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Specials Breakbulk / Heavylift Supplement International 31 · 34 | 15 August 2014 www.transportjournal.com Transport Journal ENGLISH EDITION (also available in an identical ITJ German and French version) Specials Breakbulk / Heavylift Supplement Americas 22 Full-angle approach Air transport is not only threatened by rockets, but also by viruses 13 Not so far a shore Diversify into Latin America – inland shipping shows how 23 New ways to means ICTSi has tapped new financial resources in Asia for its investments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nternational Transport Journal 31-34 2014 Contents / Editorial 3 31 · 34 | 15 August 2014 www.transportjournal.com ENGLiSH EDiTiON Specials in this issue Dear readers, ITJ Special 22 The Americas Special InteRnational TRanspoRt JouRnal Latin America’s Mercosur 31-34 2014 Americas 22 A sleeping giant Latin America boasts one of the world’s largest economic unions in the form of its Mercosur common market. While Europe is paying After our celebratory July we’ve pro- relatively little attention to this association, China is watching the region very closely. The country’s head of state Xi Jinping recently visited Argentina, despite the ter’s lat poor commercial circumstances, and also has his sights on Brazil. Breakbulk/Heavylift Supplement losT momenTum and Mercosur has be- come less imporTanT as a cusToms union. Even on The topic of free Trade, The criTi- cal steps have yet to be Taken. CurrenTly iT is much more relevanT as a forum for diplomaTic exchange. Some observers have Therefore raised bably all returned to a rather more The prospecT ThaT separaTe negoTiaTions beTween The EU and Brazil could soon begin. This would represent a dramaTic developmenT for The other parTners and could puT The imporTance of Mercosur inTo quesTion. China, fiRstly... Ever more Chinese capital is heading for South America, which could benefit Argentina too. Help could once again come from The Photo: Thinkstock Far EasT. The governmenTs of Venezuela The Mercosur alliance (Mercado Común and China recenTly announced ThaT They del Sur, or souThern common markeT), economies, boTh of which are very impor- are planning to inTensify Their economic Turningis seeking pointpoint To increase iTs economic rel- TanT for The region. relaTionship wiTh a series of agreemenTs. mundane August. We would never- evance. A planned free-Trade agreemenT At The forefronT of The proposals are The A massivemassive gantry gantry The Mercosur common markeT is one wiTh The European Union is expecTed9 To of The largesT in The global economy. Trade in oil and other raw materials, as cranemake inin a a tightsome tight progressspot spot in This regard, as iT The union of Venezuela, ArgenTina, Bra- well as invesTmenTs in infrasTrucTure. will dismanTle Trade resTricTions and Thus zil, Paraguay and Uruguay uniTes abouT The Chinese head of sTaTe Xi Jinping FeedboosT thethe The canals exchangecanals of goods beTween The 275 million people, who TogeTher gener- visited ArgenTina, Cuba and Venezuela on CallsTwo totomake regions.make better better aTe abouT four fifThs of South America’s his recenT LaTin American Trip. In 2012, OTher Topics are currenTly making17 The gross domesTic producT. The associaTion China invesTed abouT USD 11.4 billion in use ofheadlines,of inland inland however: waterways waterways ArgenTina, which Thus consTiTutes SouTh America’s largesT LaTinmerican A counTries, which repre- Took over The presidency of Mercosur mercanTile entiTy. senTs 11% of iTs total foreign invesTmenTs Uniquefrom Venezuela inin the the at UK The UK end of July, has Ongoing negoTiaTions beTween The EU (source: UniTed Nations Economic Com- Collett&SonsCollettdeclared & aSons sTaTe handles bankrupTcy handles for The sec- and Mercosur have neverTheless received mission for LaTin America and The Carib- ond Time in Twelve years. Things are20 very liTTle attention in Europe – The bean, Eclac). 550 tt side-girder side-girder deck deck noT encouraging for Mercosur member TransaTlanTic Trade and InvesTmenT ParT- theless like to take this opportunity to Venezuela either. The counTry has had nership (TTIP), a proposed Trade agree- ...as well as secondly To deal wiTh massive proTesTs againsT The menT beTween The European Union and The Chinese-SouTh American connec- governmenT of Nicolás Maduro in recenT The UniTed States, has dominaTed news on Tion was also illusTraTed by a specific Bra- monThs. The old conTinenT much more. zilian example recenTly. Alibaba, China’s largesT IT corporation, and Brazil’s state- MeRcosuR’s two tRoubled membeRs MoRe appeaRance than substance owned postal service provider Correios In ArgenTina, inflaTion is currenTly con- In addiTion To poliTical inTegraTion The recenTly enTered inTo a parTnership ThaT Tinuing to increase and growTh has pracTi- member counTries are striving firsT and will advance bilateral Trade beTween The cally come to a standsTill. The economic foremost to simplify Trade wiTh one an- Two counTries. In so doing, Alibaba will crisis has deepened in Venezuela as well, oTher, one key TargeT in parTicular being supporT Correios’s local disTribuTion neT- buT The governmenT has been able To The gradual phasing ouT of exisTing cus- work, as well as iTs storage and cusToms bring back some stabiliTy. Toms duTies. IniTially The plan seemed handling faciliTies. IT is impossible To look aT The Merco- to be going well: Trade in The Mercosur WiTh This collaboraTion, as well as wiTh look back briefly and thank all of you sur markeT wiThouT Taking inTo accou area has shown dy sTea growTh over The iTs B2B website, Correios wanTs to help The unsTable siTuaTion of These Two large nT ten years since iTs esTablishmenT. In The small Brazilian enTerprises increase sales meanTime, however, The proposiTion has of Their producTs To poTenTial Chinese cusTomers. Antje Veregge for the many kind words of support and encouragement that you shared Sceptical insurance companies 10 with us on the occasion of our 75th anniversary. We’ll be more than happy The expansion of the Panama Canal should proceed to continue to deliver a little (magenta) smoothly now that an additional contractual clause has been signed. But ever-larger ships lead to increased risks colour to your desk every fortnight! too, as insurers have pointed out. Analysts are weighing The recent World Cup was another the pros and cons of the changes to the channel. cause for celebration – at least at our latitudes. But our special focus in this European entrepreneurs 26 issue just happens to be on those A Polish forwarder and a Hungarian railway enterprise countries where fans lamented most have put the firm Amber Rail on track in Slovakia. They are about the tournament’s final result. planning to offer conventional and intermodal blocktrain You can read about the dormant po- links from Poland to the northern Adriatic ports of Koper (Slovenia) and Trieste (Italy). tential in the Mercosur common mar- ket, as well as about China’s role – the 4 People&Companies 17 Norbert Dentressangle busy US firm country is everywhere these days – in 19 In conversation with Viktor André Fuchs waking this sleeping giant (page 22). 6 Comment On page 24 we look at UPS’s plans for 20 Rail/Inland Shipping/Road Haulage 7 Legal&Insurance Matters 20 A Rhine–Alpine backbone further development in South America, and on page 25 this latest issue of the 8 Ports&Shipping 21 Focus on Switzerland ITJ you can also find out what’s eating 8 Volumes down to/from South America 9 Egypt planning new Suez Canal 26 Regional Focus the aviation industry. 26 Central Europe Enjoy your read! 13 Aviation 27 Africa 28 Middle East/Asia 13 More freight in Europe in June 14 French efforts in Africa 29 Miscellaneous/Masthead 15 Forwarding&Logistics 30 A Time foR Reflection 16 Swiss customs now more efficient Advertisers’ Index Andreas Haug Cover: The Trans-American bridge in Panama. 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