Chemicals & Energy

Set of Best Practices to Ensure IoT Security Released by Consortium

September 21, 2016

IoT is complex, fast-growing and often intertwined with systems that govern things like water and power. That makes IoT security a critical requirement, but it's one that's not necessarily well understood.

Thermoformed Plastics Market Could See 5 Percent Growth Through 2020

September 13, 2016

Technavio

The global thermoformed plastics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 5 percent during the period 2016-2020, according to Technavio's latest report.

Offshore Maintenance Market Expected to Bounce Back from Oil Price Decline

September 7, 2016

Maritime Executive

Forecasts call for a steady recovery from the recent oil price downturn in the offshore maintenance market with spending expected to improve significantly between 2017 and 2021.

Rates for Very Large Gas Carriers Likely to Remain Under Pressure

August 24, 2016

Drewry

A wave of cargo cancellations from the U.S. is putting additional pressure on Very Large Gas Carrier rates, according to the latest edition of the LPG Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

New Tech Promises to Cut Costs, Carbon Emissions in Plastics Manufacturing

August 23, 2016

FuelFix

A new technology could dramatically reduce the costs and carbon emissions in the manufacturing of the world's plastics supplies, according to researchers from Exxon Mobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Administration Rolls Out New Fuel-Economy Standards for Trucks

August 19, 2016

The Washington Post

The Obama administration has finalized new fuel-economy standards for large trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles, the latest in a series of efforts aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions and weaning the nation from its dependence on fossil fuels.

Slowdown Seen in Crude Oil Shipping

August 18, 2016

Drewry

A steep rise in refinery capacity in the Middle East, the world's crude oil production hub, will diminish oil trade growth and with it prospects for tanker shipping, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Website Devoted to Energy Efficiency in Maritime Projects

August 9, 2016

Maritime Executive

The IMO has launched Glomeep.imo.org, a website with information about energy-efficient technologies - covering areas such as machinery, propulsion systems, hull improvements and energy recovery.

Market Is Growing for Sand, the Simple But Indispensable Ingredient to Fracking

August 8, 2016

Bloomberg

Amid the gloom and doom that's set in all along America's shale fields these past two years, there has been one small, but consistent, bright spot. Sand.

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

August 3, 2016

Drewry

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.

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