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Officials claim that the Russian attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine has cut power to 30,000 people.
Local officials reported that Russian forces had attacked Kharkiv on Monday with guided bombs, knocking out electricity to 30,000 people in three districts. In a Telegram message, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov wrote that Russian forces had used guided bombs against the Nemyshlianskyi, Slobidskyi, and Shevchenkivskyi districts to the south and north of the city. Interviewed on local TV, Mayor Ihorterekhov said that the three bombs had damaged a hospital as well as power transmission lines. Nearly 30,000 people were affected by power outages. Four people were injured by glass that was flying, he said. Some patients had to be transferred from one ward to another. "Unfortunately, there were many patients in the hospital. Terekhov reported that four people suffered injuries of varying degrees, and 200 windows had been smashed. "The attacks are usually on energy targets, such as generation transmission and the power network. The goal is to stop the power transmission system from working. As winter nears in the war that has lasted more than three-and-a-half years, Russian forces have focused their attacks on targets related to Ukraine's gas and electricity industry. Last week, a massive attack on Kyiv as well as other cities left over a million homes and businesses in the entire country without electricity. The water supply was also interrupted. The head of Kostiantynivka's military administration confirmed that a Russian drone killed two people on Monday in their car. Kostiantynivka is one of the main targets of Russia's slow march through the region. The Russian Defence Ministry announced on Monday that its forces had taken two new villages during their offensive through eastern Ukraine. One was in Donetsk and the second near Kupiansk, which has been under siege for months. The first corps of the Ukrainian National Guard has said that it has repelled another attempt by Russian forces near Dobropillia, in the Donetsk Region. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, along with other officials, have reported military successes around Dobropillia near Pokrovsk. (Reporting and editing by Mark Porter, David Gregorio and Oleksandr Kozoukhar)
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DHT claims its fleet is not linked to the US after China's new port fees move
DHT Holdings, the operator of oil tankers in China, said that their fleet is not subject to China's special port fees aimed at vessels with ties to the United States. China has begun charging fees to U.S. vessels that visit its port, starting October 14. This is a response to the U.S. fees charged by China-linked vessels. China has targeted U.S. flagged, built and operated ships as well as companies where 25% or more of the shares or board positions are held by U.S. investment funds. DHT stated that "each vessel is owned directly by a foreign entity, built in a country outside the United States, doesn't fly the U.S. Flag, and is managed from management companies located in Monaco, Norway Singapore and India." The company also stated that U.S. citizens only make up 20% of its board. DHT also stated that it is not aware of any U.S. shareholders, reporting groups or voting rights that exceed 25% of DHT's shares. The company warned that it could not accurately verify each shareholder's ownership. (Reporting and editing by Shash Kuber in Bengaluru, with Sumit Saha reporting from Bengaluru)
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Safran CEO: Company on "good path" to catch up with engine delays
Safran's chief executive said that the French engine manufacturer is "on the right track" to catch up with Airbus on the engine delivery delays by the end this month. Olivier Andries replied that Airbus had announced a good Q3 of deliveries and that we had a good performance with engine deliveries to Airbus during the quarter. Andries, in a telephone conversation about separate plans to build a new engine plant in Morocco noted that Airbus reported a decrease in the number planes waiting for their engines in September. This naturally strengthens our confidence. "I have always said we wanted to make up for the delays by October's end and I believe we are on the right track," Andries said. Airbus said Last week It had delivered 507 aircraft in the first nine-month period, and 313 more are needed in the fourth quarter in order to meet the full-year goal of 820. The European planemaker stated that the number of gliders or other fully assembled aircraft waiting to be powered up had dropped from the peak announced earlier this summer of 60. However, it did not provide a new estimate. (Reporting and editing by Richard Chang; Tim Hepher)
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Safran CEO: Company on "good path" to catch up with engine delays
Safran's chief executive said that the French engine manufacturer is "on the right track" to catch up with Airbus on the engine delay by the end this month. Olivier Andries, when asked after a Moroccan plant event whether CFM, owned jointly by Safran Aerospace and GE Aerospace would be able to deliver enough engines for Airbus to reach its 2025 targets, said: "Airbus announced that they had a good quarter in Q3, and we had a good performance in engine delivery to Airbus during the quarter." "Airbus has also stated that the number of aircraft without engines is down: this reinforces our confidence. "I have always said we wanted to make up for the delays before the end of October, and I believe we are on the right track," he said.
