Global Ports Forum

“UPDATE 3-Rocket hits storage tank at Libya’s biggest oil port” – uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL6N0U90IB20141225

usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2014-12/24/content_19157613.htm

In the late 19th century, the US government negotiated with President José Santos Zelaya to lease the land to build a canal through Nicaragua.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_Canal

It is the original US plan in the late 1800s to compete against the French Panama plan – now taken up by the Chinese.

Deja vu?

The speed of the Chinese construction is scaring the whole world. 4-5 years????
The know how learnt the USD 60 billion domestics North South irrigation project in China is snowballing.

What if the Thailand’s short strip – The Kra Isthmus – is cut for strategic rather than economic purpose, to bypass the popular Straits of Malacca.

Easy going for the rest of Straits of Malacca trade ?

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Bloomberg – Exxon Mobil Shows Why U.S. Oil Output Rises as Prices Plunge bloom.bg/1AsfJbJ

m.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30584559

medium.com/war-is-boring/chinas-building-stealth-fighters-faster-and-faster-665e6e41db0f

Bloomberg – Nicaragua’s Rival to Panama Canal Set to Start Dec. 22 bloom.bg/1JoWHZW