Asia light ends: Key market indicators for April 18-22

Asia's light ends markets are supported during the week of April 18-22 by stronger crude futures, with gasoline also boosted by the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions and naphtha demand getting some lift from improving...

Operational And Maintenance Benefits Of Podded Propulsion

Two shipping companies explained the use and benefits of azimuth propulsion on vessels at Riviera Maritime Media’s Podded propulsion: operational, maintenance and in-service considerations webinar, reports Riviera. About the event This event, sponsored by ABB, was...

Alfa Laval On Course To Sustainability

Alfa Laval has announced the appointment of Tristan Matthews to the role of Head of Marine Division for the UK & Ireland, effective March 1, 2022. This strategic appointment represents the appointment of the...

U.S.-China Engage In The Undeclared Technology War

A recent news article published in the 19fortyfive talks about the Undeclared U.S.-China Technology War. An undeclared war What If China Wins The Fight For Technological Superiority? – For some years now, an undeclared war has been...

When Covid Enters The House, What Should We Do?

Anyone who is sick should be in their room first, if possible. Put a HEPA filter in there if you have one. Wear high-quality masks when family members are together. If a vaccinated child...

Archaeologists Discover Dead Rats On An Antique Shipwreck

Scientists from the University of Haifa, Israel, have been studying the wreck of the Ma'agan Mikhael B ship. Bodies of dead rats aboard the ship have given researchers clues as to where the...

Tesla’s Shanghai Factory Is Set To Reopen

And the longer the factory remains closed, the greater the consequences. Tesla's Shanghai factory, which opened in January 2020, delivered 65,814 EVs in March, thus closing on a good a very solid first...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Sets Sights On Commercialisation Of Ammonia/LCO2 Carrier

Responding to increasing demand, Japanese Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has set its sights on commercialising the ammonia/liquefied CO2 carrier as an important part of the carbon dioxide capture,...

Fall In Global Auto Production From Russia-Ukraine War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led auto industry watchers to cut production and sales forecasts for the next two years. The crisis has shuttered factories in Eastern Europe, and caused spikes in the prices...

Leverage Ratio Up for First Time Since 2020

Debt in China’s real economy climbed to 266.1% of gross domestic product in the first three months of this year, the first increase since the third quarter of 2020, says an article published in...