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Safran opens new Airbus engine assembly plant in Morocco
Officials from the French aerospace group Safran confirmed that they signed agreements with Morocco on January 29th to establish a new assembly line for Airbus Jets, and a maintenance and repair facility near Casablanca. Morocco has been encouraging investment from aerospace suppliers over the past few years in order to replicate its success in automobile manufacturing. This is done by creating hubs that will shorten supply chain and share expertise. Ross McInnes, chair of Safran, said that the company will invest 120 millions euros in the construction of an assembly line which will provide 25% or 350 LEAP-1A engine output annually. McInnes, after the signing ceremony presided by King Mohammed VI, said: "This will Safran's sole assembly line outside France. It will be finished in 2028." Safran and GE Aerospace jointly produce LEAP engines through CFM International. The LEAP-1A is a competitor with Pratt & Whitney for the Airbus A32neo while the LEAP-1B powers the Boeing 737 MAX. China's COMAC uses a third variant of the LEAP-1C for its C919. (Reporting and additional reporting by Tim Hepher, editing by Lisa Shumaker; Reporting by Ahmed El Jechtimi)
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Urals Diffs Stable Despite Low Activity
The differential between Brent and Urals crude oil dated on Monday remained unchanged due to low activity, as the majority of October cargoes were cleared. OPEC's monthly data revealed that Russian oil production increased in September by 148,000 barrels per day compared to August. This is due to the fact that world oil producers continue to increase production. PLATTS WINDOW There were no bids or offerings reported on Platts Monday for Urals, Azeri BTC Blend or CPC blend crude. * The Caspian Pipeline Consortium has increased its oil exports by 9% per day from August, to 6.6 millions metric tons or 1.75million barrels of oil per day. Data from industry sources showed that Russia's seaborne product exports dropped 17.1% from August to 7,58 million metric tonnes in September due to a decrease in fuel production, as several refineries were affected by drone attacks. (Reporting and Editing by Lisa Shumaker).
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UK stocks rise as Trump softens tone on China tariffs; gold miners shine
London's stocks ended higher on Monday led by the miners after U.S. president Donald Trump lowered his rhetoric about trade tensions with China. Worries over this had caused a sharp drop on Friday. After Trump threatened to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, fears of a global trade war were reignited. Trump's tone was more conciliatory over the weekend. He posted that "it'll be fine", and that the U.S. did not intend to "hurt China". Gold broke through $4100 an ounce on Monday, and precious metal miners closed up almost 10%. Fresnillo, and Endeavour rose 9.1% and 11,3% respectively. The industrial metals miners grew by 3.1% in line with the increase in copper prices. Anglo American and Glencore, two mining giants, rose between 2% to 4.1%. This helped boost the blue-chip index. Investor sentiment improved further after Megan Greene of the Bank of England, who voted with the majority of members of the Monetary Policy Committee to keep the central rate at 4% in the last month, stated that interest rates will probably continue to fall. She warned that inflation in Britain could be slowing down. The latest round of mergers & acquisitions has lifted mid-cap shares, while the broader FTSE 250 Index is up 1.2%. Blackstone, a U.S.-based private equity firm, said that it is in the preliminary stages of considering an offer to purchase Big Yellow Group. This boosted the shares of the self storage company by 15.4%. Rival Safestore also rose 9.4% in response to the news. Tritax Big Box gained nearly 3.8% following Blackstone's agreement to purchase a 9% stake of the UK real estate trust. Tritax has agreed to purchase Blackstone's UK logistic assets for $1.39 billion. The overall real estate sector grew by 2.6%. Oxford Instruments, among other stocks, fell 7.6%. The company expects its first-half revenues to fall and said that it is unlikely the shortfall will be recovered. Reporting by Avinash and Sanchayaita in Bengaluru, Editing by Sahal Muhammad and Jan Harvey
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Airbus' supply is improving, and the Spirit deal will be closed in Q4
Airbus' suppliers have shown a marked improvement in their confidence and performance. They are all ready to help the company achieve its target to increase deliveries by 7%, to 820 jets, this year. Florent Massou Dit Labaquere is the executive vice president for operations at the European planemaker. He told reporters that they are also working towards a long-term goal to increase their production of narrow-body aircrafts from 75 per month today to 75 in 2027. Massou spoke as the largest planemaker in the world Prepare to inaugurate Mobile, Alabama will host a second assembly line in the U.S. for jets of the A320neo family later Monday. Airbus plans to expand in China as well in the coming weeks. He said that the 10 additional assembly lines will be enough to meet the production targets despite the shift in demand to the larger A321neo which takes more time to construct. Airbus announced plans in 2021 to double the production of narrow-body aircraft from 40 per month to 75 per month by 2025. The company has maintained the target, but has pushed back the date by two years because of industry-wide changes. Bottlenecks and delays Airbus, according to industry sources, struggled to convince some suppliers to increase investments in plans that might not come to fruition as targets were continually extended. Massou said that suppliers are more optimistic. He said, "I have seen a totally different picture. I've met a lot more suppliers who understand our situation and can attest to the stability in planning we experienced over the past few months." Massou stated that Airbus hopes to have the separation of Spirit AeroSystems from Boeing by the end the year. He told reporters that the deal was progressing and they expected to close it in Q4. (Reporting and editing by Tomasz Janovski and Louise Heavens.)
