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 – Russia’s ambitious plans for Syria’s port of Tartus
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) December 22, 2019 – Russia has announced that it is going to invest $500 million over four years in the Syrian Mediterranean...
Analysis – Recep Tayyip Erdogan says tender for Canal Istanbul project to be held soon
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) December 13, 2019 – The tender for the Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
Analysis – Iranian ambitions for the Syria’s Mediterranean coast
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) November 18, 2019 – Iran has bolstered its military and economic presence along Syria’s Mediterranean coast, according to...
Analysis – Alexandroupolis is leading port of interest in Greek regional harbour privatisation
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) September 2, 2019 – Greece’s portfolio of 10 regional ports slated for privatisation includes...
Analysis – In a win for Russia, Anaklia deep sea port project descends into chaos
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) August 30, 2019 – Russia is winning the protracted game around the idea for Anaklia – the first deep-water port on the...
Analysis – Russian consortium to take over port of Taman in the Kerch Strait
Taman, Russia (PortSEurope) July 21, 2019 – The RMP (RosMorPort) Taman consortium, which will get the concession for the management of the new Russian port...
Analysis – Iran wants to take over Iraqi and Syrian cargo flow with Latakia port & railway line
Latakia, Syria (PortSEurope) July 16, 2019 – Iran, Syria and Iraq are discussing the construction of a railway line connecting the Iran’s Imam Khomeini...
Analysis – Poti vs Anaklia game sinks Georgia’s hopes for a deep sea port
Anaklia, Georgia (PortSEurope) April 2, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port, the Georgia Black Sea construction project, was again put in doubt after last week’s...
Analysis – Thessaloniki port seeks exit from Piraeus shadow; Chinese and Russian interests
Thessaloniki, Greece (PortSEurope) May 19, 2019 – After acquiring 67% of the second largest Greek port of Thessaloniki in March 2018, the consortium of new...
Analysis – Kanal Istanbul – the largest construction project in the world for a decade
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Construction works for Canal (Channel, Kanal) Istanbul project, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of...
Analysis – Chinese investment in Piraeus port facing local challenges
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has visited China and attended the Second Forum of the Silk...
Analysis – After Syria’s Tartus port, Russia eyes Libya’s Mediterranean port of Tobruk
Tobruk, Libya (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – The advance of the army of general Khalifa Belqasim Haftar towards Tripoli raises again the issue of Russia’s...
Analysis – Syria signs 49-year contract for operation, overhaul of Tartus port with Russia’s Stroytransgaz
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The Syrian authorities have concluded a 49-year investment contract with Russian company Stroytransgaz for the...
Analysis – Anaklia new port: China probably wants it, Russia hates it, U.S. navy might use it, Georgia would benefit from it enormously
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 21, 2019 – The project for the future biggest deep sea port in the Black Sea, Anaklia, has reportedly secured financing...
Analysis – Iran to lease Syrian container port of Latakia
Latakia, Syria (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – From October 2019, Iran is to lease the Latakia container terminal of Latakia port, gaining a highly...
Analysis – Anaklia: The long shadows of Russia and China, money laundering, private or with state guarantees, personal feud between the rich
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Anaklia Deep Sea Port, the Georgia Black Sea construction project, is not progressing and the reasons...
Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...