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Paper collage of a containership in the Red Sea and a red ribbon curling around the southern tip of Africa

Maritime Industry

Decks and Deals Weekly #57

During 7–13 November 2026, shipping markets tracked more oil afloat, an Evergreen transit through Suez and ORLEN’s move to end a Qatari LNG contract. Selected ship values rose

15/11/2026

Sea

Automated container terminal at Shanghai’s Yangshan Port, with red SIPG gantry cranes handling containers above transport vehicles

Maritime Industry

Shanghai wants AI to run more than its container terminals

11/11/2026

Adora Flora City cruise ship at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, surrounded by large red CSSC gantry cranes

Maritime Industry

China cruise shipbuilding has built on European know-how. Can it win orders on its own?

12/11/2026

Market

Dry bulk: spot strength, forward fears

09/11/2026

Security

Ports can fall without a shot: Dr Sotiris Theofanis on the cyber threat

13/10/2026

Editorial illustration of a distant vessel above a scarred seabed, suggesting deliberate selection among vulnerable submarine cable routes

When the adversary chooses the failure

27/08/2026

Erdoğan, Mohammed bin Salman and Sharif holding signed copies of the Mecca Pact in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Mecca Pact meets the Hellenic triangle, and both want Cairo

17/08/2026

Land

Supply Chain

COSCO supply chain strategy faces a Piraeus test

08/11/2026

Bulk carrier alongside Kavala’s Philippos II commercial terminal, with mobile harbour cranes and cargo-handling equipment on the quayside

Port2Port

A.P. Moller Capital enters Kavala: could Maersk reshape Northern Greece’s port map?

20/10/2026

Conceptual illustration of Piraeus container terminal, where a towering orange gantry crane lifts an empty container frame casting an oversized shadow resembling stacked containers across the quay

Port2Port

Piraeus: higher profits, fewer containers

15/10/2026

Energy

Two melting clocks in a sparse desert landscape, one more solid and one dripping black oil, representing contrasting oil strategies and timelines

Two clocks, one cartel: The UAE OPEC exit and the Sunni Gulf’s real fault line

02/05/2026

Aerial view of solar farm in Tengger Desert, Ningxia, China, November 2024

The war for oil in a world that is leaving it behind

06/03/2026

Expansive petrochemical refinery complex in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, featuring tall distillation columns, cranes, dense pipelines, and heavy industrial structures

Global oil at risk—and China feels the pressure first

03/03/2026

Geopolitics

Conceptual editorial illustration of a Chinese-owned factory on an orange silhouette of Africa, casting a long, dark shipping-container-shaped shadow against a deep navy background

Politics & Economy

China’s African factory bet: who captures the value?

14/11/2026

Conceptual illustration of a lone headscarf-wearing woman walking along Stockholm’s waterfront beneath an enormous red projection bearing Chinese flag symbols, representing transnational repression of Uyghurs in Nordic countries

World Affairs

China’s long arm is silencing Uyghurs in Europe’s safest democracies

06/11/2026

Minimalist editorial illustration of an oil tanker crossing a blue-grey sea, casting an enormous shadow resembling a bank vault door

Geopolitics

Russia’s shadow fleet enters a new geopolitical phase

22/10/2026

Interview

Gadi Taub, wearing round glasses and a light blue shirt, sits thoughtfully before bookshelves, with a podcast microphone in the foreground

Gadi Taub: “Netanyahu will not leave before bringing down the Iranian regime”

24/10/2026

Portrait of Sinan Ülgen, EDAM director and Carnegie Europe senior fellow, discussing Türkiye’s regional strategy and Eastern Mediterranean tensions

Sinan Ülgen: “Greece–Israel partnership is viewed in Ankara as an axis to counter Türkiye”

10/10/2026

Xiaoyu Lu, professor at Peking University’s School of International Studies, pictured outdoors in an academic setting

Xiaoyu Lu: “A China–U.S. clash is entirely avoidable — and the decisive choice lies largely in Washington”

26/09/2026

Portrait of Ali Alfoneh, senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute and expert on Iranian politics

From micromanager to collective rule: Ali Alfoneh on Iran after Khamenei

22/08/2026

GeoTrends Analysis

Editorial illustration of a Greek island port, passenger ferry and European maritime routes, with underwater cables and digital surveillance systems symbolising critical infrastructure resilience

Port security and resilience: new European priorities and challenges for Greece

27/10/2026

Europe’s new maritime priorities are redefining port security and resilience. For Greece, the challenge extends beyond major commercial gateways to the infrastructure sustaining island connectivity, economic activity and territorial cohesion

Conceptual illustration of a container ship crossing the ocean, its wake transforming into a flowing ribbon entering a black cube, symbolising AI’s growing control over maritime knowledge

AI and the battle for shipping’s knowledge

16/10/2026

Artificial intelligence promises to transform shipping. But as algorithms absorb decades of maritime expertise, a more consequential battle is emerging over who controls the knowledge that gives companies their competitive edge

EDITORIAL

Beyond Borders