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<<Tuesday December 21, 3:49 pm Eastern Time
Panalpina lists Y2K power readiness by country
COPENHAGEN, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Panalpina, the global Swiss forwarder, said on Tuesday its November assessment for Y2K readiness in the power supply sector of 56 countries showed ``green' rating for 19 countries, or 34 percent of the total.
These 19 ``green' countries, indicating low Y2K risk, include Argentina, Baku/Central Asia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, the United States and Venezuela, Juerg Meier, Panalpina's director YK2 programme, told Reuters.
In the ``yellow-green' rating category are another nine countries, or 16 percent of total. These include Belgium, Chile, Ecuador (up from red in October), Germany, Ghana, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and Sweden.
Eleven countries, or 20 percent, are in the ``yellow' rating group, indicating medium Y2K risk: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, and Turkey.
Only three countries remain in the ``red' rating zone: Congo, Gabon, and Vietnam, while India alone falls into the ``red-yellow' category.
Thirteen countries, or 23 percent of the total, however, still provided no information in response to Panalpina's November survey.
These ``black spots' include Angola, Bahrain, Dominican republic, Egypt, Italy, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, and United Arab Emirates.>> |
