Maersk, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd and ZIM pursue radically different strategies as container shipping profits plummet 56% in Q2 2025, with Red Sea disruptions and U.S. tariffs reshaping global trade dynamics
While Maersk and MSC dominate headlines, COSCO shipping delivers superior profit margins and volume growth, positioning itself as Asia’s maritime powerhouse through strategic hub expansion and operational excellence
China’s COSCO demands stake in $23 billion Panama ports deal, threatening to block sale unless included. The standoff reveals deeper tensions over strategic maritime infrastructure between Beijing and Washington
At the crossroads of commerce and conflict, Piraeus is more than a Mediterranean port—it’s a geopolitical juggernaut reshaping trade, power dynamics, and maritime innovation in a world racing toward digital and green transformation
While Greece’s ports transform into strategic assets within the IMEC corridor framework, Beijing’s Piraeus investment collides with Washington’s infrastructure ambitions, creating an unexpectedly complex maritime theatre where economics meets geopolitics in rather uncomfortable ways
The arrival of the MV COSCO Sheng Shi in Piraeus marks more than a shipping milestone. It cements the port’s role as China’s European vehicle hub—and thrusts Greece deeper into the storm of great-power competition
On February 19, GeoTrends attended the European Parliament’s PETI Committee session on COSCO’s activities in Piraeus. MEP Maria Zacharia discusses the geopolitical, economic, and environmental impacts of the Chinese company’s expansion
The U.S. Trade Representative’s proposal to impose sweeping port fees on Chinese-built ships and operators, as analysed by Greg Miller in Lloyd’s List, could reshape global shipping costs and alliances
Maria Zacharia, Member of the European Parliament, explores the dangerous geopolitical implications of COSCO’s control over the Port of Piraeus and its impact on Greece, the EU, and NATO
The container terminal of Piraeus port has come under the microscope of the CIA, but also other security authorities from Europe, over the last two years. Concern of Germans and Dutch over zero checks on containers