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.
Captagon drug via ports of Beirut, Latakia and Tripoli
Beirut, Lebanon (PortSEurope) October 15, 2023 – The Syrian regime and Lebanese Hezbollah have adeptly woven the production, promotion, and smuggling of...
Anaklia port project: Azerbaijan as a dark horse?
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) October 10, 2023 – Azerbaijan has appeared as a dark horse in the years-long saga of the construction of Georgia’s first...
Ukrainian Black Sea corridor works – Russia helpless
Odesa, Ukraine (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – More than 15 ships have completed journeys to and from the three major Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea...
Update: “Russian tsar of Thessaloniki” to add Volos port to his Greek portfolio
Volos, Greece (PortSEurope) September 29, 2023 – Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (ThPA) with an offer for 51 million euro has been selected as the preferred...
Atyrau port has been idle for three years due to low water level
Atyrau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) September 18, 2023 – Kazakhstan’s port of Atyrau on the Ural River (Jaiyq in Kazakh language) near its Caspian Sea...
Could China be given Anaklia port project?
Anaklia, Georgia (Ports Europe) August 6, 2023 – The long-delayed Georgia Anaklia deep sea port project in the Black Sea seems about to be served on a...
Makhachkala’s – the key node in North-South Corridor
Makhachkala, Russia (PortSEurope) June 12, 2023 – Russia’s Caspian Sea port of Makhachkala is increasing its cargo and ferry traffic and becoming a major...
InformAll BG: Flexitank containers to be used by Ukraine’s vegetable oil producers
Odesa, Ukraine (InformAll/Ports Europe) June 4, 2023 – Ukrainian InformAll BG, a cargo analytical and consulting bureau based in Odessa, suggests a way to...
Analysis: Black Sea Container market overview 2022
Odessa, Ukraine (Informall/PortSEurope) April 3, 2023 – The Black Sea region has witnessed a considerable decline in its container market volumes, with...
Is sanctions busting North-South Corridor viable?
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 27, 2023 – The two most sanctioned countries in the world, Russia and Iran, are the driving force behind the creation...
Prospects for the International North-South Transport Corridor
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) March 1, 2023 – The International North-South Corridor (INSTC) is the topic of an article by Mohammed Athar Javed,...
Constanta – CEE cargo hub. 16th largest port in Europe
Constanța, Romania (PortSEurope) February 27, 2023 – Romania’s Black Sea port of Constanța benefits from an advantageous geographical positioning on the...
Fivefold increase in cargo volumes from Turkey to Russia in 2022
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 10, 2023 – Freight traffic from Turkey to Russia increased almost five times in 2022, according to experts...
Analysis: Sanctions busting Caspian Sea is drying up, new ships needed
Aktau, Kazakhstan (Ports Europe) January 26, 2023 – Recently, the lowering water level in the Caspian Sea has accelerated so much that it is jeopardising...
Port of Olya, the new pet project of President Putin
Olya, Russia (Ports Europe) January 17, 2023 – Aside from waging a war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally took over the projects that...
Belarus wants faster creation of its own ports in Russia
Minsk, Belarus (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Hard pressed by western sanctions, President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, demanded faster construction...
Uzbekistan to open container terminals and storage facilities in Baku port
Baku, Azerbaijan (Ports Europe) December 30, 2022 – Landlocked Uzbekistan is looking for opportunities to open container terminals and storage facilities at...
Desperate Moscow seeks unified rules for Caspian Sea corridor ports
Moscow, Russia (PortSEurope) November 19, 2022 – A desperate Moscow is seeking unified commercial and conventional rules for the ports in its sanctions...
“Our markets are in Asia and Africa” – Russia’s Deputy PM
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 21, 2022 – “Our markets are in Asia and Africa,” was the acknowledgment of Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister,...
China to invest in Russia’s new Volga River inland port
Samara, Russia (Ports Europe) October 10, 2022 – China is to invest in Russia’s new Volga River inland port project. Sanctions are forcing Russia’s...