Topic: European Silk Road Summit

Who do you call for the New Silk Road?

A call for co-ordination, made at the recent European Silk Road Summit in Venlo, the Netherlands, brought to mind a classic problem for international trade with continental Europe. As Henry Kissinger once said, “If I...Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
Panel logistics providers at the New Silk Road Conference 2018

European Silk Road Summit programme complete

With the addition of Electrolux, Rail Cargo Group and the port of Zeebrugge the programme of the European Silk Road Summit is now complete. At this international two-day event, which takes place on 26 and...Read more
|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

New Silk Road: thinking outside the state

The West misunderstands the significance of the Belt and Road Initiative. That is the view of award-winning professor Richard Griffiths of Leiden University in the Netherlands, also fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies....Read more
|Comment|author: Simon Walton
Rail freight at the Cabooter Group terminal in Venlo. Photo: Cabooter Group

Venlo host to European Silk Road Summit 2019

While China, Russia and Kazakhstan are ambitiously developing the New Silk Road, Europe is equally important, as it is the other side of the transport chain. Large logistics hubs have understood this and taken position...Read more
|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen