1 Oct 2002

Hong Kong: Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), with the maiden arrival of MSC Hudson at the weekend, became the eighth line-haul service to call at Hutchison's Xiamen International Container...

5:12PM
7 Aug 2002

Shipping giants Maersk Sealand and Taiwan's Evergreen Marine are in talks with Xiamen authorities to set up a presence in the closest mainland port to Taiwan, according to the city's deputy mayor...

10:06AM
7 Apr 1999

Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) - the only deep-water port in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone - expects to handle fourth-generation container vessels within four years.

11:29PM
8 Apr 1998

Taiwan's Kaohsiung port handled 897,510 teu (20 ft equivalent units) in January and February, up 15.02 per cent year-on-year. Port executives said growth of its offshore shipping scheme and the...

4:10AM
9 Jan 1998

Xiamen port in Fujian province handled nearly 18 million tonnes of cargo in 1997, up 13 per cent from 1996, according to official statistics.


Of the total, 11 million tonnes involved...

7:38PM
28 Jul 1997

Pacific Ports Co will be able to handle vessels simultaneously when an expansion programme at its Huijian harbour in Xiamen is completed by the end of the year.

3:22AM

CHINA and Taiwan agreed to end a ban on direct shipping links, which could hurt Hong Kong's role as a trade conduit. Companies can apply to trade direct between Fuzhou and Xiamen in China and...

10:12AM

The agreement between China and Taiwan to allow direct cross-straits shipping is very good news on an international level, but presents Hong Kong with a major challenge to its future as a trading...

10:01AM

Haicang port in Fujian province has signed development deals worth a total of US$146 million. The 11 deals included eight industrial projects with combined investment of $40.8 million, one port...

6:35PM

Fairyoung Holdings' investment in three berths in Xiamen's Dongdu port is attractive even without cargo from direct shipping links between China and Taiwan, a company shareholder says.

6:30PM

Xiamen and its port authority say they are prepared for Beijing's move to open direct sea links with Taiwan, even though Taiwan has yet to agree.


Xiamen mayor Hong Yongshi said both...

9:10AM

Fairyoung Holdings, an investment holding company, has signed a 500 million yuan (about HK$465 million) joint venture agreement to develop two berths in the port of Xiamen.

8:05AM

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