Brazil is setting its sights on becoming a major player in the low-emission hydrogen sector, with Thymos Energia estimating that the country needs to invest a substantial $28 billion in hydrogen projects by 2030. This ambitious endeavor aims to produce 20 million tons of hydrogen per year, a goal that could potentially increase to 38 million tons per year, considering projects in various stages of development.
Read More »Dole Organics, a new specialist division and its new 'GO Organic!' consumer brand, were officially introduced at Fruit Attraction 2023 in Madrid on October 3rd-5th. Dole Organics will bring renewed impetus to the organic fresh produce category by promoting cross-sector collaboration, consolidating supply, assuring continuity and consistency of product, and applying best-in-class category management practices in-store.
Read More »As informed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA's National Weather Service of the USA, El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring -with an 80% chance during March-May 2024-.
Read More »The European Union (EU) and Ecuador agreed to broaden and deepen their bilateral cooperation in security matters. This resulted from the III Technical Roundtable on Security Cooperation between Ecuador and the European Union on September 26 and 27, 2023. This time, it occurred in a different context than last year: much more complex, but "the European Union is responding.
Read More »As informed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA's National Weather Service of the USA, El Niño is expected to continue through the Northern Hemisphere spring -with an 80% chance during March-May 2024-.
Read More »Madrid (Spain), 6 October 2023: A delegation from Afruibana participated in Fruit Attraction, the leading international event for the fruit and vegetable industry, which took place from 1 to 5 October 2023. As part of this event, the World Banana Forum organized two panels dedicated to the issues of shared responsibility and the living wage, giving Afruibana the opportunity to express its views on these two concepts that will shape the future of the sector.
Read More »The CEO and managing director of APM Terminals Italia, Paolo Cornetto, has resigned and will leave his position from November 16th. The manager was appointed by Maersk in January 2017 to continue the Vado platform project, already started by his predecessor Carlo Merli. In 2019 he managed to cross the finish line by inaugurating the new terminal, which would later become a real system with the acquisition of the nearby Reefer Terminal.
Read More »Copenhagen, Denmark – A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S and CMA CGM have decided to join forces on several areas relating to decarbonization, in full compliance with all laws and regulations. As frontrunners of the energy transition in shipping, both companies are convinced that joint action will help accelerating the green transition in shipping, learning from each other to go further and faster. CMA CGM and Maersk have set a net-zero target for their shipping business, have identified scalable solutions that can create impact in this decade, and have already individually taken ambitious paths on promoting decarbonization for shipping.
Read More »Copenhagen, Denmark – The world’s first methanol-enabled container vessel will carry the name “Laura Mærsk”, the EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen revealed at a ceremony in Copenhagen on Thursday. The name was revealed in the Port of Copenhagen on Thursday during a ceremony, when the ship’s godmother, President von der Leyen, christened the vessel by breaking a champagne bottle over the bow. Besides the godmother, Maersk Chair Robert Uggla and Maersk Chief Executive Officer Vincent Clerc also spoke at the ceremony.
Read More »In the framework of the International Congress of Phytopathology (ICCP 2023), held in Lyon, France, from 21 to 25 August, and attended by more than 2,400 researchers from almost 88 countries, Andrés Mauricio Pinzón, PhD, researcher at the Banana Research Center (Cenibanano), affiliated to Augura, presented two innovative and outstanding papers.
Read More »OCEAN Network Express has reported a “significant” decline in profits for the first quarter of the 2023 financial year. ONE posted a profit of US$513 million, down 91% from the US$5.5 billion reported in the same period last financial year. The company said global cargo demand from April to June was significantly lower than it was in the first quarter of the 2022 financial year.
Read More »Afruibana was present in London, on Tuesday June 6 and Wednesday June 7, as part of the 3rd edition of the Ghana Investment and Opportunities Summit, which was attended by Golden Exotics Limited, a member of BPA and AFRUIBANA. The opportunity for the association to continue its dialogue with the British authorities. The GHIOS brings together investors to present the characteristics of Ghana's attractiveness and the reasons that should make the country a preferred destination for investors planning to do business in Africa.
Read More »In the first half of 2023, the port of Novorossiysk saw an active growth in the market of refrigerated containers, Aleksey Garmash, General Director of Novomorsnab, has said at the 19th Transport Forum YugTrans-2023. According to him, exports of reefer containers from the port of Novorossiysk rose by 15.7% YoY, to 11.25 thousand TEU, while imports rose by 7.13%, to 128.71 thousand tons TEU.
Read More »Hapag-Lloyd successfully completed its 100 % acquisition of SM SAAM’s terminal business and related logistics services, which is based on an agreement announced in October 2022. The transaction was approved unconditionally by the relevant antitrust authorities of all countries involved in this acquisition process, according to the company's release. Investing in terminal infrastructure is a key element of Hapag-Lloyd’s strategic agenda, and Latin America is one of its key markets.
Read More »Maersk's first-of-its-kind methanol dual-fuel containership made history on July 16 when it became the first to bunker methanol. The newly built vessel bunkered 1,000 metric tonnes of the cleaner burning fuel at Odfjell Terminals Korea in Ulsan before embarking on its 21,500-kilometer maiden voyage toward Copenhagen, where she will be officially named in September.
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