{"id":28915,"date":"2018-02-13T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.ecomnewsmed.com.ecn-01.ovea.com\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:27:35","slug":"china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports"},"content":"&#8221;\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, &#8220;\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at the maritime universities of Shanghai and Dalian.\n\u00a0\nChina has great ambition to become the first worldwide economy in the next 5 years surpassing the United States. China wants since 2013 to conquer the terrestrial and the maritime worldwide infrastructures. Europe which is its first market is right in the middle of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), &#8221;\u00a0a chess set in which playing confirmed gamers are playing\u00a0&#8221; pointed out the professor.\u00a0\n\nHercules Haralambides is Professor of Maritime Economics at the Erasmus School of Economics.\nHe is the founder and editor-in-chief of the quarterly Maritime Economics and Logistics.\nPrior to joining EUR, Hercules has been teaching at the University of Piraeus, Greece; Cardiff University, UK; and World Maritime University, Sweden. He is the founder of the Special Interest Group on Maritime Transport and Ports of the World Conference of Transport Research (WCTR), as well as one of the three founders (1990) of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME).\nHe researches on shipping, port policy, and maritime logistics and his work has laid the ground for European maritime policies. In 2008, Hercules was decorated with the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of the Hellenic Republic.\nDiscover out our latest videos about the economic news in the Mediterranean :\u00a0\n\n\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n","author":75,"featured_media":4097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[5754,5752,5764,5761,5751,5767,5760,5750,5772,5762],"location":[],"class_list":["post-28915","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business","tag-business-support","tag-communities","tag-decision-makers","tag-economy","tag-expert-opinion","tag-mediterranean-exchanges","tag-news","tag-photos-videos","tag-trending"],"short_url":"","have_related_news":"true","chapo":"The Pireus, Savona, Algier, Beja\u00efa, Sa\u00efd Port, Valencia, Bilbao or the small interior ports of Madrid and Saragossa are already under the control of the Chinese fundings. China is developing through the president Xi Jinping an investment strategy into the terrestrial and the maritime worldwide infrastructures.  Must the Mediterranean ports dread or take it as an opportunity to develop the Belt & Road Initiative?<br \/>\nThe perspective was a the heart of the debates taking place on the February 7th in Marseille (south of France), for the 2nd edition of MedPorts Forum.","media":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png 550w","sizes":"550px","alt":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports","width":550,"height":360,"ratio":0.52,"credit_photo":""},"media-news-header":{"src":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides-1000x523.png","srcset":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides-1000x523.png 1170w","sizes":"1170px","alt":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports","width":1170,"height":658,"ratio":0.52,"credit_photo":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China is investing the Mediterranean ports - Ecomnews Med<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, &quot;\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China is investing the Mediterranean ports - Ecomnews Med\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, &quot;\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ecomnews Med\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-08-11T09:27:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1968\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1030\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/\",\"name\":\"China is investing the Mediterranean ports - Ecomnews Med\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-13T14:25:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-08-11T09:27:35+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, \\\"\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png\",\"width\":1968,\"height\":1030,\"caption\":\"China is investing the Mediterranean ports\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/13\\\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"China is investing the Mediterranean ports\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ecomnews Med\",\"description\":\"Semua informasi ekonomis dalam waktu singkat.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ecomnewsmed\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/ecomewsMedLogoMid.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/ecomewsMedLogoMid.png\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Ecomnewsmed\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports - Ecomnews Med","description":"\"\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, \"\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports - Ecomnews Med","og_description":"\"\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, \"\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/","og_site_name":"Ecomnews Med","article_modified_time":"2020-08-11T09:27:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1968,"height":1030,"url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/","name":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports - Ecomnews Med","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png","datePublished":"2018-02-13T14:25:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-08-11T09:27:35+00:00","description":"\"\u00a0An amelioration of the connectivity between States and between continent boost by 6% the exportations, \"\u00a0said prof. Hercules Haralambides teaching at","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/prof-hercules-haralambides.png","width":1968,"height":1030,"caption":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/china-is-investing-the-mediterranean-ports\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"China is investing the Mediterranean ports"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/","name":"Ecomnews Med","description":"Semua informasi ekonomis dalam waktu singkat.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Ecomnewsmed","url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ecomewsMedLogoMid.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/ecomewsMedLogoMid.png","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Ecomnewsmed"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28915"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=28915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}