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Algerian wheat purchase in tender seen at 630,000 T, traders say
Algeria's state grains company OAIC is believed to have actually purchased around 630,000 metric tons of milling wheat in a worldwide tender which closed on Tuesday, European traders stated on Thursday. Traders had actually reported the purchase on Tuesday but had not given estimates of tonnes bought. Some trader estimates on Thursday put the purchase over 630,000 lots. Costs reported on Thursday were again around $257 to $258 a. heap cost and freight (c&& f) included, they stated. This was the. like reported on Tuesday night. Traders suspected some of the wheat would be sourced from. the Black Sea area, consisting of Romania and Ukraine, although. technically the grain can be sourced from optional origins. Trader reports stated around 8 companies made sales,. consisting of one French trading house. Diplomatic tension between. France and Algeria has actually led evident sidelining of French. materials in OAIC's tenders considering that early October. Reports show evaluations from traders and even more. price quotes of rates and volumes are possible later on. The wheat was sought for shipment in four periods from the. main supply regions consisting of Europe: Feb. 1-15, Feb. 16-28,. March 1-15 and March 16-31. If sourced from South America or. Australia, shipment is one month earlier.
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China Eastern to debut C919 on Shanghai-Hong Kong route in January
China Eastern Airlines will launch the first commercial crossborder service operated by C919 between Shanghai and Hong Kong on January 1, stateowned China Central Tv (CCTV) stated on Thursday. Currently, the 3 big state-owned airline companies in China all operate the C919, the narrow-body jet locally developed by the Commercial Airplane Corporation of China (COMAC), but they just fly within mainland China. The brand-new service, a daily return flight, comes as China looks for to protect the first worldwide client for the C919, a jet with the potential to equal the Boeing 737 MAX and Plane A320neo. China Eastern, the very first to launch the C919, commands a. fleet of 9 C919s that service various domestic paths. The addition of Hong Kong - a special administrative area. of China with its own air travel regulative system - as a. destination will broaden China Eastern's network to nine cities. COMAC has been focusing on its global growth,. opening an office in Hong Kong in October, following the. establishment of its Asia-Pacific office in Singapore. COMAC has. said that the Hong Kong workplace is a crucial element of its. global technique. The aircraft maker is seeking to acquire. accreditations for the C919 from the European Union and has. revealed hopes to attain it by 2025.
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Wall Street Journal - Dec 26
The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has actually not verified these stories and does not guarantee their accuracy. - Signify, previously known as Philips Lighting, has actually been bought by a German court to remember items apparently infringing on patents of South Korea's Seoul Semiconductor for more than 7 years. - Chinese consumer-electronics expert Xiaomi will sign up with the electric-vehicle charging networks of competitors NIO , XPeng and Li Automobile, giving its customers access to 10s of countless charging stations in China. - Taiwan has actually blocked Uber Technologies' planned $ 950 million takeover of Foodpanda's regional shipment organization on anti-competition concerns. - A number of Japan Airlines flights were postponed following a cyberattack, the provider stated, adding that both domestic and global flights were impacted and that two dozen domestic flights were delayed by half an hour or more as of 0200 GMT.
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China's first batch of 2025 fuel export quota flat vs a year earlier
China has issued 19 million metric lots of export quotas for fuel, diesel and aviation fuel under the batch of allowances for 2025, a level that is consistent versus a year previously, several traders and a. Chinese market consultancy said on Wednesday. China manages its refined oil exports via a rigorous quota. system, using exports as a tool to balance and make sure the. domestic market is sufficiently provided. State-owned oil firms Sinopec and CNPC, the essential receivers of. these quotas, were provided a combined 13.34-million-ton. allowances, or 70% out of the 19 million lots, according to. traders and consultancy JLC. On the other hand, personal refiner Zhejiang Petrochemical Corp was. awarded 1.67 million tons of export quotas in this batch. Independently, China has likewise launched 8 million tons of. low-sulfur marine fuel export quotas for the very first problem of. 2025, likewise flat compared with a year ago, traders and JLC said. Of the total, around 90% were allotted to Sinopec and CNPC. For the first 11 months of 2024, China's exports of refined. oil items - consisting of primarily gas, diesel, aviation fuel. and marine bunker - totalled 54.4 million lots, down 6.3% versus. the matching period of 2023.
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Japan Airlines struck by cyberattack, causing some delays to its flights
Japan Airlines (JAL). stated on Thursday it was hit by a cyberattack that caused delays. to some domestic and global flights. The attack started at 7:24 a.m. (2224 GMT) and affected the. business's internal and external systems, JAL said. The company. stated it momentarily closed down a router that was triggering system. breakdowns and also suspended ticket sales for flights. departing on Thursday. ANA Holdings, Japan's other significant air carrier, saw. no signs of an attack on its systems, a representative stated. Earlier this week, American Airlines briefly. grounded all flights for an hour, disrupting travel for. thousands on Christmas Eve, due to a technical glitch including. its network hardware.
