China to build rail line to Myanmar

The region has huge potential, but ongoing infrastructure challenges and now political instability in Myanmar are weighing on those opportunities.

Problems with container terminal capacity and logistics are holding back economic development.

PSA International has invested in a Sino-Foreign joint venture, with a mandate from the Chinese government to develop and operate 18 rail container terminals.

Dry freight container builders are facing further difficulties this year, with production having declined to a seven-year low and finished prices remaining weak.

Russian port operator Summa group and China Railway Group Limited (CREC) have signed an MoU to develop infrastructure at the Big Port of Zarubino (BPZ). The port has yet to be built at Trinity Bay on the Russian Pacific coast close to the Chinese and North Korean borders.

Singapore-based MCC Transport starts direct call China/Myanmar service to tap into the trade’s growth prospects