Pacific Tycoon
Blog / Oct 2011
Located just a stones throw from Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a source to be reckoned with. It is officially, China’s 3rd largest city. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 12.78 million. Some estimates place the population of the entire Pearl River Delta Mega City built up area as high as 40 million [...]
China will invest 45 billion yuan ($7.1 billion) over the next five years to expand Dandong port, a key trade link to isolated North Korea, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. The Port The Port of Dandong is situated in the southeast of Liaoning Province and on the west bank of the Yalujiang River [...]
Nantong is a nice size city just north of Shanghai with a population of over 7 million people. It’s also located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, which is increasingly becoming a strategic gateway to the expanding western part of the country. New and established businesses are both fueling the expansion west and the [...]
DP World’s global portfolio of container terminals has delivered another solid quarter handling gross volumes of 14.4 million TEU in the third quarter of 2011, 10% ahead of the third quarter last year. Showing Why They Are One of the Best Gross volumes for the first nine months of the year were 40.6 million TEU [...]
Japan is famous for many things: sushi, samurai, sony, and saki top the list for tangibles. Those are all good and well, but the things that make Japan and their culture so strong are the intangibles that help shape the everyday life and thought process of the people of Japan, making the tiny island nation [...]
Last week was highlighted by a series of protests in Athens following the government’s approval on the latest austerity packages in an attempt of securing the next EUR 8 billion tranche of the bail out plan. However, international lenders have warned that time is running out for Greece as the country’s economic outlook is deteriorating [...]
By all accounts, China and India are both smokin’ hot right now. Both interior and exterior forces are pushing their growth and development to new heights. When the two team up, things could get even more interesting. That’s exactly what is happening and more evidence surfaced last week that the two countries are expanding trade. [...]
Disaster happens in many shapes and forms through all walks of life, all over the world each and every day of our lives. Sometimes we are fortunate and sometimes not. The disaster that has struck just off the coast of New Zealand is one that affects not just people but an entire ecosystem that will [...]
Last week, India held its seventh “India Shipping Summit”. The event was hosted in Dubai and a lot of good things came about due to the conference. We reported last week about the efforts that India was putting forth to help put a stop to piracy. It’s an uphill battle but they are doing their [...]
Khabarovsk Territory is in the Far East of the Russia, in a prime location to import and export goods from Asia. Last week the port of Vanino, located in the Khabarovsk Territory reported good numbers that show the importance of this hub into Asia, Russia and eventually Europe. The City Khabarovsk is the second largest [...]
