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The four gates for the Deurganck dock lock in the port of Antwerp will begin their journey from China at the beginning of April. The gigantic gates are being built by the Chinese steel constructor ZPMC, together with the trolleys on which the gates will ride, two combined road/rail bridges, the caisson and other items. A ceremony was held on Wednesday 18 March in the Chinese city of Changxing to mark the official completion of the construction work. The ceremony was attended by Freddy Aerts, head of the Maritime Access department (Flemish government), Luc Arnouts, director of the Deurganck Dock Lock Company and also Chief Commercial Office of the Port Authority, and Eric Beyts from the Waasland Lock construction consortium. Mr.

"World Shipping (China) Summit 2013" held in Ningbo, focused on the theme 'Responding to New Realities' with Hong Kong-based terminal & shipping group China Merchants Holdings International Co. (CMHI) acting as its special sponsor in conjunction with COSCO. The summit, whose members were not precisely identified in news released of the meeting, addressed special concerns on the impact caused by China's economic restructure of the shipping industry, and considered: "China Factor" Evolution [sic]…