Chemicals & Energy

Safety Guidelines Issued for Reusing Plastic Packaging for Food, Perishable Products

March 16, 2015

The Reusable Packaging Association has issued comprehensive protocols to ensure the continued safe use of reusable plastic containers (RPCs) for fresh and perishable products in the supply chain. The guidelines encompass washing, handling, storing, packing, displaying and collecting RPCs. They also include rigorous and defined Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP), and hourly, daily, monthly, and quarterly microbiological testing.

Best Practices: Leveraging Technology in Transportation

March 13, 2015

LeSaint Logistics

New Supply Chain Solutions Needed?

March 13, 2015

LeSaint Logistics

Rates Expected to Continue to Drop This Year in Chemical Tanker Shipping

March 12, 2015

Drewry

Chemical tanker shipping faces another challenging year of falling freight rates in 2015, but the trade is expected to recover next year, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Betting Big on Natural Gas, Dow to Invest $6Bn in Expanding Its U.S. Manufacturing Plants

March 5, 2015

Forbes

Dow Chemical is investing $6bn to enlarge its manufacturing facilities in the United States by 40 percent, based on a wager that low natural gas prices here will persist into the middle of the next decade, a Dow executive said recently.

Despite Somewhat Gloomy Forecast by Some, LPG Shipping Demand Continues to Be Robust

February 26, 2015

Drewry

LPG shipping earnings are forecast to remain buoyant on the back of low oil prices and the absence of fuel substitution, according to the latest edition of the LPG Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

Lubricants Market to See Nearly 2 Percent Growth Through 2020, Study Finds

February 19, 2015

Transparency Market Research

The global lubricants market is estimated to reach a demand totaling 44,165 kilo tons by 2020, up from 39,140 kilo tons in 2013, according to a report from Transparency Market Research. The increase is based on growth rates of 1.72 percent between 2014 and 2020.

Cap on Sulfur in Ocean Shipping Fuel May Be Instituted Five Years Ahead of 2025 Deadline

February 11, 2015

Maritime Executive

The International Chamber of Shipping says that the shipping and bunker refining industries should recognize that the global 0.5-percent sulfur-in-fuel cap, currently set to go into effect in 2025, may be implemented worldwide by 2020.

Oil Tanker Shipping 'Bonanza' Threatened by Increased Vessel Orders, Report Says

February 11, 2015

Drewry

A steep rise in vessel orders risks bringing the recent bonanza in oil tanker shipping to an abrupt end, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by shipping consultancy Drewry.

Limited Number of Supertankers Affects Oil Sales to Asia

February 2, 2015

Maritime Executive

The window to sell Western fuel oil to Asia is starting to close as demand for a limited fleet of supertankers to store cheap crude pushes freight rates to multi-month highs, shipping and trade sources said.

Chemicals & Energy

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