From its former provincial character, the Duisburg port in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia is becoming a player in international shipping, its significance receiving a big boost with the recent focus on the Belt-Road-Initiative in Beijing. Read More »

The German term “neue Seidenstrasse“ (the new silk road) is used to refer to what the Chinese President Xi Jinping calls the Belt-Road-Initiative (BRI), which was originally called One Belt One Road project. Read More »

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Dubai’s JAFZA (Jebel Ali Free Zone) profiles itself as “ideal site” in the Gulf for setting up manufacturing and trading operations. Read More »

Kenya pushes oil exploration to uplift economy but the country urgently needs infrastructure expansion. Read More »

The aviation sector in Turkey has been weakened by current events. But despite recent lackluster performance and waning of investor confidence, the seeds of rebound may already be in place. Read More »

Taiwan very much wants to be a part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and needs the U.S. onboard with the idea – a partnership that Beijing feels much different about. Read More »

Indian Minister spells out India’s infrastructure plans. Nation nurses ambitions of becoming automobile distribution hub for South and Southeast Asia. Read More »

Indonesia is focusing on port development and is seeking American investment and technology to make it happen. Read More »

Though the Port of Corpus Christi (PCC), located on the Texas coast lying halfway between Houston and Mexico, has been striving to achieve diversification in the commodities shipped out of the port, it continues to remain, essentially, an energy port. Read More »