Engine maker's Boeing predicament assisted to stall Airplane's output strategies
Engine maker CFM's wariness to ramp up materials considerably to Plane at a time of stress for its other crucial consumer Boeing was most likely a. factor in Plane' move to postpone planned jet output increases,. market sources stated on Tuesday.
On Monday, Plane postponed a multi-year hike in narrowbody. production, cut earnings forecasts and cut its 2024 shipment. target, blaming scarcities of engines and other parts and sending. shares in Europe's largest aerospace group toppling on Tuesday.
CFM, a transatlantic endeavor of GE Aerospace and. France's Safran, makes LEAP engines that power all. Boeing 737 MAX jets and usually just over half of the. competing Jet A320neo household, where they compete with the. Geared Turbofan of RTX subsidiary Pratt & & Whitney
. Airplane is racing to increase production to satisfy demand in. the face of scepticism by numerous suppliers over its output plans.
Settlements to secure the essential variety of engines for. 2025 to keep the previous targets on track struck a snag after. Plane asked CFM to increase its share of narrowbody deliveries. to make up for industrial issues at Pratt, the sources said.
Jet was hoping CFM would hike its share of Airbus. production to the equivalent of around 75% of A320neo shipments. from about 60% now, two people acquainted with the matter said.
That raised industrial questions after CFM engine shipment. had actually already fallen in the existing quarter, following a flat. efficiency in the previous 3 months, industry sources said.
However Jet's demand likewise put the world's biggest engine. maker in a significantly delicate tactical position ahead of. its 50th anniversary, as it threatened to intensify extreme. headaches at its other major consumer, Boeing.
CFM's market share depends on a triangle of aspects:. Plane's production rate, Boeing's production rate and the. contribution of CFM's rival Pratt & & Whitney to Airplane output.
Before the pandemic, these were approximately in stability,. though CFM's share of the Airplane shipment was drifting. progressively higher amid commercial issues at its competitor.
Now, the industry faces not one but two ongoing problems -. an in-flight blowout that slowed Boeing's healing from earlier. security crises and persistent bottlenecks at Pratt and Whitney. And. the sheer scale of disturbance to the typical balance of power. in between leading players has put CFM under pressure to produce more.
By contrast, Airplane is racing to meet need. With Boeing. still sticking around at low rates, that heralded a crushing lead for. its European competitor if CFM could give everything the engines it. needs.
CFM will try to accommodate both sides but eventually it. will never do anything that structurally disadvantages Boeing,. its first and largest partner, a senior industry source said.
Another individual knowledgeable about the engine maker said its. hesitation to hurt Boeing unduly may not be articulated straight. with Airplane, however weighed in internal discussions.
CFM will attempt to put the brakes on Jet for sure, the. person said.
Plane said it does not talk about confidential discussions. with providers. CFM did not respond to a query about the. relative size of deliveries to consumers, however stated it was. working to satisfy demand from Plane. It has actually consistently stated it. favours neither Boeing nor Airplane.
CFM makes up 65% of Airbus's A320neo-family order backlog. in cases where airlines have actually made an engine choice and accounted. for 50% of Jet narrowbody deliveries in 2023, according to. Rob Morris, worldwide head of consultancy at Cirium Ascend.
' STRONG SUPPORT'
Founded in 1974, CFM was the creation of industrialists. with vibrant war records: a German-born fighter engineer who. defended the allies, Gerhard Neumann, and French resistance. hero Rene Ravaud, who lost an arm in British battle of Brest.
Little understood to the public, it cruised undetected through the. market's biggest battles consisting of a trade war between its. customers Plane and Boeing and stormy transatlantic trade ties.
Safran's chairman specifically advised an audience consisting of. French Financing Minister Bruno Lemaire and senior Boeing. executives of the value of Boeing to CFM and French. aerospace in an anniversary event in early June.
Speaking in the gilded state spaces of France's former naval. ministry, Ross McInnes said: We have stood staunchly behind. Airplane and Boeing through both their respective ups and downs,. and undoubtedly the ups and downs of transatlantic relations. The. success story would not have actually been possible otherwise.
Leading Airplane officials did not attend the occasion which. accompanied management talks at the Berlin Airshow.
On Tuesday, with Airbus shares down 11% on the production. hold-ups and a surprise charge at its Space service, another. executive summit was under way at its Toulouse head office in a. sombre atmosphere, experts stated.
CFM needs to agree engine volumes about 18 months ahead, so. mid-2024 was looming as a pressing due date for clarity on 2025.
On Monday, Plane CEO Guillaume Faury acknowledged that 2025. had actually not been set in stone but sought to restrict ramp-up concerns.
When it comes to the 2025 volumes, we have what we require in. terms of commitment from the engine makers, he informed experts.
It doesn't indicate that we are totally in agreement for the. last volumes that we will maintain however we have what we require to be. supported for their ramp-up in '25. That's what matters to me..
(source: Reuters)