Belt and Road

Xiamen Port Registers 1,000 Silk Road Shipping Voyages In 2021

The 1,000th Silk Road Shipping voyage this year set off Monday from Xiamen, a coastal city in East China’s Fujian province, says an article published on xindemarinenews.

Alliance Jointly Initiated

Silk Road Shipping is an alliance jointly initiated in late 2018 by dozens of ports, carriers and logistics service providers in countries along the Belt and Road (B&R).

On Monday morning, the Seaspan Lumaco called at Xiamen port, bringing imported goods including tropical fruit, hats and clothes...

https://mfame.guru/xiamen-port-registers-1000-silk-road-shipping-voyages-in-2021/

CIS-Guangzhou-Southeast Asia cargo route launched

A multimodal service that transports containers from Central Asia to Indonesia was launched on 6 October.

A container was railed from Uzbekistan to Nansha, a sub-port of Guangzhou, for the first time and loaded onto a ship bound for Indonesia. The service launched the CIS-Guangzhou-Southeast Asia shipping route.

The service is another symbol of the Belt and Road initiative, of which the Maritime Silk Road forms the shipping aspect. Nansha has been designated as a hub port of the Maritime Silk...

https://container-news.com/cis-guangzhou-southeast-asia-cargo-route-launched/

Beibu Gulf develops SE Asia logistics links

Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone Planning Construction and Administration Office is striving to increase container throughput along the Beibu Gulf Rim to develop China’s southwestern gateway to Southeast Asia.

The Beibu Gulf Rim, also known as Gulf of Tonkin Economic Belt, is the area surrounding China’s southwestern coastal region around the Gulf of Tonkin. The region is part of the Chinese government’s “Go West” strategy, to boost its less developed western regions.

The “Go West” campaign, has...

https://container-news.com/beibu-gulf-develops-se-asia-logistics-links/

Ambitious Sri Lanka wants to become a global maritime and logistics centre

Sri Lanka has ambitions to move up from being a south Asia transhipment hub to a global maritime and logistics centre on a par with Dubai and Singapore.
“Geographically, what a lot of people don’t understand, is Sri Lanka has immense advantages,” said Rohan Masakorala, chief executive of Shippers’ Academy Colombo.
“We’re in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with these two hubs almost equally either side: Sri Lanka is four days’ …

The post Ambitious Sri Lanka wants to become a global maritime and...

https://theloadstar.com/ambitious-sri-lanka-wants-to-become-a-global-maritime-and-logistics-centre/

China’s port deals a test of the US-Israel alliance

Fascinating analysis of the strategic conundrum currently facing Israeli policymakers, as well as their counterparts in Washington. While the US has long been the staunchest of Israel’s allies, the decision to allow Chinese state-run firms to construct new terminals in Ashdod and Haifa – and in the case of the latter, to be awarded a 25-year operating contract – could have significant geopolitical ramifications. The projects may fall under China’s …

The post China’s port deals a test of the...

https://theloadstar.com/chinas-port-deals-a-test-of-the-us-israel-alliance/

Yunnan sees growth in trade with B&R countries

Southwest China’s Yunnan Province’s trade with countries along the Belt and Road grew by 11.1 percent year on year to 75.6 billion yuan (10.99 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year.

The customs of Kunming, capital of Yunnan, said the trade volume with B&R countries accounted for 72 percent of the province’s total import and export trade volume.

The province’s export volume to B&R countries reached nearly 27.6 billion yuan, up 14.7 percent year on year, and the import volume grew to...

https://container-news.com/yunnan-growth-trade-br-countries/

New evaluation for Belt and Road, Sustainable finance and capital markets meeting

New evaluation for Belt and Road, Sustainable finance and capital markets meeting

Commentary: New evaluation for Belt and Road

By Herbert Poenisch in Beijing

At last month’s Belt and Road summit, participating countries presented a new, holistic approach to assessing the benefits of BRI projects. The statement issued by China and BRI recipient countries refers explicitly to a ‘commitment to the United Nations 2030 agenda for sustainable development’ and to ‘following the principles of the UN...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/28/new-evaluation-for-belt-and-road-sustainable-finance-and-capital-markets-meeting/

Will China seize Mombasa port if Kenya can’t pay back belt and road loans?

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has reportedly denied the prospect that China may be able to seize the east African nation’s “prized” port of Mombasa as compensation for unpaid debt linked to belt and road infrastructure projects. The South China Morning Post reports that the alarm caused has “again raised questions” about taking part in China’s massive infrastructure splurge. According to the report, Kenya ranks as the third most indebted African …

The post Will China seize Mombasa port if...

https://theloadstar.co.uk/will-china-seize-mombasa-port-if-kenya-cant-pay-back-belt-and-road-loans/

China-Singapore rail-sea route draws “Belt” and “Road” closer

On Tuesday morning, a train loaded with auto parts and paper products thundered out of a station in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, heading for a port in southern China, where the goods will be further shipped across the sea to Southeast Asia.

It was the 356th freight train since the launch of the China-Singapore rail-sea transit route on the same day a year ago, which further connects 116 ports in 60 countries and regions.

Thanks to the route, agricultural products, auto and motorcycle...

http://container-news.com/china-singapore-belt-road-closer/

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