Friday 5 December 08 - 13:30
 

Area Survey Russia and Eastern Europe

  • Rousing the bear

    Russia is waking up to the massive trade potential beyond its closest European neighbours. Stuart Pearcey reports
     

  • Russia's perfect positioning

    Although it’s easy to think of Russia and Eastern Europe seeking to trade with ‘the west’, such a figurative notion overlooks the geographic fact that it’s also a Pacific country, and therefore equally-well placed to trade with the east. 

  • Ukrainian behemoth seeks shippers

    In the Ukraine the largest and deepest bulk terminal is TIS (TransInvestService Ltd), on the Black Sea 40km south of Odessa. Already equipped with dedicated terminals for ore, coal, grain and fertilisers, the port authority is hard at work creating a container terminal with a capacity of 1.5m teu, which it expects to have finished by the middle of 2009. 

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