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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To Cecilia Keating.

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DP World Posorja Welcomes First Maersk Service Route, Boosting Ecuador’s Maritime Connectivity

3BL Media

Posorja’s draft – which is over 15 meters – enables it to handle ultra-large container ships (ULCS), including those with capacities up to 22,000 TEUs. This allows shipping lines to deploy larger capacity vessels; for example, Maersk’s AC2 service includes vessels of 13,000 and 15,000 TEUs capacity.

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New Global Report Demonstrates FedEx Economic Impact

3BL Media

The company’s supply chain saw ripple effects around the world, with 360,000 direct suppliers supporting 16.5 Over the past 49 years, FedEx has expanded its services to more than 220 countries and territories and invested in a global network enabling businesses of all sizes to access and grow the global economy.

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DP World Expands North American Footprint with New Freight Forwarding Offices in Texas

3BL Media

May 16, 2024 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in supply chain solutions, announces a strategic expansion of its North American freight forwarding network with two new offices in Texas. These new additions are part of the company’s global expansion of its freight forwarding network , announced earlier this year.

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DP World Receives Largest-Ever Vessel to the Dominican Republic, Advancing Trade

3BL Media

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, November 27, 2024 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, has successfully received the MSC Marie, an Ultra-Large Container Vessel (ULCV), at the Port of Caucedo, the largest ship to ever dock in the Dominican Republic.

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Is sustainability undergoing a pandemic pause?

GreenBiz

It said in part: Today, every occupant of every C-suite is trying to figure out what they’re willing to throw overboard as the economic storm spawned by the pandemic is swamping their ships. When the global economy essentially sank like a stone as people world over sheltered in place. When the U.S.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

23, LKAB announced that it intends to integrate forward in the steel supply chain and start producing "sponge iron" as a value-added product from its current pellet product, using the HYBRIT process. This pivot in business strategy has major significance for the global steel industry. New challenges, new opportunities.