The Belt and Road Initiative in Suez Port: Legal Pluralism to Address Corruption Incidents

Niedja de Andrade e Silva Forte Santos () and Luiza Nogueira Barbosa ()
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Niedja de Andrade e Silva Forte Santos: University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR-FDUC/FCT), University of Coimbra
Luiza Nogueira Barbosa: University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research (UCILeR-FDUC/FCT), University of Coimbra

Chapter Chapter 9 in China's Belt and Road Initiative in Africa, 2025, pp 159-176 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Suez Port is a pivotal point amidst the maritime connection between China and the Mediterranean Sea in the context of the twenty-first-century Maritime Silk Road. However, while enabling the transportation of over US$ 9.6 billion in goods daily between Asia and Europe, the Suez Port tops the rank of corruption according to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network. Handling this critical issue is more complicated in transnational contexts involving the clash of legislations, norms, cultures, and values such as that occurs at the Suez Port in the context of Belt and Road Initiative. This chapter sheds light on participatory mechanisms based on and feeding back global legal pluralism as a path for dealing with corruption in such contexts. After bringing together information on actors, specific demands, and main threats to maritime international trade identified in corruption incidents in the Suez Canal Port, this chapter concludes that the Local HelpDesk implemented by the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network in the Egyptian Port is a promising solution to be adopted in other logistic nodes of BRI in Africa.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-80400-7_9

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