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Caterpillar Invests $2.5 Million to End Extreme Poverty

Sep 28, 2014

Continuing its efforts to alleviate poverty worldwide, Caterpillar Inc.  and the Caterpillar Foundation are making a $2.5 million investment in The Global Poverty Project. The investment will support growing the Global Citizen grassroots movement around the world to end extreme poverty by 2030…

HPA to Introduce New Port Railway IT System

Sep 28, 2014

The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) will implement the new Port Railway IT system, transPORT rail, in the night of 27 to 28 September 2014. To keep disruption on the tracks to a minimum, the switchover will take place overnight. The new…

China Embraces Carbon Pricing and UN Takes a Shine to Plan

Sep 28, 2014

Millions of visitors and residents could hardly miss the message projected on the side of the world famous United Nations building in New York this week: 'Put a price on carbon.'At the UN's Climate Summit this week a diverse group of global leaders…

U.S. Drivers to Face Delays at Rail Crossings due to Oil Shipments

Sep 28, 2014

Runaway oil production could slow road traffic as drivers face longer delays to cross train tracks in many congested regions, a U.S. study released on Friday predicted.Oil, coal and grain shipments are taxing the national rail grid as…

Ivory Coast to File Legal Complaint over Ghana Border Row

Sep 28, 2014

Ivory Coast said on Friday it would file a complaint with an international jurisdiction after Ghana took legal action to resolve a dispute over the two nations' maritime border in an area rich in hydrocarbons.British firm Tullow Oil has…

USCG Remembers 72nd Anniversary of Douglas Munro's Death

Sep 27, 2014

Coast Guardsmen and recruits gathered to remember the sacrifice of the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient aboard Training Center Cape May, Saturday, Sept. 27. The crew of Training Center Cape May gathered at a statue erected…

Felixstowe Port Receives Full AEO Status

Sep 27, 2014

The Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Britain, has become the first UK port to receive full Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status.The AEO initiative was introduced by the European Commission through the Union Customs Code to help simplify…

General Dynamics Bags U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Contract

Sep 27, 2014

The U.S. Navy has awarded a $311 million contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat to provide planning yard work, engineering and technical support for nuclear submarines. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.Under this option…

Upgrading Of Senoko Waste-To-Energy Plant

Sep 27, 2014

Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT), through its wholly owned subsidiary1, has entered into an agreement with the National Environment Agency (NEA) to provide additional incineration capacity to the Senoko Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant, one of the three facilities under KIT's current portfolio…

Gas Natural Extends Charter Period for LNG Libra

Sep 27, 2014

In the stock exchange notice dated 13 November 2013 Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. informed that LNG Libra, a 126,000 cubic meter LNG carrier, was chartered to Gas Natural until year-end 2014. Gas Natural has today exercised its option to extend…

Port of Everett Seaport Adds Lift Capacity

Sep 27, 2014

The Port of Everett Seaport is adding additional lift capacity to its operations in March 2015, with the purchase of a new, 150-ton GHMK 7608 mobile harbor crane.The nearly $5.1 million investment, which was authorized by the Port Commission…

San Leon Finds Oil in Poland Well

Sep 27, 2014

San Leon Energy, the AIM listed company focused on oil and gas exploration in Europe and North Africa, announces that it is spudding the Kety exploration well today, which is the first well of a three-well planned programme in the Karpaty area and Permian Basin in Poland…

MOL Issues Environmental and Social Report 2014

Sep 27, 2014

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced the publication of the English version of its Environmental and Social Report 2014, which introduces the MOL Group's perspectives and latest initiatives regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the environment…

Brunswick Promotes Foulkes to Chief Technology Officer

Sep 26, 2014

Brunswick Corporation today announced that effective immediately, David M. Foulkes, has been promoted to the new position of chief technology officer, reporting in this additional capacity to Brunswick President and Chief Operating Officer Mark D…

Golden Gate Ferry Captains Stage One-day Strike

Sep 26, 2014

The Golden Gate passenger ferry system, California's largest, was shut down on Friday by striking boat captains, disrupting service for thousands of San Francisco Bay-area commuters in a wider labor dispute over wages and benefits for transit workers…

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PIRIOU Delivers Third Wind-Powered Cargo Ship to NEWTOWT

PIRIOU Delivers Third Wind-Powered Cargo Ship to NEWTOWT

Iran Creates Oil Bonanza for the Americas

Iran Creates Oil Bonanza for the Americas

New Zealand, US to Fund Cook Islands Port Upgrade

New Zealand, US to Fund Cook Islands Port Upgrade

Cheniere Exports 5,000th LNG Cargo

Cheniere Exports 5,000th LNG Cargo

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