Konecranes wins order for two more cranes on barge from China
In the first quarter of 2021, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd. ordered two eco-efficient Konecranes Gottwald Model 8 Cranes on Barge. The cranes will be operated by Cosco Shipping Bulk Co. Ltd. (Cosco Bulk) off the coast of Guinea, Africa.
Home to the world’s largest reserves of bauxite, the Guinean mining industry has been expanding. Cosco Bulk, a subsidiary of a world-leading shipping company, China Cosco Shipping Corporation Limited, found they needed more cranes to cope with the volume. These two new cranes will transship bauxite for the production of aluminum from river barges onto ocean-going vessels and will bring the total number of Konecranes Gottwald Cranes on Barge in the region to twelve.
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Traders uploading the truck full of flowers at Dounan Flower Market in Yunnan, China. - The Star/ANN
KUNMING (Xinhua): A handful of seashells are on display in a museum in southwest China s border province of Yunnan, recording the country s past history of international communication.
Archaeologists believe that the seashells, imported from South and Southeast Asia over 2,000 years ago, were used as both currency and an important commodity in Yunnan.
Today, they embody the long-standing economic ties between China and the region.
Bordering Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, Yunnan has been a frontline of interconnection and exchanges between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries, said Chen Lijun, vice president of the China (Kunming) Academy of South and Southeast Asian Studies.