China Merchants and CMA CGM to develop the strategic “One Belt, One Road” project
The « One Belt, One Road » project is a high profile strategy initiated by the Chinese government to develop many infrastructure and ports-related logistics projects. CMA CGM and China Merchants (CMHI) will agree on a common and primary interest, CMA CGM said in its press release. They will sign a strategic partnership on July 1st to investigate and evaluate together, as their priority, the investment opportunities.
Those opportunities will be part of the maritime dimension of the “One Belt, One Road Project”: the “Maritime Silk Road”.
«One Belt, One Road» is most certainly the world’s most ambitious infrastructures development project. Initiated by the Chinese Government and its President, it aims to:
Create a land axis between China and Europe via Russia
Create a 21st century silk road that will link South East Asia to Oceania, East Africa, North Africa and Europe by the sea, in order to secure imports and exports to and from China.