Japan Considering Russian Alternatives to Suez Canal After Blockage Fiasco
"Japan’s government is considering investing further in alternative trade routes through Russia — including the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Northern Sea Route — in the wake of the Suez Canal blockage in March, Al Jazeera reported Sunday.
“In mid-April, after the Suez accident, Russian Railways announced the opening of a representative office in Tokyo to further promote the development of the business,” Al Jazeera noted, referring to still-in-development plans by Russia to connect its Trans-Siberian Railway to Japan.
The Japanese-owned container ship Ever Given blocked billions of dollars in trade from passing through the Suez Canal from March 23-29 after it became wedged inside the waterway, which links the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea and serves as the shortest sea link between Asia and Europe. Roughly 12 percent of global trade passes through the Suez Canal. The vessel is owned by Japanese national Shoei Kisen Kaisha and was built by the Japanese company Imabari Shipbuilding.
Japan’s close ties to the Suez Canal blockage have forced the country’s government to reconsider alternative trade routes to Europe in recent weeks. Tokyo’s options — apart from a prohibitively long route around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa — include routes through Russia via its Trans-Siberian Railway and Northern Sea Route. The Trans-Siberian Railway line is the longest in the world and currently connects Western Russia to the Russian Far East. Russian President Vladimir Putin in September 2017 said Moscow was considering plans to link the railway to Japan by building a rail bridge connecting the Russian mainland with the Russian island of Sakhalin, which lies just north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido."
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2021/05/10/japan-considering-russian-alternatives-suez-canal-after-blockage-fiasco/
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