COSCO SHIPPING PORTS

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

Piraeus: higher profits, fewer containers

15/10/202614/10/2026

Piraeus Container Terminal grew revenue by 12.5% and net profit by approximately 36% in 2025, even as container throughput fell 5.95%, against a backdrop of geopolitical disruption and shifting trade routes

Hand-drawn editorial illustration of a loaded container ship passing a quay while several unfinished vessels emerge as pencil sketches behind it

Container shipping pricing power trailed the market. COSCO doubled down

01/09/202607/09/2026

COSCO’s realised rate jumped 12.3% in Q2. The market rose 19.5%. Then COSCO committed USD 2.688 billion to twelve ships. The recovery was real. So was the gap

Editorial collage of COSCO Shipping Ports’ Mediterranean network, featuring Piraeus, Suez, Vado Ligure, Kumport, Bilbao and Valencia terminals

COSCO’s Mediterranean chessboard: where it wins and loses in the new container geography

30/08/202610/09/2026

From Piraeus and Suez to Spain, Türkiye and Vado Ligure, COSCO’s Mediterranean portfolio reveals a deeper shift: competitive advantage increasingly lies not in one dominant hub, but in network optionality