Volkswagen is considering closing factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history due to falling profits and rising costs. The potential closures could lead to a clash with powerful unions and further […]
A consortium consisting of Dutch offshore foundations specialist Sif and Belgian fabrication company Smulders will supply 100 transition pieces for the Bałtyk 2&3 offshore wind farms in Poland. After the signing of a capacity reservation […]
By Chloe Hadavas, a senior editor at Foreign Policy. Rows of cars are lined up next to a large blue and green ship. Cars are lined up next to the SAIC Anji Eternity, a vessel […]
Decarbonising shipping could double the cost of transporting goods by containers, according to a new report from class society DNV. Ahead of next week’s SMM, the world’s largest shipping exhibition, DNV has released its latest […]
The Canadian rail strike ended yesterday some 18 hours after it started as authorities moved rapidly to avert an economic disaster. Canada’s two biggest railways shut down yesterday after a midnight deadline passed without an […]
The Chinese steel industry is going through a “winter”, according to the head of the world’s largest steel producer, with analysts warning the sector – vital for capesize owners – faces prolonged decline. Steel production […]
Canada’s two biggest railways have shut down after a midnight deadline passed without an agreement over pay conditions. The stoppage of work by 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers at Canadian National Railway Co (CN) […]
Adverse weather conditions have led to yet another large container vessel losing 99 containers off the east coast of South Africa, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA). In response, a navigational warning […]
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. […]
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