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October 28, 2022 No Responses

TotalEnergies Attains $9.9b Income In Q3

French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has strengthened its balance sheet and doubled its profit in the third quarter (Q3) of 2022 on a year-on-year basis, driven by its LNG business and higher gas prices due to the Ukraine crisis. TotalEnergies revealed on...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

Grimaldi Secures Order For Five Car Truck Carriers

The Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has signed an order for the construction of five new Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTCs) with China Merchants Heavy Industries Jiangsu, which is part of China Merchant Industry Holdings. According to World Maritime ...

October 27, 2022 No Responses

Hyundai breaks Ground On $5.5b EV, Battery Plant

Hyundai Motor Company broke ground on a $5.54 billion Electric Vehicle (EV) and battery plant in the United States. According to Reuters, the investment is the largest in the state’s history and the latest in a string of EV...

October 25, 2022 No Responses

US Coast Guard Lauds NIMASA

The United States Coast Guard, USCG, through Captain Brian Lisko of the US Department of State has commended the efforts of the Nigerian Government to suppress criminality in Nigeria’s maritime domain and by extension the Gulf of...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Bids UN General Assembly Farewell As Nigeria’s Leader

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the UN General Assembly on Wednesday for the last time as Nigeria’s leader. In his farewell speech, he told the global body that his administration was determined to entrench a process of free, fair, transparent and...

September 7, 2022 No Responses

Samsung, Daewoo, Secure $2.35 Order For Eleven LNG Carriers

The world’s largest shipbuilders are tapping into the surging demand for LNG carriers. South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co (DSME) has revealed a combined order for 11 LNG carriers worth approxima...

August 26, 2022 No Responses

TotalEnergies, COSCO In Milestone Biofuel Bunkering Operation

TotalEnergies Marine Fuels has completed the first refuelling of a COSCO Shipping Lines containership with sustainable marine biofuel. This is TotalEnergies’ first biofuel bunkering operation for a containership in Singapore. According to World Maritime News...

August 26, 2022 No Responses

Citi Bank To Close Russian Branches

US bank Citigroup is to close its remaining branches and consumer banking operations in Russia as it exits the country in protest at the war in Ukraine. The move, which affects 2,300 staff in the country, follows an exodus of...

August 17, 2022 No Responses

Toyota Suspends Operations At Sichuan Plant

Toyota Motor Corp has suspended operations at its plant in China’s Sichuan province after local authorities issued an order to conserve electricity. Toyota’s joint venture plant in the city of Chengdu has ceased operations until Saturday, a company spokesp...

May 10, 2022 No Responses

Maersk Supply Service To Recycle Three Vessels

Denmark-headquartered Maersk Supply Service, a provider of offshore marine services and integrated solutions for the energy sector, has arranged to recycle three of its vessels at a yard in Grenaa, as part of its strategy to optimise its fleet portfolio...

May 7, 2022 No Responses

Efforts To Reduce Global Gas Flaring Stalled

C The World Bank says global progress to reduce gas flaring, the wasteful industry practice of burning natural gas during oil production has stalled in the last 10 years. This is contained in a statement obtained from the World Bank...

May 7, 2022 No Responses

Nadal Acknowledges Alcaraz As His “Replacement” After Madrid Open Defeat

Rafael Nadal acknowledged Carlos Alcaraz can be considered a “replacement” for him after losing to his teenage rival at the Madrid Open. Alcaraz is one of the most exciting rising stars on the ATP Tour. He enhanced his growing...

May 7, 2022 No Responses

U.S. firm To Train 50,000 Nigerian Youths On Competitive Skills

AUnited States-Nigerian Technology Company, WRKR Technology Inc., has promised to train 50,000 Nigerians on its skills that would make them globally competitive for employment opportunities. WRKR is a technology company that unlocks access to work opportuni...

May 6, 2022 No Responses

Seaport Offers Incentives To Reduce Vessel Emissions

To reduce vessel emissions, Canada’s Halifax Port Authority (HPA) has joined the World Port Climate Initiative (WPCI) as an incentive provider with the International Association of Ports and Harbours’ (IAPH) Environmental Ship Index (ESI). The HPA joined t...