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FLEXITANKS OFFER OILS AND FATS COMPANIES TRANSPORT CHOICES - ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH VALUE PRODUCTS
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE BIGGEST change in liquid cargo shipping practices in recent years has been the growth in the use of flexitanks where commodities are carried in plastic sacks inserted into standard 20ft International Organization for Standardization (ISO) metal containers.…
SECOND TIER FIRMS TAKE AIM AT BIG FOUR ACHILLES HEEL IN CHINA
BY MARK GODFREY
WITH the fast-growing Chinese economy looking increasingly to overseas expansion and foreign mergers and acquisitions, it is not surprising so-called second tier accountancy alliances such as BDO and Crowe Horwath are keen for a piece of the action in China.…
EU ROUND UP - FOSSIL FUEL PRICES WILL DRIVE FUTURE EU ENERGY POLICY PREDICT UTILITIES AND NGOs
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENERGY companies and non-government organisations (NGOs) participating in the development of a European Union (EU) long-term energy plan to 2050, have identified fossil fuel costs as the main motor of change in future public policy. In consultation staged by the European Commission for developing an ‘Energy Roadmap to 2050’, about half of all respondents believed "global fossil fuel prices in relation to costs of domestic energy resources and long term security of supply will be the most likely key drivers…" This conclusion comes in a summary of responses released by Brussels.…
EASTERN EUROPE'S ENERGY SECTOR GOES GREEN, THANKS TO EBRD
BY MARK ROWE
RENEWABLE energy investments may often be low in price, but when there are enough of them, they make a difference in a region’s energy profile. Such is the case for eastern Europe, where many millions of Euros are being invested in green energy projects.…
MONEY NOT ENVIRONMENT WILL DRIVE EU ENERGY POLICY PREDICT UTILITIES AND NGOs
BY KEITH NUTHALL
UTILITIES and non-government organisations (NGOs) participating in the development of a European Union (EU) long-term energy plan to 2050, have identified fossil fuel costs as the main motor of change in future public policy. In consultation staged by the European Commission for developing an ‘Energy Roadmap to 2050’, about half of all respondents believed "global fossil fuel prices in relation to costs of domestic energy resources and long term security of supply will be the most likely key drivers…" This conclusion comes in a summary of responses released by Brussels.…
BRUSSELS SAYS HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELL PROJECT NEEDS MONEY - OR IT MAY CLOSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy sector has been put on notice by the European Commission – put serious money into fuel cell and hydrogen research, or a marquee EU-funded research project may close.
Brussels has asked EU ministers to change the rules for the EU’s Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, established to link EU institutions, industry and academic researchers in developing groundbreaking hydrogen and fuel cell technology.…
JAPAN PM'S U-TURN ON NUCLEAR MAY HAVE TEETH WARN ANALYSTS
BY JULIAN RYALL
Japan’s prime minister Naoto Kan is the sort of politician who, once he has his heart set on a goal, is dogged in pushing toward that end. Companies in Japan’s nuclear industry are not saying it aloud, but they will have been disappointed by the prime minister’s appearance at a press conference on May 10 in which he announced that he will drop plans to have half of Japan’s future energy needs met by nuclear power and instead step up the nation’s use of energy from renewable sources.…
BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT MOVES TO REFORM TANKER BREAKING SECTOR
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
ENVIRONMENTAL concerns and the health hazards faced by the workers engaged in the ship and tanker breaking industry of Bangladesh have forced its government to reform controls of this most dangerous service. Dhaka has made administrative changes and proposed a new law that could force the international oil companies to share the costs of cleaning up the chemical and other waste left by this beach-based industry.…
SPANISH LUXURY DESIGN INCLUDES TRADITIONAL FLAVOURS
BY ALYSSA MCMURTRY
TO imagine fashion intrinsically and traditionally Spanish, one may imagine long, flowing flamenco dresses, shoes built for stomping, or big flowers gently placed behind tightly pulled-back hair. While this exists still in the costume world, Spanish luxury clothes designers do play on the history and culture of Spain to create apparel that is modern, sophisticated and internationally recognised.…
INDIA JATROPHA PRODUCTION MIGHT NOT HAVE EXPLODED, BUT COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION HAS SOLID FOUNDATIONS
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
JATROPHA, regarded as a great hope for the biofuel sector in the last decade, has lately been facing negative publicity due to low economic returns and failed commercial ventures in India. In July 2009 British Petroleum (BP) quit a two year old joint venture with British biodiesel producer D1Oils plc to develop bio-diesel through jatropha cultivation, thus casting more doubts about its potential.…