Zepol Corporation, the leading trade intelligence company, reports that U.S. vessel imports have risen a slight 1.2% in 2012. This was a total of over 17.6 million TEUs (twenty-foot-containers) imported, or roughly 200,000 more containers ...
Vale announced Monday that the Port of Kimitsu, in Japan, received a Valemax vessel for the first time on January 19. The Vale Brasil, which has a capacity to transport up to 400,000 metric tons of ore and is capable of reducing carbon ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted US Patent to BioChemics for use of various topical formulations for treating wounds, ulcers, and inflammatory conditions., The Patent No. 8,343,486, which is entitled as 'Methods and ...
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The Fritsch Vibratory Micro Mill PULVERISETTE 0 is the ideal laboratory mill for fine comminution of medium-hard, brittle, moist or temperature-sensitive samples, dry or in suspension, as well as for homogenising of emulsions and pastes. ...
Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India remained stable to higher on Wednesday, following a positive trend seen this week due to higher fixture activity, sources said. ...
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The Laker Carriers' Association (LCA) reported Tuesday that shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 61.6 million tons in 2012, a slight improvement over 2011. The increase, 245,000 tons, is equal to about four cargos in a ...
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Poor weather at Qinhuangdao and other coal export ports in northeast China have impeded some coal shipments to power plants along the Asian country's coastline, but well-covered Chinese end users were refraining from panic buying in the ...
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Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India ended the week stable to slightly lower on Friday, amid a pick up in fixture activity, even as the market continues to be weighed down ...
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Ross introduced a new multi-purpose laboratory mixer model, the HSM-100LCI-T. This bench-top unit is offered with interchangeable mixing attachments including batch and inline rotor/stator sets, various size disperser blades and propellers. ...
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Chinese end-users have switched to concluding term contract deals and lessened their spot buying with the approach of China's Lunar New Year festivities in mid-February, as spot prices for south China stayed rangebound in Thursday's trading ...
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The new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel featuring Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines, the first such ship to utilize gas engines to produce more than 100 MWe of power, has successfully completed all the ...
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Abbott has initiated a ABSORB III clinical trial of its drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS) device, designed for the treatment of coronary artery disease patients. The Absorb device, which includes a multi-link stent ...
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EMD Millipore, the life science division of Merck KGaA has introduced the Mobius FlexRead solution, which boasts Smart Flexware Asemblies for tangential flow filtration. The system gives specialists the ability to switch from TFF to ...
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When your thoughts turn to making your backyard feel more festive,Tiki torches and fire pits come to mind.There is something about flickering flames that is at once comforting and exciting. While the word"tiki"refers to Polynesian ...
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The European physical naphtha market and forward spreads have come under heavy pressure in recent days as weak LPG values have led some petrochemical end-users to turn their attentions to cracking propane, traders said Friday. Platts ...
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