By Ann Koh and Kyunghee Park (Bloomberg) — More than a million containers set to ride 6,000-plus miles of railway linking Western Europe to Eastern China via Russia are now having…
Silk Road
Στη Λατινική Αμερική o αμερικανικός «Δρόμος του Μεταξιού»;
Mία ακόμα φορά φαίνεται πως διασταυρώνουν τα ξίφη τους Ουάσιγκτον και Πεκίνο, με την αμερικανική κρατική διοίκηση να καλοβλέπει στη Λατινική Αμερική έναν αμερικανικό «Δρόμο του Μεταξιού».
Πιο συγκεκριμένα και σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα του διεθνούς Τύπου, Αμερικανοί αξιωματούχοι θα επισκεφθούν χώρες της Λατινικής Αμερικής την τρέχουσα εβδομάδα, προκειμένου να διερευνήσουν το ενδεχόμενο επενδύσεων σε projects υποδομών. Ο στόχος της Ουάσιγκτον είναι σαφής: να ανταγωνιστούν το Belt and Road Initiative...
https://www.naftikachronika.gr/2021/09/28/sti-latiniki-ameriki-o-amerikanikos-dromos-tou-metaxiou/
FreightWaves Flashback: Advance on the new Silk Road
FreightWaves Classics articles look at various aspects of the transportation industry’s history. If there are topics that you think would be of interest, please send them to [email protected].
The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of...
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Faster Container Rail Services, Now Also More Cost-Efficient Than All-Water Alternative: Samskip
Faster, greener container rail services between China and Europe are now also more cost-efficient than the all-water alternative. Rachelle Slingerland, Samskip Logistics Business Development Manager, says shippers are benefiting from new levels of supply chain visibility as a result
Urgent container capacity shortages and intense sea freight rate inflation are giving an extra push to rail cargo service links between China and Europe, as a fresh crop of long distance shippers find the speed,...
New Silk Road Mature Enough To Withstand Subsidy Reduction?
Now that a reduction of Chinese subsidies for Eurasian rail freight have been more or less announced, the arguments for a standstill, slow down or on the contrary, continued growth on the New Silk Road has been made. While some fear that it will all fall apart from here, others are more optimistic than ever before. Is the New Silk Road a bubble? Or is it here to stay?
It was the topic of discussion at the second RailFreight Webinar, held in the run-up to the European Silk Road Summit, held on 26...
COSCO SHIPPING, NOVATEK, Sovcomflot And Silk Road Fund Sign Agreement In Respect Of Maritime Arctic Transport LLC
In the presence of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov, COSCO SHIPPING, PAO NOVATEK, PAO Sovcomflot, and Silk Road Fund signed an Agreement in respect of the Maritime Arctic Transport LLC (“MArT”) in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 7, local time. Chairman of COSCO SHIPPING Capt. Xu Lirong, Executive Director and President of Silk Road Fund Mr. Wang Yanzhi, Chairman of the Board of PAO NOVATEK Mr. Leonid Mikhelson, and President and CEO of PAO Sovcomflot Mr. Sergey Frank signed the...
China COSCO, Russian Majors Ink Arctic Shipping Deal
Sovcomflot, Novatek and Silk Road Fund signed a deal with China COSCO Shipping on Arctic shipping.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/278172/china-cosco-russian-majors-ink-arctic-shipping-deal/
BRI: Contribution by all, benefits for all
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the new Silk Road, is a master plan proposed by President Xi Jinping of China in 2013.Hailed as “the project of the century” by Xi, it is a comprehensive project that seeks to embrace all aspects of development.
The BRI is a massive trade and infrastructure project that aims to link China — physically and financially — to dozens of economies across Asia, Europe, Africa, and Oceania.
The primary focuses of the BRI — also known as One Belt One Road (OBOR) — are...
http://container-news.com/bri-contribution-all-benefits-all/
China runs 11,000 ‘Silk Road’ trains to Europe
State-owned China Railway Corporation has run as many as 11,000 cargo trains to Europe since 2011, marking another milestone for Beijing’s ambitions to boost trade and connectivity across Eurasia.
The Beijing-based company currently runs 65 China Railway Express freight routes that reach 15 countries in Europe and 14 in Asia, Han Xiao, deputy director of management and legal affairs bureau at China Railway Corporation, told a conference in Beijing on Saturday (Oct. 27).
The main routes include...
http://container-news.com/china-runs-11000-silk-road-trains-europe/