January 2009
China International Marine Containers, the world's biggest manufacturer of containers, plans to set up a new truck-making joint venture with two domestic investment holding companies in Wuhu, Anhui province, Reuters reported....
Statistics from the Ministry of Transport showed that, in the 12 days leading up to January 22, the total passenger volume on major national highways stood at nearly 60m, up 11 per cent on the corresponding period in the lead...
Two prominent foreign manufacturers have selected Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, to become their regional headquarters in central China....
After a seven-week suspension, Okay Airways resumed operations on 23 January, two days before the Chinese New Year holiday.
The suspension came after some airports, worried about the airline's financial troubles, would only...
The central government has set aside Rmb1bn this year alone on dredging projects across the trunk line of the Yangtze....
China will invest Rmb21.3bn in the south-to-north water diversion programme in 2009, according to the office in charge of the scheme under the State Council....
The city’s executive vice mayor Huang Qifang has predicted that the city’s industrial output this year would exceed Rmb800bn, up 23 per cent from that of last year....
Eight highway projects in Chongqing with a total length of 412km will be completed in 2009, taking the total highway length in the municipality to 1,500km, according to a local government website....
China National Aviation Holding Co, the parent company of Air China, has been in talks with Wuhan-based East Star Airlines to acquire all or part of the private carrier in a bid to strengthen its presence in central China, re...
Investment in the Port of Nantong reached an all-time record of nearly Rmb1.7bn in 2008, up 7.6 per cent year-on-year and 13 per cent more than the planned budget....
A framework agreement was signed on 18 January between the local governments of Chengdu and Leshan....
Taicang terminal, one of three terminals under the umbrella of Suzhou port, reached a new high in handling 1.45m teu last year, up by 42.4 per cent year-on-year....
Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retail chain, has opened its first wholly-owned outlet in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province....
Construction of Suining-Chongqing Railway Line II project started on 18 January....
Chongqing municipal government has vowed to speed up its road building and protection campaign....
Work has begun on a 264km section of Chongqing-Shanghai Railway Line that connects Chongqing and Lichuan, Hubei province. It is the most challenging of the entire line as it winds its way through mountainous terrain....
Cosco said its subsidiary in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, had cancelled an order for two bulk carrier vessels, while postponing the delivery of another two vessels until 2010....
China has approved dredging work on a 122km stretch of the Grand Canal in Zhejiang province, costing approximately Rmb10bn....
More than 40 international vessels had to cancel departure from Yangshan, Waigaoqiao and Wusong terminals in Shanghai over a period of three days from 11am on 9 January because of strong winds....
In a new measure that forms part of the central government’s Go West policy, graduates who find jobs in towns and villages in central and western China will have their tuition refunded....
Provincial officials said on 12 January that river cargo would reach a new high in 2009 on the back of its aggressive investment in waterway, port and other transport infrastructure projects....
Shanghai maritime authorities have recently announced two sections at the Yangtze mouth that can accommodate the simultaneous passing of two large vessels in opposite directions....
Rail cargo volume in 2009 would be unchanged from last year, predicted the Ministry of Railways. The ministry said it would rely more heavily on passenger transport to offset any weakness in cargo, reported Xinhua....
Container shipping volumes at the mainland's two largest ports plunged in December, with throughput in Shanghai dropping 6 per cent and in Shenzhen by 15.7 per cent, South China Morning Post reported....
The Ministry of Transport has announced that Mr Tang Guanjun is to be the new director of Yangtze River Administration of Navigational Affairs....
Shipping capacity through theThree Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River reached a record high in 2008, said the Three Gorges Navigation Administration....
The Yangtze Waterway Bureau has announced that it plans to replace all buoys on the entire navigable length of the Yangtze with patented solar-charged minimum-maintenance uniform buoys within the next two years, comprising so...
China has approved the establishment of Wuhan Dongxihu bonded logistics centre. It will act as a bonded warehouse and export supervision warehouse and will offer a number of preferential policies for international trade....
Construction of the Hefei-Wuhan Railway, the first high-speed line in central China, has been completed after three years, said the government of Wuhan....
The third phase project of Chongqing’s Cuntan container terminal has begun, according to a municipal government website....
Taiwan-based technology manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co plans to shift production to third-tier Chinese mainland cities in order to reduce costs and take advantage of preferential tax policies, reported China Sourc...
Cargo volume on mainland Chinese airlines plunged 11.3 per cent year-on-year in November, reported Cargonews Asia, as a result of a downturn in consumer spending in Europe and North America....
Shanghai port’s container throughput increased 7 per cent to 28m teu in 2008, maintaining its number two world ranking behind Singapore....
Sichuan provincial government has announced that all the roads destroyed by the May earthquake have reopened. According to media reports, the massive quake affected or destroyed 22,000km of roads in Sichuan....
Work has begun on the Chongming-Qidong Expressway, an important part of a regional project that will nearly halve travel time between Shanghai and Jiangsu province.
When finished in 2012, the expressway will link Chongming I...
The Yangtze water level at Wuhan Customs at 8am on 2 January stood at 14.56 metres, the lowest level since the dry season started in November and a fall of 9.65 metres from the peak tide on 9 August....
Early statistics from the Ministry of Transport showed that cargo throughput in 17 of the country’s ports exceeded 100m tons in 2008....