“With 90 per cent of international trade transported by sea, landlocked Switzerland has grown into the world’s second biggest shipping power and transformed itself into a global raw materials distribution hub. In May, raw materials giant Trafigura announced that it planned to move part of its Geneva operation to Singapore. ‘We have been very centralised in Europe, but the world is evolving and the centre of consumption is in Asia and we want to be closer to our customers,’ said Trafigura spokeswoman Victoria Dix.”
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Switzerland_the_discreet_shipping_giant.html?cid=33256356
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
Cops Use Injured Animals For Target Practice
US Secret Service seeks Twitter sarcasm detector
How Thailand’s Botched Rice Scheme Blew a Big Hole in its Economy
LAPD takes aim at wave of Asian ‘maternity tourists’
Der Spiegel: Public Must Fight against Prism and Tempora Surveillance
Chinese Investors Snap Up Burgundy Vineyard As Thirst For French Wine Grows
Starbucks Pays $15.4 Million Corporation Tax, Closes Stores Amid British Backlash
Islands trade quick citizenship for investment
The Top 10 Companies With The Best Business Outlook According To Employees
Why Cash Costs the U.S. Economy Real Money
U.S. fines Transocean $1.4 billion over Gulf oil spill disaster
Deutsche Bank May Be Top Contributor to Systemic Risk, IMF Says
Crisis Hits German Luxury Carmakers
North Korea joins new era as property bubble grows
Gaming Company Fined $1 Million For Secretly Using Players To Mine Bitcoin