A delegation of the Cosco Group visited yesterday the installations of the port of Barcelona due to the interest in the development and extension of the same to effectuate a market study project to analyse the possibilities of new investments and collaborations of the Chinese company with the port of Barcelona. It is worth remembering that the mentioned business group maintains through its shipowner direct maritime services from Barcelona to the principal ports of North America and the Far East.

 

The group was formed by Sun Jiakang, the vice president of Cosco Hong Kong and the managing director of Cosco Pacific Ltd., a company responsible for investments of the Chinese company; Zhang Hongyan and Yan Ting, director and vice manager of the Transport Division of Cosco Group, respectively, and Chan Hang, the managing director of the Development Division of Cosco Pacific, Ltd. On behalf of Cosco Iberia Ship Agency, a general agent of Cosco in Spain, the visit was attended by Tan Bing, the managing director and Vicente De Angelis, the vice managing director, Antonio Cortés, operations manager and Xun Yu, member of the operations department.

 

Represented to the Barcelona Port Authority they received the Chinese delegation: Joaquim Tosas, president; Josep Oriol, director; Andreu Gispert, vice manager; Albert Muixi, general secretary; Joan Madrid, sales and marketing manager; and Joan Dedeu, representative of the port of Barcelona in China.

 

After a working session, in which the extension of the port of Barcelona was one of the main points, the delegation of the Cosco Group visited the extension works and had a tour onboard of the “Porta d’Aigua”.