Vivergo, the UK's largest ethanol producer by capacity, said Wednesday that profitability at its 420,000 cubic meter/year (111 million gallon/year) plant at Hull in northeast England has been "adversely affected" by the lowest spot prices ...
Russian gas giant Gazprom has sent the first cargo with crude produced at the Prirazlomnoye offshore field -- the country's only Arctic offshore hydrocarbon project -- to the international market, the company said Friday. "ARCO, or Arctic ...
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Chemical tanker Bochem Oslo is preparing to load a substantial volume of ethanol from Rotterdam before heading to Fujairah, in the United Arab Emirates, as multi-year low European prices beat competition from the US and Brazil, market ...
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Australia's ports must adopt cutting-edge technology to navigate a global downturn in shipping and a looming lull in the local mining boom, according to an international transport specialist. Terry Bills is the 'GIS in Transportation' ...
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Electric carmaker Tesla Motors has started operations at its new vehicle assembly plant located at Tilburg in Netherlands. The new plant will offer services as an assembly as well as distribution point for the Model S vehicles for the ...
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US fuel oil exports to the Netherlands, Europe's primary demand hub, were the second-highest on record for 2012 but slowed in the latter part of the year, according to US data, signaling a shifting dynamic as domestic demand for the ...
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Vale said Tuesday that it will complete its first iron ore shipment to ArcelorMittal using a Valemax vessel to be discharged at the port of Rotterdam. The Berge Jaya, chartered by Vale, is scheduled to berth at Rotterdam's EMO dry bulk ...
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The Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port, saw cargo throughput grow 1.7% in 2012 to a record 442 million tonnes. Mr Hans Smits president and CEO Port of Rotterdam said that “Although the growth is limited, it is another ...
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Market research by the SPECTARIS industry association confirms"unbridled"growth of home-grown industry. Swarovski Optic by Mike Hatcher in Frankfurt,Germany The 1000 or so companies that make up Germany's photonics industry increased ...