Archive for the ‘Supply Chains’ Category

“Doubts deepen over Chinese-backed Nicaragua canal as work starts” –

Saturday, December 27th, 2014

uk.reuters.com/article/idUKL1N0U80YF20141226

Maersk Line Supports Nicaraguan Canal 

Friday, December 26th, 2014

shipandbunker.com/news/world/136552-maersk-line-supports-nicaraguan-canal

UPDATE 3-Rocket hits storage tank at Libya’s biggest oil port” –

Friday, December 26th, 2014

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

Nicaragua starts HK-led canal project|Business|chinadaily.com.cn

Thursday, December 25th, 2014

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 ?

Bloomberg: Saudi Rulers to Curb Wages as Kingdom Confronts Oil Slump

Thursday, December 25th, 2014

Bloomberg – Saudi Rulers to Curb Wages as Kingdom Confronts Oil Slump bloom.bg/1xOvSL7

Bloomberg: FedEx Caps Holiday Volumes for Some Shippers Amid Port Slowdown

Thursday, December 25th, 2014

Bloomberg – FedEx Caps Holiday Volumes for Some Shippers Amid Port Slowdown bloom.bg/1CJxzZi

Bloomberg: Out $30 Billion and Fighting Charges, Batista Can’t Crack the Bottle on His Brazilian Dream Port

Thursday, December 25th, 2014

Bloomberg – Out $30 Billion and Fighting Charges, Batista Can’t Crack the Bottle on His Brazilian Dream Port bloom.bg/1Cud717

Bloomberg: Exxon Mobil Shows Why U.S. Oil Output Rises as Prices Plunge

Thursday, December 25th, 2014

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

“Oil spills into Black Sea near Russian port after pipeline leak” –

Thursday, December 25th, 2014

uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN0K20ND20141224

Nicaragua launches construction of inter-oceanic canal –

Wednesday, December 24th, 2014

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