Rail corridors: ports do not create corridors, connections do
Greece owns ports at the crossroads of three continents. Geography creates opportunity, not power. The decisive question is what happens after cargo leaves the quay
Beibu Gulf Port buys its way into a liner company, weeks before the canal opens
China’s securities regulator has cleared a modest equity deal between a Guangxi port operator and a Zhejiang liner company. The timing, rather than the money, deserves attention
Port of Piraeus: Record revenues, a shrinking core, and the questions nobody asked at Delphi
Angelos Karakostas arrived at Delphi with record revenues and previewed unreleased quarterly data. The full-year 2025 results, read carefully, tell a rather different story
China’s western front: the Central Asia corridor that cannot wait
While markets obsess over the Strait of Hormuz, China’s most consequential strategic bet is unfolding not at sea, but across the steppes and mountain passes of Central Asia
Hapag-Lloyd and India’s maritime strategy: three capitals, one signal
Three Letters of Intent. One market. A signal that lands simultaneously in New Delhi, Beijing, and Brussels. Hapag-Lloyd’s engagement with India’s maritime strategy deserves a reading well beyond the press release
The EU Ports Strategy that targets China without naming it
Brussels adopted its EU Ports Strategy on 4 March 2026. A leaked draft, obtained weeks earlier, tells a more candid story — one in which COSCO and Piraeus feature prominently, if never by name
A look inside China’s African ports
Beijing isn’t just building infrastructure; it’s engineering a new world order, one dock at a time. This is the story of China’s African ports, a multi-billion-dollar venture reshaping global trade, sovereignty, and power
COSCO boosts European logistics network
COSCO Shipping expands in Northern Europe, acquiring stakes in hinterland logistics to strengthen supply-chain resilience, integrate port networks, and offer shippers predictability amid congestion, capacity constraints, and geopolitical uncertainty
Dubai’s quiet conquest: How UAE port expansion outflanks China in Africa
While analysts obsess over China’s African ambitions, the UAE has quietly assembled a formidable port empire across the continent, deploying superior commercial terms and execution speed that Beijing struggles to match
Indian Corridor, tariffs, and the Middle East: The axis reshaping global geopolitics
From the U.S.–India trade rift to the Israel–Hamas conflict and the survival struggle of the IMEC, shifting alliances, competing corridors, and Middle Eastern volatility are redefining the future of global trade and strategic influence