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Strategic Trade Routes
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• Operators have ambitious plans to use the line for Asia-Europe cargo
• Reviving the ancient Silk Road will involve six new road-rail corridors
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Seeking new ways to deliver the goods
Robert Wright on the challenges and opportunities created by surging volumes of trade
New milestones on the old Silk Road
Until container ships are replaced by direct oil pipelines, or equivalents, there will always be a role for shipping routes, writes guest columnist Dominic Barton
Central Asia: $19bn plan provides new threads for Silk Road
Raphael Minder on aims to revive an old trade route with six road and rail corridors
Trans-Siberian Railway: Reality yet to match vision
Miriam Elder on ambitious plans to put cargo on track
Air freight from China: Clouds on the horizon
Jamil Anderlini on worrying signs in the so-called Silk Road in the Sky from China
China: Logistics is key to inland shift
Geoff Dyer looks at transport issues in the more deprived regions
Malaysia and Singapore: Rising tide lifts port neighbours
John Burton on the impact of prosperity on the peninsula
India: Hubs are nub of the issue
Joe Leahy on the choices facing shippers delivering containers to overloaded ports
Betuwe Route: After two decades, freight link receives green light
Robert Wright on the complicated birth of a 160km rail project linking Rotterdam with Germany
APM Terminals: Ports provider races, as shipping line plods
Robert Wright on the changing relationship between two Maersk sister companies
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