain-based TradeLens platform, the programme was shut down, leaving the door open for rivals. Photo: Xinhua

Singapore’s PSA may sell Hutchison Ports stake to China’s state firms

Billionaire Li Ka-shing ’s conglomerate CK Hutchison counts businesses spanning ports, retail, infrastructure and telecommunications, with holdings in about 51 ports in 25 countries, its website shows.

14 Mar 2023 - 1:45PM

Gantry cranes operated by Hongkong International Terminals Limited (HIT)., a unit of CK Hutchison Holdings’ Hutchison Port Holdings at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in Hong Kong on Monday, March 13, 2023. Photo: Bloomberg.

Exclusive | Germany’s ‘China City’ Duisburg cuts ties with tech giant Huawei

Smart cities collaboration is on hold pending federal government’s new China policy and against background of ‘current relations’ between Beijing and Russia, spokesman for mayor’s office says.

9 Nov 2022 - 11:26PMvideocam

German lawmaker joins talks with Taiwan leader, criticises Scholz’s China policy

An eight-member European delegation from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China travelled to Taipei to discuss deeper economic and political ties with Taiwan.

4 Nov 2022 - 6:24AMvideocam

German leader Scholz under scrutiny as he leads business delegation to China

Chancellor under pressure to take tougher line, while European allies fear trip will undermine efforts to talk to Beijing in ‘single voice’.

3 Nov 2022 - 7:15PMvideocam

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be the first Western European leader to visit Beijing since before the pandemic. Photo: EPA-EFE

Ports in a storm: Chinese investments in Europe spark fear of malign influence

Cosco stakes in Belgium’s two largest shipping ports and one in Germany renew scrutiny of Chinese ownership of critical EU infrastructure.

31 Oct 2022 - 3:54PMvideocam

Chinese shipping giant allowed stake in Germany’s largest port

27 Oct 2022 - 3:16PM

Germany backs port bid by China’s Cosco shipping despite security warnings

Compromise decision by Olaf Scholz cabinet follows controversy at home exposing divisions on China policy and EU warnings on strong Beijing ties.

26 Oct 2022 - 11:26PMvideocam

Containers piled up at Hamburg port, Germany’s busiest and Europe’s third-largest. Photo: AP

Germany may allow smaller Chinese stake in Hamburg port to calm critics

Berlin likely to allow Cosco take a smaller than planned 24.9-per cent stake in one of logistics firm HHLA’s three terminals in Germany’s largest port.

25 Oct 2022 - 8:30PM

A Cosco container ship is unloaded at a terminal in the port of Hamburg, Germany. File photo: Reuters

‘Outdated’ shipping industry ‘needs cooperation’ to reduce carbon footprint

‘We must work hand in hand with partners across the supply chain to make sure we take the right steps towards decarbonising the entire production system,’ says chairman of Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings.

1 Sep 2022 - 7:30AMvideocam

China’s ambassador continues push to enlist US business allies against tariffs

For the second time in two weeks, a senior Chinese diplomat in the US speaks with members of the business and trade community about tensions with Washington.

22 Jan 2022 - 8:34AM

China’s investments in Europe plunge amid pandemic, squeeze on foreign buyers

Chinese and Russian purchases in particular can expect to face review and scrutiny under the EU’s investment screening mechanisms.

24 Nov 2021 - 5:29AMvideocam

The Chinese conglomerate Cosco has bought a 35 per cent stake in the Port of Hamburg, Europe’s third-busiest. Photo: SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire/dpa

‘I’ve mortgaged my house’: a sinking feeling as shipping rates soar

A global container shortage and congestion at ports around the world have driven shipping rates to sky-high levels, with a return to normal possibly extending into 2022.

4 Jun 2021 - 7:55AMvideocam

Disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic have driven shipping costs to record levels. Illustration: Perry Tse

China: the hidden target of Trump’s ‘historic’ Israel-UAE deal?

The US wants Israeli-Arab support in countering Beijing’s influence over supply routes seen as a ‘matter of life and death’ for China’s economy, analysts say.

29 Aug 2020 - 4:44PMvideocam

Hong Kong says shipping industry to prosper as US tax move threatens port

The impact is deemed as limited for the shipping lines based in the city and for the whole industry, according to analysts and Cosco.

28 Aug 2020 - 10:58PMvideocam

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Cosco Shipping

China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co, (COSCO Group) is a government-owned shipping and logistics services group based in Beijing. The company is one of the largest in the world in terms of the number of container ships, and has several listed arms: COSCO Pacific Ltd, China COSCO Holdings Company Ltd, COSCO International Holdings Ltd, Cosco Investment (Singapore) Ltd, Cosco Shipping Company Ltd.

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26 August, 2024