The FOB US Gulf methanol spot assessment fell to a seven-month low of $1.42/gal ($472.86/mt) Monday as imports reached US shores and spot buyers were difficult to find in the US market, sources said. Monday's assessment was down 5.5 ...
Tags: Methanol Price, US prices
Chinese inquiries for imported thermal coal have picked up amid stabilizing domestic prices and lower freight rates, but a wide bid-offer spread continues to deter spot deals, sources said Tuesday. Australian suppliers have raised their ...
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in February from January, rising after two consecutive monthly declines, according to the US Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Transportation, Freight Transportation
Qantas customers will have greater travel and freight options between Australia and China than ever before, with new code share services now available for sale. Qantas customers can now book and travel on China Southern services to four ...
Beginning May 19, Max Windsor Floors will implement a 4% to 9% price increase on all engineered wood floors. According to Peter Spirer, CEO, the increase is attributable to rising lumber costs, the strengthening of Chinese currency and ...
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Traders are looking to send about 4,000 mt of Mexico-origin ethylene to Asia for mid-April loading to take advantage of higher prices than in the weak European market, sources said Thursday. But they said the possibility of such a trade ...
Tags: ethylene, European market
The container shipping industry is stuck in a vicious cycle: although new ships may give carriers lower slot costs, the supply/demand dynamics are out of kilter and freight rates remain very volatile Drewry's 1Q14 Container Forecaster ...
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Deyu Agriculture Corp. (the "Company"), a Shanxi Province, China-based vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains, today announced its financial ...
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Mark Birrell will succeed Sir Rod Eddington as the new chairman of Infrastructure Australia. Upon his term's expiry on 8 April 2014, Sir Rod has been side-shifted to the APEC Business Advisory Council at the request of the Prime Minister. ...
Plastic packaging manufacturer Petainer has extended its product portfolio with the launch of the new recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) jar, petainerJar for food industry. According to the company, the new jar with barrier ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday increased US rail traffic for March 2014, with both carload and intermodal volume increasing compared with March 2013. Intermodal traffic in March totaled 1,025,907 containers ...
The arbitrage to ship styrene monomer from the US Gulf to Northeast Asia has opened this week after being closed since late last year, traders and end-users in Asia said. But demand remains uncertain as China still has a relatively high ...
Singapore 380 CST high sulfur bunker fuel prices dipped to a 21-month low of $586/mt Wednesday, on the back of weak demand and bearish crude. The outright price was last lower June 29, 2012, when it was $578.50, Platts data showed. ...
Tags: fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
March 2014 was a good month for heavy and medium-duty truck orders, according to two reports from freight forecasters. The freight forecast firm FTR says that at the end of March in North America, a total of 27,139 Class 8 trucks were ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
The IATA reports that growth in air freight markets moderated in February, rising 2.9% compared to a year ago, down on the 4.3% increase in January. But combining the first two months of the year shows there has been a solid 3.6% gain in ...
Tags: Air Freight, Service