Mr Tao Bao Xuan, General Manager of Sinotrans Hubei Company Limited, the largest Chinese transport and logistics supplier, expressed during his visit to Greece last week the desire to extend cooperation with Greek shipping companies.

Tao Bao Xuan, General Mamanger, Sinotrans Hubei Co. Ltd., Markos Kantzios, maritimes.gr

"There is already collaboration with the Greeks in the shipping sector, but it has not yet reached the levels that we want," he told maritimes. gr on the sidelines of an event held at the premises of the Piraeus Chamber of Industry and Commerce on Friday.

Mr Tao Bao Xuan was among the six members of the business delegation from Wuhan, who visited Greece at the invitation of the PCT and the Hellenic- Chinese Chamber to discuss the prospects for deepening Sino-Greek cooperation in the Maritime industry.

The representatives of shipping, shipbuilding and logistics companies operating in the port of Wuhan, sought paths of cooperation with Greek shipping, ship repair companies, as well as logistics and manufacturing companies through joint ventures and investment.

"Collaboration is the path to cope with the global economic recession which has affected also our company. Sinotrans distributes the 80\% of containers from China worldwide. After the outbreak of the world crisis, there is a large reduction in demand for goods," according to Mr Tao Bao Xuan.

Extroversion, opening up to the world market and mergers- a strategy supported and promoted by the Chinese government- is the recipe the company has adopted to forge ahead, he told maritimes.gr