The US Deparment of Energy (DOE) has granted $80m fund under the SuperTruck II initiative for the research, development and demonstration of long-haul tractor-trailer truck technology. More than $12m was also granted for three new ...
Tags: DOE, Supertruck II Project, Long haul tractor-trailer truck technology
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has explored the 2016 outlook for the global shipping industry and believes that global shipping companies, and drybulk and containership operators in particular, will continue to face difficult ...
Tags: Shipping Industry, drybulk
Berry Plastics Group reported results for its first fiscal 2016 quarter, referred to in the following as the December 2015 quarter. "During the quarter we achieved record net sales and operating EBITDA for any quarter in the Company's ...
Tags: Berry Plastics, EBITDA
China Containers(HS:8609)Major Export Countries/Regions, from Jan. to Dec. 2014(Listed by Export Value) No. Country/Region In Total Compared to the Same Period of Last Year ...
Tags: Containers, Tractors, Motor Vehicles
Freund Container & Supply, a leading supplier of packaging and industrial supplies available for same-day shipment, today announced the opening of a warehouse in Atlanta to provide faster and lower-cost deliveries to customers throughout ...
Amcor Rigid Plastics has created a new business platform that will promote small-volume bottles production for start-ups in the beverage industry. As part of its UpStart program, Amcor will collaborate with start-ups like Alkaline Water ...
A 40-hectare food manufacturing hub that will bring packaging, distribution and transport to a single location will be opened in South Australia. The South Australian Government will spend $7 million to attract anchor tenants to the ...
Tags: food industries, wine industries
China retained its crown as the world's biggest shipbuilding nation in 2015, but with a 26% decline on year in newbuilding orders, chiefly due to "the abysmal state of the dry bulk market," Italian shipbroker Banchero Costa (Bancosta) said ...
Tags: Shipbuilding Sector, shipyards
More details have been revealed about a price fixing case which involves eight international ocean freight shipping companies operating in China. The companies include Japan's NYK Line and "K" Line, and Chile's CSAV. The eight companies ...
Tags: Shipping Companies, Price Fixing
China's economy has entered a "new normal" and those fretting over disappointing data in traditional sectors, will have to adapt. The structure of China's economy has changed and traditional measurements, including GDP growth and ...
Tags: economy, new Normal
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) concluded its prime ministers' meeting in central Chinese city of Zhengzhou by promising to boost regional economic cooperation. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and leaders from other SCO members, ...
Tags: SCO, regional economic cooperation, Silk Road Economic Belt
The file photo taken in 2011 shows the camp of Chinese engineering team alongside the Karakoram Highway. [Photo: CRI Online] The Karakoram Highway linking northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and north Pakistan's Thakot is ...
Russian-origin styrene butadiene rubber 1502 grade was seen being offered at prices similar to offers from mainland Europe this week eroding the Eur50-200 spread between product from the two sources through 2015, trade sources said. ...
Tags: styrene butadiene rubber, SBR-1502
The Panamax dry bulk short period freight market is currently trading below operating costs and some owners may be tempted to lay up their vessels as the outlook for 2016 is very weak, sources said. The Panamax short period market is ...
Unseasonably strong gasoline demand is proving for US refiners to be the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, as support from seasonal diesel demand is tamped down by record high temperatures across much of the US. Gasoline ...