Chemicals & Energy

Market for Chemical Tankers Expected to Slow, Especially for Larger Vessels

August 3, 2016

Time charter rates in the smaller chemical tanker vessel sizes are expected to remain stable over the next two years, but rates for the larger sizes, especially medium range (MR) vessels, will decline due to the impact of falling clean petroleum products (CPP) freight rates, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

LNG Shipping Industry Expected to Need More Vessels

July 29, 2016

Drewry

Despite the current weakness in LNG shipping rates, Drewry maintains its bullish long-term outlook for LNG shipping and believes that the market will require more vessels than listed on the current orderbook, according to the latest edition of the LNG Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

So, Maybe Plastic Isn't So Bad for Environment After All?

July 29, 2016

Plastics News

There isn't a single person in the plastics industry who hasn't been regularly bombarded with concerns from all sides about the environmental costs of plastic production and use. But a new study takes some of the sting out, finding the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than replacing plastics with alternative materials.

How Much Would Trade War Hurt Chemicals - 12 Percent of U.S. Exports?

July 28, 2016

Chem Info

Chemicals contribute to a significant portion of all American exports. According to the American Chemistry Council, the chemicals industry accounts for 12 percent of exports at a value of about $189 billion.

Thoma Bravo Wraps Up Acquisition of Elemica

July 25, 2016

Elmica

Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Elemica, provider of a supply-chain operating network for the process industries.

Major Oil Companies See Future Success Lies in Natural Gas

July 22, 2016

Business Week

At Australia's Curtis Island, you can see Big Oil morphing into Big Gas.

Administration Turns to Former Wal-Mart Exec to Trim Air Force Energy Costs

July 22, 2016

L.A. Times

Wal-Mart is one of the nation's largest private energy consumers, having to power millions of square feet of store space. So when the Obama administration wanted to cut energy bills for the Air Force - which consumes more energy than any other U.S. agency - it turned to the person who had led similar efforts at Wal-Mart for six years.

B2B Commerce Become Buying Method of Choice in Electrical Industry

July 12, 2016

TED Mag

The numbers are in and all signs point to a future saturated with business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce sales. Following in the footsteps of its business-to-consumer (B2C) cousin, B2B e-commerce is quickly becoming the shopping and purchasing method of choice for a wide range of buyers - including customers in the electrical industry.

M&A Activity in First Half of 2016 'Way Down' from Last Year's Second Half

July 12, 2016

IBT

Mergers and acquisitions activity in the first half of 2016 fell by 26.6 percent compared to the same period last year, and the decline was a whopping 66.8 percent when compared to the second half of 2015, data compiled by Mergermarket showed.

Forget Government Money - Billions in Private Investment Going Into Space Travel

July 8, 2016

L.A. Times

It used to be that the only way to get to outer space was through the government.

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