Аналитика

01.03.2017 RLL Container Report - 01 March 2017
Last year, Bolloré Logistics opened hubs in Lagos and Accra to add to its existing cargo-handling facilities in Abidjan, Johannesburg and Nairobi. The French group describes these hubs are being strategically located in regions with strong economic growth potential. In addition to economic growth, these countries are also witnessing a major surge in population growth. Indeed, the rapid rise in the middle classes on the continent is having a radical effect on the volume and quality of imports.

22.02.2017 RLL Container Report - 22 February 2017
This year, according to Drewry Maritime Research, the capacity of the global container fleet could increase by 1.7 million teu. To compound matters, most of these new entrants will boast a carrying capacity in excess of 14,000 teu, which means that they will be deployed on services out of the Far East to Europe. To top it all, there are five almost-new 13,100-teu box carriers belonging to Hyundai in Hong Kong awaiting to be sold. The vessels that the new entrants replace will, in turn, cascade down into the routes serving Asia and the Pacific ports in the North, Central and Southern Pacific. However, demand on the routes out of Asia to the East Coast of S. America experienced a sharp fall-off in carryings. The lines will, therefore, be praying for a pick-up in box use on the north-south trades. East Africa would appear to be the lines’ best hope for an upsurge in box demand. Both Ethiopia and Kenya now have standard gauge lines running from the coast to their respective capitals.

15.02.2017 RLL Container Report - 15 February 2017
As the New Year broke over South-East Asia, Laos started on the construction of a new standard-gauge linking the landlocked country to the Chinese rail network. Stretching just over 400 kilometres, the new route runs south from the Sino-Laotian border at Boten via Luang, Prabang, Vang Vieng until it reaches Vientiane, the capital of Laos. For the Laotians, the line provides a great opportunity to expand co-operation in trade and tourism with its giant neighbour to the north. The project is estimated to cost USD 1.2 Billion and is divided into three sections each to be built by subsidiaries of China Railway Group (CRG).

08.02.2017 RLL Container Report - 08 February 2017
Hurt by falling commodities prices, an economic slowdown in China and decreased interest from foreign investors, who were put off by Mongolia’s anti-investment laws and inconsistent policy, the government in Ulan Bator is keen to attract back investors to its natural resources sector. According to the government, land-locked Mongolia can boast an untapped mineral wealth worth about USD 3 Trillion. International investors are being offered the opportunity to mine Tavan Tolgoi, home to the world’s largest high-quality coking coal deposit used in steelmaking, with reserves estimated in 7.5 billion tonnes.

01.02.2017 RLL Container Report - 01 February 2017
In the coming months, engineers expect to lay the final section of the rail track, which will link the Turkish rail network at Kars with both Georgia and Azerbaijan. Once this section is completed, there will be a rail connection running all the way from Iran’s border with Azerbaijan up to Istanbul and from there to all points in the European Union. As well as providing a Standard gauge link from Kars all the way to the North Atlantic Ocean, the line will give the EU access to the two former republics of the Soviet Union. As it heads west, the new rail line passes through both Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku and Tbilisi, the seat of power of the neighbouring republic of Georgia. On this stretch of the journey through the Caucasus, the gauge changes to the broad gauge network. In addition, the line also passes close to Georgia’s border with neighbouring Armenia, which the European Union will be keen to “bring into the fold”.