BIMCO: Japan’s dry bulk imports fall 4% amid weak steel demand
In this week’s Shipping Number of the Week, BIMCO looks at the first quarter decline in Japan’s dry bulk imports and weak demand for steel.
Read moreIn this week’s Shipping Number of the Week, BIMCO looks at the first quarter decline in Japan’s dry bulk imports and weak demand for steel.
Read moreThis week, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company, held a launch ceremony for a demonstration test ship for transport of liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2), to be utilized by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for its demonstration projects.
Read moreJX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (JX) announced in mid-March that it had reached an agreement with funds affiliated with Aspirant Group Inc. to acquire all of Japan Drilling Co. Ltd. (JDC)'s issued shares.
Read moreOn March 15th, California and Japan announced a new collaborative effort to clean up a critical link in the global supply chain by collaborating on strategies to reduce global warming pollution at seaports and establish green shipping corridors.
Read moreOn the 27th of February, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK)'s Jasmin Leader, pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessel, was the first LNG-powered PCTC to arrive in Hiroshima port. The vessel will transport finished vehicles produced by Mazda Motor Corporation, and seeks to fulfill customers’ demands for a lower environmental burden in the logistics field.
Read moreThe Pilbara Ports Authority and the Port of Himeji signed an MoU to support cooperation and knowledge exchange between the two ports on renewable energy and net zero carbon emission initiatives.
Read moreDivers discovered the body of one crewmember within the wreck of the sunken freighter Seiryu, which sank in the Seto Inland Sea last week after colliding with another vessel.
Read moreENEOS has constructed a demonstration plant in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to produce methylcyclohexane (MCH), a type of hydrogen carrier, using its proprietary low-cost “electrochemical synthesis of organic hydride” method (Direct MCH).
Read moreITOCHU, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), INPEX and Taisei Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint feasibility study on a large-scale and wide-area carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain project.
Read moreA Chinese freighter ran aground on a giant coral reef off Japan on January 24, with the crew requesting assistance from the Japan Coast Guard.
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