Sea Trade Routes

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  Armenia Offers Alternative Sea Trade Route To India Amid Red Sea Tensions

  Armenia is ideally positioned to offer India an alternative sea trade route, especially with Europe, Narek Mkrtchyan, the country's minister for Labor and Social Affairs, said on the sidelines of the 9th edition of the Raisina Dialogue on Wednesday.

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  Ships Anchored In Red Sea, Tracking Systems Off Due To Houthi Attacks

  Several container ships are anchored in the Red Sea and others have turned off tracking systems as traders adjust routes and prices in response to maritime attacks by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on the world's main East-West trade route.

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  PM Voices Piracy, Climate Risks To Sea Trade At UN Security Council

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a UN Security Council debate this evening, said barriers must be removed for trade on sea routes, which are currently being misused for piracy. He became the first Indian PM to chair a UNSC open debate.

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  Beijing Installs Advanced Weapons In Global Hotspot, Flags US Think Tank

  China appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea, despite statements by Beijing that it has no intention to militarize the islands which are part of a strategic trade route, where territory is claimed by several countries.

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  Vietnam Moves New Rocket Launchers Into Disputed South China Sea: Sources

  Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China's runways and military installations across the vital trade route, according to Western officials.

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  Vietnam Moves Rocket Launchers Into Disputed South China Sea: Report

  Vietnam has discreetly fortified several of its islands in the disputed South China Sea with new mobile rocket launchers capable of striking China's runways and military installations across the vital trade route, according to Western officials.

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  Angela Merkel Suggests China Resolve South China Sea Row in Courts

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed concern today about a territorial dispute between the Chinese and US navies in the South China Sea, and suggested China go to international courts to resolve the row.

• China Invites India to Join its Ambitious Silk Road Projects

  Giving final touches to its most ambitious plan to build a wide network of new silk roads on land and seas to enhance global connectivity, China has invited India to join President Xi Jinping's pet project that would revive the ancient trade route and benefit the region.

• South China Sea Trade Routes Safe Despite Rows

  Despite territorial stand-offs between China and other nations bordering the South China Sea, analysts say governments know better than to choke off the trade shipping routes that are the lifeblood of their economies.

• Shipping Corporation hikes freight rates on European sector: report

  The hikes, for traffic from India to Europe, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Red Sea trade route, are applicable from December 1, he said.