The West’s green energy transition is heavily reliant on copper, a metal primarily processed in China. Building a Western copper processing industry would be costly and time-consuming, potentially hindering the transition. Western governments may need […]
The real threat of a dockworker strike at ports across the US east and Gulf coasts come October 1 could knock supply chains out of synch through to 2025, according to new research from Copenhagen. […]
Chinese wind turbine-makers this month clinched their first order in Germany, as they build momentum in the European market and add to concern in the EU industry that it faces an existential threat. Tensions […]
China and Russia have launched the Arctic Express No 1 rail-sea cargo service. NewNew Shipping and Rosatom are running the service which sees cargo moved by rail from Moscow to the Russian port of Arkhangelsk […]
A Singapore-flagged boxship belonging to Asiatic Lloyd became the latest victim of the Houthi campaign against merchant shipping today. The 23-year-old, 2,078 teu Lobivia was struck by a number of projectiles 83 nautical miles southeast […]
An unnamed ship came under attack Monday by a series of small vessels and missiles some 70 nautical miles (130km) southwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said […]
Recent Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have sharply increased, disrupting shipping routes and impacting oil markets, Rystad Energy Global Market Analysis Director Claudio Galimberti said in a market update sent to Rigzone by the Rystad team […]
Despite belligerent rhetoric and videos and images of enhanced military assets, it has now been eight days since the last confirmed incident in the Red Sea reported by merchant vessels to the United Kingdom Maritime […]
Additional tonne-miles in 2024 could smash records, according to new analysis from Clarksons Research. If the Red Sea shipping crisis persists throughout the year – as many analysts are now forecasting – Clarksons estimates shipping […]
China and the EU have agreed to enter discussions over tariffs imposed on Chinese electric vehicles. German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck visited Beijing to discuss trade issues, but a meeting with Premier Li Qiang was […]
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