China tightens global grip on ports 

China has spent two decades patiently assembling a massive port
network and now exerts varying degrees of influence over
some 90 deepwater ports overseas

DEEP-SEA CONTAINER PORTS WHERE CHINESE COMPANIES ARE INVOLVED*

State-owned enterprises
China Merchants
Port (CMP)
Cosco
Other

Private
companies
CK Hutchison
Other

Combined involvement
Two or more among
CMP, Cosco and
CK Hutchison

CHINA

Panama Canal
CK HutchisonÕs
involvement in two
ports has upset U.S.
President Donald
Trump. Company in
talks to sell its stakes
in port terminals in
more than 20 countries

Europe: Chinese
companies own or
manage terminals
in 22 deep-sea
ports, including
Piraeus in
Greece, one of
50 busiest ports
globally

Peru
Newly-
developed
Chancay
port likely to
strengthen
ChinaÕs trade ties
with Latin America

Djibouti
After taking control
of commercial port,
China built military

base nearby
Australia
Lease of
Darwin to
private Chinese
operator created
political controversy

*Outside of mainland China and Hong Kong

Source: Bloomberg
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