LOGISTICS

Is nuclear propulsion for container ships the way forward? / Freight rates continue to soar

LOGISTICS

Neighbourly cooperation: Germany trades mainly with EU member states / New efficiency class system: sooty, heavy oil burners get the chop / Drop in freight rates

SAUDI ARAMCO

US arm Motiva to buy Flint Hills chemicals complex / Gulf expansion continues

CARBON BLACK

Regulation governing heavy fuel oil in shipping sector pushes up cost of carbon blacks and masterbatches / Cabot and Orion make price adjustments

MARINE LITTER

Ocean Conservancy and WPC part of USD 150m initiative to combat ocean plastics / Waste and recycling management in Southeast Asia / EU commits to fund European and global strategies and centres