Analysis
Analysis comprises longer articles which look at a particular issue in-depth. They look at the various angles relevant to a particular port news story, including any aspects of politics, business and social relevance. These often have a multi-national aspects.
Analysis – Anaklia Development Consortium has no chance to finish Georgia’s deep sea port project – minister
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) May 20, 2020 – Two days after Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) said that it was “the right partner” for the...
Analysis – Russia uses Libya’s partition to gain control of its Mediterranean ports
Tripoli, Libya (Ports Europe) May 4, 2020 – The year-long siege of Tripoli, seat of Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), by the...
Akdeniz port – Reduced traffic volumes and up for sale
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 3, 2020 – The 2019 annual report of Global Ports Holding (GPH) reports traffic volumes down and a potential buyer in...
Analysis – Who will benefit from Kanal Istanbul project?
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) April 29, 2020 – Companies with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the governing in Turkey Justice and...
Analysis – COVID-19 does not seriously infect ports yet, but panicked politicians might contaminate their business
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2020 – Italy, Spain, France – where the major Mediterranean ports are – have tens of thousands of cases...
Analysis – Cruise ships businesses face hard challenges. COVID-19 takes business “offline”
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 25, 2020 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has announced it is to extend the suspension of cruise sailings of its...
Analysis – Strategic and overambitious Iranian move in Russian Caspian, financed by China, or much ado about nothing
Lagan, Russia (Ports Europe) March 23 – A group of Iranian companies, financed by China, wants to invest in the development of the small southern Russian...
Analysis – Is Alexandroupolis port the new trump card in the Trump administration’s Mediterranean Great Game?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) March 10, 2020 – On March 7, 2020, U.S. Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt and Deputy Assistant Secretary at U.S....
Analysis – Is this the start of tendering process for Kanal Istanbul?
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – A tender will be launched on March 26 for the reconstruction and relocation of the historic Odabaşı and...
Analysis – Iran intends to improve port rail connections to develop international trade
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The state-owned Iran Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is planning a local conference to discuss...
Analysis – Impressive ports concession drive by Ukrainian government
Odessa, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 20, 2020 – After the successful tendering of the Black Sea ports of Olbia (Olvia) and Kherson, the Ukrainian...
Analysis – Georgian and other deep sea ports around the Black Sea
Poti, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Georgia is the only Black Sea littoral state, which has no deep-water port. For more than three years it...
Analysis – Local Goldair to join U.S. companies in bid for regional Greek ports concessions?
Alexandroupolis, Greece (Ports Europe) February 17, 2020 – U.S. interest in investing in the privatisation of Greek regional ports is intensifying as the...
Analysis – Morocco to invest heavily in ports’ infrastructure
Dakhla, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – At the end of last year, Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water short-listed...
Analysis – The Port of Mariupol: A Chinese piece in Ukrainian-Russian Azov Sea puzzle
Mariupol, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – It is widely expected that China will invest in Ukrainian Port of Mariupol as part of its Silk Road...
Analysis – In a snub to Russia, Iran and Syria sign maritime cooperation agreement
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Defying pressure from Moscow, Russia’s dependant Syria has signed an agreement on maritime cooperation...
Analysis – Anaklia deep sea port threatened by APM Terminals Poti port expansion
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) February 4, 2020 – In a press release today, APM Terminals Poti said that has presented its two-stage plan for the...