Hyundai Motors Delivers 347,377 Units In August

Hyundai Motors Delivers 347,377 Units In August

Hyundai Motor Company has announced global sales of 347,377 units in August 2023, a 3.2 percent increase year-over-year.  City Business News reports that despite continued uncertainties in the business environment, the company is maintaining robust sales momentum due to the...
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Oil Prices Up As Global Supply Drop

Oil Prices Up As Global Supply Drop

Oil prices rose on Monday as global supply is tightening with lower exports from Saudi Arabia and Russia, offsetting nagging concerns about global demand growth amid high-interest rates. Reuter report that Brent crude climbed 75 cents to $85.55 a barrel...
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MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships

MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships

The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build te...
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Four Contenders Join Race For HMM’s $3.9b Privatization

Four Contenders Join Race For HMM’s $3.9b Privatization

Four bidders have thrown their hats in the ring for the privatization of HMM, Korea’s largest shipping company, as the government seeks to divest a controlling stake valued at 5 trillion won ($3.9 billion). HMM Co Ltd, formerly Hyundai Merchant...
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Australia Appoints First Woman To Lead Central Bank

Australia Appoints First Woman To Lead Central Bank

Australia’s central bank says it will be led by a woman for the first time since it was founded in 1960. Michele Bullock will succeed Philip Lowe, who is coming to the end of a seven-year term as governor of...
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America’s 10 Richest People Worth More Than 106 Poorest Countries

America’s 10 Richest People Worth More Than 106 Poorest Countries

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a privileged elite has long been a subject of concern and scrutiny, with the gap between the poor increasingly widening. The impact of the gap is highlighted by the fact that the...
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IndiGo Places Order For 500 Airbus A320 Aircraft

IndiGo Places Order For 500 Airbus A320 Aircraft

Indian carrier IndiGo has made a record order for 500 Airbus A320 aircraft – the largest single purchase agreement by any airline in commercial aviation history. The deal, announced on the first day of the Paris Airshow, is worth roughly...
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Consortium To Develop Zero-Emission Tugs

Consortium To Develop Zero-Emission Tugs

United Kingdom (UK) shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has joined forces with Macduff Ship Designers, Kongsberg Maritime and Echandia, to create a UK consortium with a common vision to develop and build a zero emissions harbour and coastal tug. World Maritime...
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Samsung Gets $518m Contract For Two LNG Carriers  

Samsung Gets $518m Contract For Two LNG Carriers  

South Korean shipbuilding company, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has received an order to construct two liquified natural gas (LNG) carriers. World Maritime News report that the South Korean heavyweight signed the contract with an undisclosed shipowner f...
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Qatar Airways Cargo Completes IATA CEIV Certifications

Qatar Airways Cargo Completes IATA CEIV Certifications

Qatar Airways Cargo along with its ground handling partner, Qatar Aviation Services (QAS) Cargo has announced its latest achievement – the IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Perishable Logistics (CEIV Fresh) certification.  In a sta...
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Firms Seal LNG Bunkering Partnership

Firms Seal LNG Bunkering Partnership

Italian maritime transportation group, Fratelli Cosulich has started a collaboration with low and zero-emission fuels supplier, Titan as it seeks to strengthen its position in the European LNG bunkering market. As part of this collaboration, Fratelli Cosu...
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MOL Appoints First Female Captain

MOL Appoints First Female Captain

Japanese shipping major, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has appointed Naomi Matsushita as the captain of its car carrier, Beluga Ace, effective June 6. World Maritime News report that the decision marks a significant step forward for gender diversity in the...
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Shipowners Implore UN Member State On Ambitious Course For 2050

Shipowners Implore UN Member State On Ambitious Course For 2050

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS),  which represents over 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, has submitted detailed proposal for the next round of IMO negotiations set for July this year with the aim of increasing decarbonization tar...
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WFE Create New Certification For Market Infrastructure

WFE Create New Certification For Market Infrastructure

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has announced the creation of a new Market Infrastructure Certificate (MIC) programme, the first of its kind, which is aimed at educating the next generation of financial services leaders globally.City Business News repo...
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