China’s Key Investment to Change World Trade Flows
By Peter Fuhrman
Summary
HK-listed China Merchants Port Holdings closes in on a major prize, taking over a now loss-making deepwater port in Sri Lanka.
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What happened?
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The canal's...
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VLCC Freight Rates Drop To Record Lows
A decline in shipments of west African crude to China has pushed freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) on the route to...
