The strike by pilots and tugs in the Greek port of Piraeus was extended by another 48 hours Wednesday, which kept barge loadings from refineries suspended for the third consecutive day. "Until further notice, the strike continues today ...
Tags: high sulfur fuel oil, gasoil, refiner
Despite expectations of a seasonal pickup in the Medium Range tanker market in the Americas in the fourth quarter -- particularly from November onward -- charterers were able to pressure freight rates lower Wednesday, with Medium Range ...
Tags: Freight Rate, USGC-Europe, LR1 tanker
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 ...
Tags: LR1 Tanker, Naphtha, ships
Dry bulk shipowners are heading toward 2016 with the prospect of one fewer cargo option on the key loading region of the US Gulf Coast, as new environmental legislation introduced by Beijing this summer could mean China will no longer be ...
Line space on Colonial Pipeline's distillate Line 2 on Wednesday fell back to the lowest point seen this year on a tighter US Gulf Coast/Atlantic Coast spread for ultra low sulfur diesel. Platts assessed line space on the 1.16 million b/d ...
State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, (Adnoc) is seeking to cut 25% off its operating and capital spending, a senior official at the company was quoted as saying Thursday. "...we are trying to bring down operating expenditures and also ...
HTC has reported revenues of NT$8.95 billion (US$276.8 million) for October, up 25.92% on month but down 43.2% on year. The October figures were the company's highest in six months. For the first 10 months of 2015, revenues amounted to ...
Tags: HIT, HTC, revenues, smartphone
IC distributor WPG expects its revenues to decline 4-6% to NT$129-135 billion (US$3.99-4.18 billion) in the fourth quarter of 2015 with a gross margin of 3.95-4.1% and an operating margin of 1.4-1.6%. WPG also reported net profits of ...
Tags: 4Q15, IC distributor, revenues, WPG
Rollouts of new smartphone models will stimulate demand for mobile DRAM memory in the fourth quarter of 2015, with the chip prices falling at a slower pace, according to DRAMeXchange. With the peak season for smartphone shipments ...
Tags: 4Q15, DRAM, mobile DRAM, SK Hynix
October average retail price for 7W LED light bulbs (equivalent to 40W incandescent ones) in the China market decreased 9.7% on month to CNY29.8 (US$4.7), while that for 9W models (equivalent to 60W incandescent ones) rose 1.9% to CNY36.9, ...
Tags: China market, DIGITIMES, Digitimes Research
Touch panel maker TPK has announced net loss of NT$19.4 billion (US$600 million), or loss per share of NT$55.15 for the third quarter of 2015. The operating loss was primarily attributable to one-off asset impairment charges on ...
Tags: 3Q15, loss, touch panel, TPK
It's hard to escape the positive vibe that is currently circulating within the optics industry. As well as publishing record results in quarter one, many of the industry's big hitters have also published encouraging growth forecasts for ...
Tags: optics industry, cosmetic medical systems, semiconductor tools
A sharp upturn in demand has seen a number of analysts re-think their appraisal of the photovoltaics market in 2010. After the impact of the global credit crunch, which put the brakes on the rapid market expansion witnessed up until 2009, ...
Tags: Photonics Industry, cell prices
The volatile solar market will rationalize extensively over the next year, with the handful of leading companies likely to have successful initial public offerings (IPOs) outweighed by several others going to the wall. Jason Eckstein, the ...
Tags: Solar, CIGS, concentrating photovoltaics
Can you consider light as a product, ready to pick up from the shelf and take home? You can't touch or hold it, but being able to use it whenever needed has been vital to the progress of humanity. Light sources have progressed from candles ...
Tags: Lighting market, LED demand, displays