COSCO interested to buy stake in Greek port

China shipping giant China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) is in talks to own part of a major Greek port giving it increased access to European markets.

　　Company officials said COSCO Hellas, the firm's subsidiary in Greece, is interested in taking part in possible plans to buy shares in the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA).

　　So said an official surnamed Chen at COSCO's port operations department.

　　PPA handles almost 60 per cent of all Greek shipping.

　 　Chen said COSCO President Wei Jiafu discussed port investment when he met Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in January, who was on an official visit to China.

　　Chen would not give further details as talks are in the initial stages.

　　The chance to buy into ports was created with the privatization of significant ports in Greece, including Piraeus.

　　The Greek Government owns 74.1 per cent of PPA at the moment.

　 　The Thessalonica Port Authority said COSCO Hellas has also expressed an interest in developing co-operative ties with the northern Greek port.

　　Another firm, China Shipping Group (CSG) China's second-largest shipping company is seeking facilities in the Greek port of Crete.

　　COSCO President Wei Jiafu said earlier that port investment is a priority for the company's future expansion.

　 　In December the group was involved in a joint venture formed by AP Moeller-Maersk and Hutchison Whampoa to buy and develop the second phase of Shanghai's Yangshan port. COSCO Pacific, a port investor affiliated to the Group, took 10 per cent of the venture.

　　In December, the group also signed an agreement to buy a 20 per cent stake in the Suez Canal Container Terminal in Egypt, its first port investment in the Middle East.

　　COSCO now holds stakes in a number of Chinese ports in the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Bohai Rim in northern China.

　　Outside of China, it has a 49 per cent stake in a terminal in Singapore, a 25 per cent stake in Belgium's Antwerp port and stakes in other ports in the United States.

　　COSCO is expected to register a pre-tax profit of around 20 billion yuan (US$2.5 billion) in 2005, breaking all past records, said Chen.

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装船运送装船运送 (团体) 公司 (中国远洋运输总公司) 的庞大中国大海的中国是
在谈话中拥有它增加通路的主要希腊人港口给的部份
到欧洲的市场。
　　公司官员说了中国远洋运输总公司 Hellas,那
希腊的公司子公司, 对参加感兴趣可能的
计划买比雷埃夫斯港口当局的部份。 (PPA)

　　如此说一位官员在中国远洋运输总公司的港口操作部门呼以姓氏陈。

　　 PPA 每一分的所有希腊的海运几乎处理 60 。

　
　陈说中国远洋运输总公司总统 Wei Jiafu 讨论了港口投资当他
在一月碰到了希腊的总理 Kostas Karamanlis, 是在一之上
官员对中国拜访。

当谈话是在开始的阶段中的时候 , 　　陈不给进一步的细节。

　　要进入港口之内买的机会与希腊, 包括比雷埃夫斯的重要港口的私营化一起产生。

此刻的　　 PPA 的希腊每分政府自己的 74.1。

　
　 Thessalonica 港口当局说中国远洋运输总公司 Hellas 也已经表达
对和北方人希腊人发展合作的关系兴趣
港口。

　　另外的一个公司,中国海运团体 (CSG) 中国
第二大的海运公司正在寻求希腊的港口设备
Crete。

　　中国远洋运输总公司总统 Wei Jiafu 更早地说港口投资是公司的将来扩充的优先权。

　
　在十二月团体是积极参与的在一个被美联社形成的共同投资中
Moeller- Maersk 和 Hutchison Whampoa 买并且发展秒
时期的上海 Yangshan 港口。 中国远洋运输总公司太平洋,一个港口投资者
隶属于团体,每一冒险的分拿 10。

　　在
十二月 , 团体也签署了协议买一 20 每一分赌注
以苏伊士运河容器终端机口吻在埃及,它的第一个港口
中东的投资。

　　中国远洋运输总公司现在支撑赌注在一
珍珠河三角州的中国港口的数字, 长江
中国北部的三角州和 Bohai 边。

在中国的外面　　,它
有一 49 每一分赌注以一个终端机口吻在新加坡, 一 25 每一分赌注
在其他的港口中的比利时的安特卫普港口和赌注中在那联合的
美国。

　　中国远洋运输总公司被期望登记前税利润
二百亿个日圆 ( 美金二十五亿元) 左右在 2005 年,整过去打破
记录,陈说。
应该是呢个意思吧。。。。。
不知道怎么发呢钟内容哦。。。考阅读咯。。。。