Shipping containers crisis: boxes are getting more and more expensive to transport, but also to buy
Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) May 3, 2021 - Exactly one month after the last 61 ships blocked by the six days grounding of the huge Ever…
Is a new €2 billion port area development in Durres a realistic project?
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) May 2, 2021 – Albania is the “New Europe” and I want to be the first to go there, Mohamed Alabbar, the…
Analysis – Russian new port in Ust-Luga to deprive from cargo ports in Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland
Ust-Luga, Russia (PortSEurope) April 19, 2021 – Russia’s currently under construction Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga, which when completed will cliam to be the largest…
Analysis – A German multi-billion euro project for a new development and a €600 million rebuilding plan of CMA CGM are on the table for Beirut port. What if they are combined?
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 12, 2021 – An over-ambitious $5-7 billion plan with up to 20 years construction span of two German companies wants to…
Analysis – Germany enters the fray for the reconstruction of the Port of Beirut. What about France, China, Turkey, United States, Russia, UAE, Kuwait?
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) April 7, 2021 – Germany is reportedly prepared to submit a proposal for the reconstruction of the port of Beirut, which was…
Analysis – More controversies about the Albania’s Durrës port €2 billion development
Durrës, Albania (PortSEurope) March 4, 2021 – Exit News, an independent Albanian news portal which also publishes investigative stories, claims that the “awarding of the…
Analysis – Georgia helped Russia sink Anaklia Deep Sea Port project – can Poti replace it?
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) January 3, 2021 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port project did not have a chance fighting for its survival against Georgia’s political class,…
Analysis – Will Caspian ports become stranded assets if the sea shrinks?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) December 29, 2020 – The Caspian Sea started shrinking in mid-1990s and its level is projected to fall by nine to 18…
Analysis – Russia keeps pushing for development of Caspian Sea ports and Volga-Don Canal
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) December 14, 2020 - The prospects for the development of container services in the Caspian Sea and the creation of a special…
Analysis – Central Asia to help China bypass Russia en route to Europe
Aktau, Kazakhstan (PortSEurope) December 3 – It is China, again, that is emerging as an unlikely winner from the agreed direct link between Turkey and…
Analysis – Could DP World and Maersk prevent China from taking over all Haifa Bay ports?
Haifa, Israel (PortSEurope) November 2, 2020 - At the end of October, Israel Shipyards Industries together with Dubai-based DP World submitted a long-expected bid in…
Analysis – France expected to beat China in the race for the Port of Beirut – Hezbollah is the main obstacle
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 27, 2020 – Two months after the deadly explosions that destroyed most of Beirut port, Lebanon’s largest, it is increasing clear…
Analysis – Russia to develop modern container terminals in the Caspian Sea and Volga river
Astrakhan, Russia (PortSEurope) September 29, 2020 – There are no modern Russian container terminals on the Caspian Sea and the Volga river and it looks…
Kanal Istanbul, Erdogan’s “crazy project”, moves forward despite Turkey’s economic woes
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 29, 2020 – The legislative work for the implementation of Kanal (Channel, Canal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the…
Analysis – Russia “discovers” its strategic Caspian Sea ports
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) August 13, 2020 – After years of neglect, it seems that Moscow is slowly discovering the potential of its three Caspian Sea…
Analysis – The aftermath of the Beirut port obliteration
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) August 7, 2020 - The port of Beirut, Lebanon’s busiest port, is not going to recover for many months after what is…
Workers in Syria’s Tartus protest again Russia’s company management of the port
Tartus, Syria (PortSEurope) July 9, 2020 - Port workers in Tartus have again complained about their Russian employer irregular and lower than the agreed payments…
French ports handle disproportionately small cargo volumes compared to Italian and Spanish competitors
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2020 – French ports lag significantly behind their Spanish and Italian counterparts in gross weight of seaborne goods handled as…
Russia’s Caspian ports continue to increase cargo volumes in January-May 2020
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 11, 2020 – Cargo volumes handled by the three Russian ports in the Caspian Sea in the first five months of…
TransContainer calls for container transportation through Russia to be subsidized by the state
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) June 9, 2020 - Digitalization, excess of transport capacity, transit of sanctioned goods through Russia, changes in the logistics of state-owned companies…