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China Maritime Silk Road, game changer for global transport – Peterside

Saint AugustineBy Saint AugustineNovember 2, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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 …Counsels Africa on Risk Assessment of Chinese initiative

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said that the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road, will be a game changer for global transport and substantially affect the pattern of global commerce.

Peterside stated this in Dubai during the Dubai Maritime Summit 2018, which was part of the events at the five-day UAE Maritime Week 2018 that ended on November 1.

Speaking on the benefits and risks of the BRI, a Chinese government development strategy aimed at enhancing regional connectivity through infrastructure development and investments in Europe, Asia and Africa, the DG urged African and Middle East countries to plan mitigation measures against potential risk elements of the initiative.

He identified the likely risk elements to include trade imbalance in favour of China and Chinese control of trade infrastructure, which will give it a lot of leverage in the global market place.

Peterside said “the Chinese policy will affect port calls and hub decisions, which may adversely affect ports of Africa and Middle East; Chinese political influence and dominance leading to reintroduction of Sino centric order is imminent; the tanker market will shrink substantially, as pipelines across continents will be the preferred mode of transportation of oil and gas.”

However, he said the benefits of the Chinese economic initiative outweighed the risks.

At the event, the panelists unanimously agreed that the China Belt and Road initiative would open new markets in global commerce, improve connectivity between modes of transport, enhance speed and efficiency at the ports, open new international trade routes, and boost technology transfer.

On the panel to discuss the initiative were Managing Director of Precious Shipping, Khalid Hashim; Chief Executive Officer of King Abdallah Port, Rayan Qutub; Chief Executive Officer of Drewey, Tim Power; and CCO of Abu Dhabi Ports, Ross Thompson.

The Dubai Maritime Summit brings together the maritime sector leaders, decision makers, policymakers, high-level government officials and regional and international maritime industry leaders to deliberate on issues affecting the global maritime industry.

Previous editions included some of the most distinguished local and international guests, such as Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Kitack Lim, and UAE Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority, Land and Maritime, H.E. Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi.

The Belt and Road initiative is the signature policy of Chinese President, Xi Jinping.

The basic idea behind it is to boost trade and economic integration among the countries in the initiative through investments in roads, pipelines, ports, communication networks and other such infrastructure that promotes connectivity.

The Dakuku-led administration of NIMASA has continued to collaborate with other maritime nations to transform and bring Nigeria’s maritime sector to international limelight, so that it can compete favourably with those of other countries.

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