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: Ports and subsea cables
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 6, 2026 – Yesterday, the European Commission announced measures to strengthen submarine cable security,...
VTTI invests in rail infrastructure at Amsterdam terminal
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) January 31, 2026 – VTTI has confirmed the final investment decision for a new rail infrastructure project at its...
Analysis: Who is financing the proposed Strait of Messina bridge?
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 29, 2025 – The long-planned bridge linking Sicily with mainland Italy is set to be financed primarily by the Italian...
Analysis: US strategic focus on Greek ports
Athens, Greece (Ports Europe) December 8, 2025 – The United States is deepening its focus on Greek ports as part of a wider strategy to strengthen logistics...
SCZONE discusses East Port Said with businesses in Japan
Tokyo, Japan (Ports Europe) August 19, 2025 – A delegation from the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE), headed by Chairman Waleid Gamal El-Dien, participated...
Italy uses NATO rationale to push Strait of Messina bridge
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 9, 2025 – The Italian government has revived the long-delayed Strait of Messina bridge project, now presenting it as...
Analysis: Russia’s Caspian ports cargo fiasco
Astrakhan, Russia (Ports Europe) May 18, 2025 – Despite bombastic promises and upbeat forecasts, Russia’s Caspian Sea ports are loosing cargo and operate...
Analysis: Musical chairs for Syrian ports
Tartus, Syria (Ports Europe) May 18, 2025 – Let’s try to clarify the score in the musical chairs game played with Syrian Mediterranean Sea commercial ports...
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...