Belt and Road Initiative

Yaseen Anwar on Belt and Road, Desmond Lachman on the Fed and the next recession, and more

Yaseen Anwar on Belt and Road, Desmond Lachman on the Fed and the next recession, and more

15-19 April 2019 Vol.10 Ed.16

OMFIF update – Week 16 2019

COMMENTARY 

Belt and Road delivers crucial capital
China’s Belt and Road initiative provides access to capital for connected emerging markets that have not had the necessary investment grade ratings to tap international bond markets. Infrastructure, the core of Belt and Road funding, is and has been the engine of growth for most economies, writes...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/20/yaseen-anwar-on-belt-and-road-desmond-lachman-on-the-fed-and-the-next-recession-and-more/

China, Croatia build BRI relations

China is ready to enhance the synergy of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Croatia’s development strategies, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday, April 10.

Li made the remarks when holding talks with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic in the Croatian capital of Zagreb.

Hailing the long-term friendship between the two countries, Li said China and Croatia have enjoyed a healthy and sound development of bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic ties.

He said China...

https://container-news.com/china-croatia-build-bri-relations/

BRI to help several countries, Xinhua says

Xinhua’s report says that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) offers many advantages to the countries and local residents along the routes, apart from the Chinese companies.

The country’s firms are finding new ways of going global while contributing to the development of relevant countries. That comes from the new business opportunities brought about by the implementation of the BRI.

China International Marine Containers (Group) Ltd. (CIMC), the world’s largest container...

https://container-news.com/bri-help-several-countries/

Maersk Sees Opportunities Amid Slower Growth!

  • Container shipping giant Maersk Group is optimistic about opportunities despite slower growth concerns.
  • The opportunities include China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and a new technology trend of digitalization.
  • Maersk handles a fifth of all containers that move to and from China by facilitating trade related to China.
  • The giant is also focussed on digitalization and is working to move the transaction online and eliminate the use of papers to improve tracking and tracing goods.

According to...

http://mfame.guru/maersk-sees-opportunities-amid-slower-growth/

China, Sri Lanka jointly develop green BRI projects

“The sediment barriers are just like the Great Wall on the water. This is truly of great wisdom,” a Sri Lankan engineer exclaimed after seeing the sediment barriers built around the Colombo Port City to stop the flying sand enter into the city when the Port City’s land reclamation was going on.

China and Sri Lanka are working closely together under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, and the fruits of its cooperation have indeed brought tangible benefits for both sides.

Sri Lanka,...

https://container-news.com/china-sri-lanka-green-bri-projects/

New Silk Road: How the largest infrastructure project ever is changing the world

Hapag-Lloyd’s article:

The Chinese plan to spend around $1 trillion on their “Belt and Road Initiative” in order to expand and control the transport routes for Chinese export goods. There is still a lot of potential for growth, particularly on overland routes. But it is meeting with some resistance.

“Yi Dai, Yi Lu” (一带一路) is a phrase that everyone in China knows. The Belt and Road Initiative – or what others call the “New Silk Road” – is the largest infrastructure program of all time. With this...

https://container-news.com/new-silk-road/

China and Greece to cooperate under BRI

Greek businessmen and Chinese scholars voiced confidence in the prospects of Sino-Greek cooperation in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative during a forum held on Monday at Piraeus port, Greece’s largest harbor which in recent years has become a strong symbol of win-win bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

“Belt and Road Initiative – The New Silk Road” was the main theme of the event organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Piraeus (PCCI) and the Chinese Embassy in...

http://container-news.com/china-greece-bri/

BRI inspires Algeria to modernize logistics platforms

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative will prompt Algeria to increase and upgrade its transport logistics platforms to benefit from the expected growing traffic from global trade, said experts and authorities.

The initiative was in the center of discussions at the Third International Symposium on Trans Logistics, Transit and Storage of Goods opened Saturday in the Algerian capital city of Algiers.

Experts and authorities at the meeting agreed that the main challenges confronting Algeria...

http://container-news.com/bri-inspires-algeria-modernize-logistics-platforms/

B&R Initiative discussed at Hamburg Summit

Officials, scholars and entrepreneurs gathered at the Hamburg Summit on Monday (Nov. 26), eyeing more economic cooperation against the backdrop of rising protectionism.

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative is well discussed at the two-day “Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe”, which opened on Monday.

In an opening speech, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said the opportunities created by the Belt and Road Initiative will bring people and businesses in Asia and Europe closer...

http://container-news.com/br-initiative-hamburg-summit/

Belarusian Railways’ potential

Head of Belarusian Railways Vladimir Morozov has held a presentation in China to sketch out prospects of developing Belarusian Railways’ transport and logistics potential taking into account the Belt and Road initiative, BelTA has learned.

The invitation was extended by China Merchants Group. Vladimir Morozov held the presentation during an international logistics cooperation forum Belt and Road. He remarked that Belarus offers the shortest railway routes for container trains from China to...

http://container-news.com/belarusian-railways-potential/

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