A Chinese company is planning to build China's first cruise ship, tapping booming tourist demand in the country. Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co Ltd said on Wednesday that it will build the ship with technical support from Italian ...
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Australian miner Roy Hill said Tuesday the first vessel has docked at its newly completed South West Creek Wharf in Port Hedland in readiness for loading iron ore fines and lump from its new mining operation. The vessel MV Anangel ...
Eating a handful of walnuts each day has been linked to a better overall diet and an improvement in certain risk factors amongst people at high risk of diabetes. Published on 23 November 2015 in Volume 3, Issue 1 of the free online ...
European methanol traders were not confident the surge in Rhine water depth seen this week would be sustainable and help alleviate supply length hemmed in the Rotterdam hub after levels eased again Tuesday. After water levels jumped to ...
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Supramax shipowners are bracing for a tough finale to a disappointing year as limping grain and petcoke trade in the Atlantic fails to support the monstrous weight of available tonnage. That has been keeping freight rates low, while hopes ...
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A shipment of ethanol from Brazil left Santos on November 21 and is due to land in Dunkirk, France December 7, according to Platts' trade flow software cFlow. The Chemroad Hope is carrying a combination of 2,500 cum of neutral ethanol, ...
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Dalrymple Bay coal terminal's exports to India slumped dramatically in October to just 266,700 mt compared with 873,500 mt in September and an on-month decline of 228%, according to shipping data for the Australian terminal released ...
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Navy installations are replacing outdated fluorescent bulbs with tubular LED lamps (T-LED) as part of its commitment to energy efficiency across the shore enterprise. T-LED lighting is being installed in Navy installations around the ...
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Demand for imported crude, petroleum bitumen blend and straight-run fuel oil by independent teapot refineries in China's eastern Shandong province was relatively weak over this week, given narrowing refining margins on lower oil prices in ...
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Heateflex Corporation, a global leader in high-purity industrial heating systems, introduced a new product, Gambrinus, designed to reduce Total Package Oxygen (TPO) in beer-bottling lines. The initial Gambrinus unit has been installed and ...
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The water levels on the Rhine hit critically low levels this week, which threatened to send the cost of transporting and handling a range of oil and chemicals even higher after several months of rising costs. Freight and logistics costs ...
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Long Range 1 tanker rates are soaring in Europe as vessels are delayed due to high storage levels in Europe, and the busy naphtha arbitrage to the East is rapidly eating into the available tonnage. LR1 rates on the Northwest Europe to ...
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Valmet is to supply a CompactCooking G2 pulp cooking system to Siam Cellulose's pulp mill in Ban Pong, Thailand. Siam Cellulose already operates two CompactCooking plants at its mills in the country. The 2-vessel continuous cooking ...
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The 14th Asia Arts Festival, which will formally kick off in November in Quanzhou, the largest city in southeastern Fujian province, unveiled its logo and mascot on Monday. Selected from 517 entries, the logo was co-designed by the Fine ...
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The Aussie Boys behind Nexba, which recently won the 2015 Telstra Micro Business of the Year award, have launched a new line of beverages that is all-natural and 100% sugarfree. This follows on from the successful launch and market ...
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