Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas, edited by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, published in 2023 gives a detailed overview of Chinese companies' involvement in European ports. In this video I introduce the main actors and their most successful investments in Europe. I thank Routledge for the support!
The book contains the following chapters:
1. Sailing into Chinese Overseas Ports in Europe and the Americas: Clarifying Murky Waters - Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
2. Hutchison Port Holding’s "Port of Felixstowe: Port of Britain": A Chinese Private-Sector success? - David Styan
3. Understanding Sunk Chinese Seaport Investments in Northern Europe: Comparing Scandinavian and Arctic Failures against Dutch Success - Kirsten Kaarre Jensen
4. Chinese Involvement in North European Seaports: The Cases of Belgium and Germany - Sebastian Bersick
5. China’s Italian Ports in the Spotlight: Economic, Social and Geopolitical Aspects - Francesca Spigarelli and Dominique Lepore
6. Plunging into Piraeus: Calming Excessive Positive and Negative Froth - Jean-Marc F. Blanchard
7. China’s Investments in Brazilian Ports: Lessons from Container Terminal of Paranaguá Successes and Other Disappointments - Danielly Ramos, Antônio Carlos Lessa, and Laura Urrejola Silveira
8. China’s Seaports in Central America and the Caribbean: The Cases of Panama and Jamaica - Lorena Herrera-Vinelli