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.
Russia’s logistics: ports want cargo – railways can’t deliver it – the Murmansk story
Murmansk, Russia (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – One of the competitive disadvantages of Russia’s Arctic Port of Murmansk (part of Port Alliance) is...
Back in the USSR: €45.3 billion promised for the transport system in Russia
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – The following text will transport those familiar with the Soviet Union’s way of budgeting and...
Anaklia: ADC lost, China and Russia won, Georgia misses golden opportunity
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) July 30, 2024 – The long-running legal saga about Georgia’s first Black Sea deep-water port project in Anaklia between...
Efficiency of five lower Danube ports – study
Katowice, Poland (Ports Europe) July 6, 2024 – From five lower Danube River ports analysed in the period 2014-2021, none reached the maximum efficiency...
DIA report about the Red Sea crisis
Washington, United States (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – As of mid-February, container shipping through the Red Sea had declined by approximately 90%...
The road to the Caspian Sea – Makhachkala port
Makhachkala, Russia (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – After years of delays, the project for the construction of an access road to Russia’s Caspian Sea port of...
Analysis: Quo Vadis, Russian Black Sea Navy?
Kyiv, Ukraine (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – In the past several days, Ukraine reported hitting with missiles a total of four Russian Black Sea Navy...
What is the relationship between inland waterways and seaports?
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022, we have heard more about inland waterways...
What is the relationship between seaports and subsea cables?
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – In recent months, Ports Europe has covered developments in subsea cables and increased telecommunications....
Tender for new Albanian port in Porto Romano
Durres, Albania (Ports Europe) February 23, 2024 – In March, Albania will announce an international tender for the construction of a new commercial port to...
World Bank, HR Wallingford step into shrinking Caspian problem
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) February 12, 2024 – Alarmed by the shrinking waters of the Caspian, Kazakhstan invited the World Bank (WB) to conduct a...
25.5% of Astrakhan port given to Russia’s military behemoth Rostec
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) February 9, 2024 – Russia continues to reorient its economy towards a war footing. The latest move is to transfer a...
Astrakhan is a centre of Russia’s Caspian logistics
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) January 30, 2024 – Hard pressed by Western sanctions, Russia is trying to find alternative transport routes towards...
North-South corridor obstacles according to Russia
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) January 18, 2024 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) project aims to reduce the time and cost of cargo...
Urgent dredging to start in Baku port, Caspian Sea shrinks
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) January 10, 2024 – Dredging will start in the coming days in Azerbaijan’s Caspian Sea port of Baku, which will allow access...
Update: Russia’s Northern Sea Route only for Russia
(Adds comments from Konstantin Grinevich after paragraph 3) St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR,...
Russia’s Northern Sea Route – only for Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia (Ports Europe), December 1, 2023 – The Northern Sea Route (NSR, SevMorPut) is unlikely to compete with the southern route through...
Russia as a black hole for containers from China
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 20, 2023 – The huge trade imbalance between Russia and China has led to the next unique Russian phenomenon –...
China’s increasing influence on the Northern Sea Route
Hellerup, Denmark (Ports Europe) November 17, 2023 – As Russia attempts to find ways to alleviate the impact of Western sanctions, and find alternative...
Rosatom takes over FESCO to create a shipping corridor along Northern Sea Route
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – Desperate times for Russia lead to desperate measures. Under pressure from Western sanctions, Russian...