Post Floods & Inland Waterway Development Flood waters have not completely receded in the province of Sindh and flood rehabilitation efforts need to be intensified in terms of flood management, building protective dykes, rebuilding infrastructure, excavation and dredging of canals and initiating Inland Waterways for Cruise and Freight with logistic nodes along the length of
Sanctions & Disruption of Energy Supply Chain Courtesy The Japan Times After the conflict in Ukraine erupted Russian supply of oil and piped gas to the European Union got severely disrupted. The US and EU imposed sanctions as well as a price cap on Russian crude. The ostensible purpose seems to be to curb Russia's
Russian Monopoly Russia retains a monopoly over the uranium conversion infrastructure. The world’s largest producer and exporter of natural raw uranium is Kazatomprom which has a joint venture with a Canadian firm.Kazatomprom has the largest uranium reserve base in the nuclear industry.Raw uranium has to be refined and enriched in order to be utilised
The need for a comparative study and research as to the number of women at operational roles at seaports in the maritime nations is intensifying. No such latest and updated study is available
The evolving rail grid in Central Asia will financially incentivize Middle Corridor trade while making EU-Asian routes less regionally competitive. Russian Railways in collaboration with the railways of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran is granting reduced container-kilometer rates in the year 2023 for using the infrastructure of the eastern route of the North-South international transport corridor
Freight Costs Reduction to Boost Central Asia's Trade In order to cut Freight costs Tajikistan acceded to the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific in the year 2022. Digital Cross border trade is the new frontier of logistic artificial intelligence (AI ) .After the Uzbekistan - Pakistan Transit
The ocean plays a vital role in the global economy, providing food, transportation, and a host of other resources that are essential to our way of life. However, the ocean is also facing a number of challenges, including overfishing, pollution, and the impact of climate change. The concept of the blue economy offers a way
As reported in Hindustan Times most harbors lack the infrastructure and dont have the draft to handle vessels like Ever Alot, the world’s largest container vessel with a length of 400 meter and a capacity of more than 24,000 TU's. Whereas Sri Lankan and Malaysian ports receive visits from the Ever Alot . Even India’s state-run
India is expected to commence the world’s longest river cruise as a flagship project in management of water resources. The cruise will cover a distance of more than 3,200 km meandering across 27 river systems and passing through the jurisdiction of 5 states. An enormous amount of work and initiatives were in the background and a prime
Japan’s Murasame-class 495-foot long destroyer , with 190 sailors aboard , struck a rock off the coast of Japan disabling the ship and spilling oil
