May 2010
The blueprint for Nanchong port has recently been approved by Sichuan provincial government, the provincial transport authorities announced on 24 May....
The China Civil Aviation Authority has decided to release control over first class and business class airfares....
CentrePort Canada, based in Winnipeg, has signed an MOU with Cuntan container terminal in Chongqing to exploit increasing trade and investment between the two countries....
A railway route dedicated to transporting goods between Chongqing and Shenzhen in Guangdong province has recently gone into service....
Goodman Group, the Australia-based logistics property developer, plans to build a 5 sq km logistics hub between Beijing and Tianjin over the next seven years....
China’s central government is urging the country’s three largest airlines − Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern − to merge their cargo operations so as to compete with foreign carriers...
A major landslide in Jiangxi province on 23 May derailed a passing train on the Shanghai-Kunming railway line and caused 19 deaths....
Mainland China and Taiwan will add 100 direct passenger flights and 20 cargo flights a week to keep up with two-way trade worth an annual US$109bn, according to Taiwanese civil aviation officials quoted by Reuters....
Work has begun to change all sign boards on Nanjing’s three major national expressways, according to the city’s transport officials....
China’s third largest steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel Group has received approval from the National Development and Reform Commission to acquire two assets in Africa that are expected to contribute nearly 2bn tons of ir...
The State Council has approved a plan to develop the Yangtze River Delta into a key international gateway for the Asia-Pacific region, said the National Development and Reform Commission....
Yangtze maritime safety authorities have warned of heavy storms this summer....
Experts attending the Nanjing International Shipbuilding Fair believe that China’s shipyards will face a new round of consolidation over the next two years because of a drying up of orders that began with the onset of t...
Shenzhen Chiwan Wharf Holding, part of China Merchants Group, has acquired a 40 per cent stake in Zhonghai Port Development, the container operator of Laizhou port in Shandong province....
Delta Air Lines has received final approval from the Chinese government to launch non-stop flights between Seattle and Beijing starting from 4 June.
The new route will operate five times a week.
Delta, based in Atlanta...
Chongqing’s plan to develop Liangjiang (Two Rivers) New Area has been approved the State Council, according to China News Services on 17 May....
Fixed-asset investment in Chongqing municipality increased 31 per cent year-on-year to Rmb128.98bn in the first four months of this year, according to the local statistics bureau.
Investment in manufacturing rose 36.5 per...
Nanjing port has started a second round of renovation on eight of its rubber-tyre gantries in an attempt to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions....
China’s 10 largest container ports posted an overall volume increase of 26.2 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2010 to 26.02m TEU....
The Yangtze Maritime Safety Authorities said that the emergency measure to lighten cargo vessels at Yichang during the six-month dry season has ended....
China’s express industry package volume increased 24 per cent to 470m pieces in the first quarter of 2010, according to statistics published by China Post. Revenues increased 24 per cent to Rmb12.4bn....
Shanghai International Port Group, the operator of Shanghai port, increased its cargo throughput by 17.5 per cent year-on-year to 35.53m tonnes in April, China Knowledge Press reported....
Walmart is due to sign an agreement at the end of this month to open its ninth store in Chongqing, according to a municipal government website....
Senior managers of Wuhan South Fuel Shipping Co were summoned before the Yangtze River Administration, under the Ministry of Transport, for an official dressing-down on 12 May after one of its vessels collided with a passenge...
The US automobile parts maker ArvinMeritor plans to invest US$16m in a new technical centre and production facility in Nanjing....
At 1am on 11 May, an Anhui-registered self-propelled barge fled the scene after colliding with an anchored vessel in the Changzhou section of the Yangtze River....
Bank of China, the country’s third-largest lender by assets, will invest US$1.1bn in a railway line that will be used to transport coal from central Shanxi province to Shandong province on the eastern coast....
In response to increasing trade volumes, CMA CGM has launched an addition to its Asia-Europe network....
The first phase of Cuntan bonded area in Chongqing municipality has passed state appraisal....
Air services have begun between Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, and Amsterdam....
The deputy director of Jiangsu Seismological Bureau Mr Ni Yuewei and three of his scientists in charge of forecasting, emergency response and disaster prevention stated during an online chat show that a major earthquake of at...
China Meteorological Administration has set up a station in Wuhan to provide a special forecast for the Yangtze valley region....
Wuhan New Port Administration is to take its first road show to Hong Kong between 17-19 May in an effort to attract foreign investors....
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has been approved to set up a branch in Chongqing, its first branch in western China and its fourth in the PRC.
An increasing number of financial services companies are being drawn t...
Following the completion of the first phase of Chongqing Lianglu Cuntan Bonded Zone early this year, preparation work for phase two has reached the final stage, according to Chongqing Evening News....
Chongqing Changan Suzuki Automobile, a minicar joint venture between Changan Auto and Suzuki Motors, expects to increase its annual capacity to 180,00 vehicles this year....
China Natural Gas Inc (CHNG) says it is close to completing tests on transporting liquid natural gas (LNG) shipments along the Yangtze River, reported China Oil and Gas Monitor....
China Southern Airlines expects a 20 per cent rise in revenue in 2010 thanks to the robust performance of the Chinese economy, Reuters reported. Executive vice president Chen Gang said revenues would rise to US$7.3bn....
Chongqing airport recorded a 53 per cent growth in import and export cargo volume to 2,702 tonnes in the first quarter of 2010, reported Xinhua....
AP Moeller-Maersk has sold its minority stake in the southern Chinese port of Yantian to Cosco Pacific, the Hong Kong-listed container port operator....
Honda Motor said it plans to buy more parts from Chinese suppliers to cut costs at its auto assembly joint venture with Dongfeng Motor in Wuhan, Hubei province....
China Cargo Airlines, part of China Eastern Airlines, made a profit in the first quarter of 2010 for the first time since 2005, as a result of the upturn in the global air freight market....
A Wuhan land auction lost many of its regular bidders following a new round of government policies designed to cool an overheated property market, according to the Yangtze Daily newspaper....
Increasing exports of calcite and imports of waste metal have led to a record number of international vessels calling at Tongling port in Anhui province....
China Cosco Holdings, the listed subsidiary of Cosco, China’s largest integrated shipping company, reported a much improved performance in the first quarter of 2010....
The Jiangsu port of Taicang near the mouth of the Yangtze River has launched a fourth Japan service that will call at Tokyo, Yokohama and Nagoya....
Wuhan’s Human Resources and Social Security Bureau issued a public announcement before the May Day holiday stating that anyone asked to work during the three-day public holiday should be paid three times the worker&rsqu...