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Dead body discovered in wheel well after United flight lands in Hawaii
A dead body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines jetliner after the aircraft landed in the Hawaiian island of Maui, the airline company said on Wednesday. The body was found in the among the compartments that homes the plane's landing gear when United Flight 202 from Chicago O'Hare International Airport landed at Kahului Airport on Tuesday afternoon, according to the airline company's site. No even more information about the departed person were supplied. The wheel well was just accessible from outside of the airplane. At this time, it is not clear how or when the person accessed the wheel well, it said. United stated it was dealing with authorities on the investigation. The Federal Aviation Administration did not right away respond to a request for remark. Stowaways in the unpressurized wheel-houses and cargo holds of airplanes can face temperature levels of in between minus 50 degrees and minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus 58 and minus 76 degrees Fahrenheit), in addition to a lack of oxygen. While the casualty rate for most wheel-well stowaways is high, some people have actually made it through the ordeal. A person was discovered alive in the undercarriage bay of an Algerian carrier's aircraft in Paris in 2015. In January 2022, a stowaway was discovered alive in the wheel section under the front of a Cargolux freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam's. Schiphol Airport from Africa.
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Finland authorities investigate function of foreign ship after power cable television outage
Finnish police said on Thursday they are examining whether a foreign ship was involved in the damage of an undersea power cable television linking Finland and Estonia following an abrupt blackout on Wednesday. Baltic Sea countries are on high alert for potential acts of sabotage following a string of outages of power cable televisions, telecom links and gas pipelines given that 2022, although subsea equipment is also based on technical malfunction and mishaps. The 658 megawatt (MW) Estlink 2 power interconnector remains offline following the outage that began at midday local time on Wednesday, leaving only the 358 MW Estlink 1 in operation in between the 2 nations, operator Fingrid stated. The cops, in cooperation with the Border Guard and other authorities, are examining the chain of events of the incident, Finnish police said in a declaration. Investigators were probing the potential role of a foreign ship, cops stated without calling the vessel. Authorities in Sweden are on the other hand leading an investigation into the breach last month of two Baltic Sea telecom cables, in an incident German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has actually stated he assumed was caused by sabotage. Separately, Finnish police continue to examine damage caused last year to the Balticconnector gas pipeline linking Finland and Estonia, along with several telecoms cable televisions, and have said this was most likely brought on by a ship dragging its anchor. In 2022 the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream gas pipelines running along the seabed in the very same waters were blown up, in a. case still under examination by Germany.
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New York taxi jumps walkway outside Macy's on Christmas Day, injuring 7
Seven people were injured in New York City on Christmas Day when a taxi jumped a pathway and hit pedestrians outside a Macy's outlet store after the cab driver suffered a medical episode, authorities said on Wednesday. The occurrence happened in Midtown Manhattan near Macy's. flagship store in Herald Square near the corner of West 34th. Street and Avenue of the Americas, or Sixth Avenue. The store,. with its elaborately embellished display windows, is a magnet for. tourists and native Brand-new Yorkers around the holidays. In addition to the 58-year-old taxi driver, the injured. consisted of a 9-year-old young boy, two females aged 49 and four other. women aged 19, 37 and 41, cops added. One 49-year-old woman with a leg injury, the 9-year-old young boy. who suffered a cut and the 41-year-old lady who sustained an. injury to her head were taken to medical facility, authorities stated. The remaining 3 pedestrians declined medical attention,. according to cops, which added that all injuries were. non-life-threatening. Media pictures of the taxi revealed a heavily broken car. with broken parts and damages all over it.
United States seeks comment on airline traveler cash settlement proposition
The U.S. Department of Transportation stated on Thursday it was seeking public comment on whether airline companies must be required to pay passengers money settlement when flight disruptions are triggered by carriers.
The USDOT is offering the public 60 days to comment as it launches the rulemaking process but stopped short of issuing a. official proposition. It will be up to President-elect Donald Trump's. administration to choose whether to pursue guidelines. Trump. has promised to slash regulations broadly.
It's really sensible to say you have some settlement for. your time and some protections, U.S. Transport Secretary. Pete Buttigieg said in an interview at an air travel occasion.
He stated payment rules for delays would change the. economic reward in a way that encourages airlines to do more.
In May 2023, President Joe Biden said his administration. would write guidelines needing airline companies to compensate travelers. for interfered with flights and said the USDOT would release a proposition. by the end of 2023.
Canada, Brazil, the European Union and the UK. all have airline delay payment rules however Buttigieg said the. USDOT is not copypasting Europe's guidelines.
The USDOT desires comment on whether airlines ought to be. needed to pay $200-$ 300 for domestic hold-ups of at least 3. hours, $375-$ 525 for six-hour delays, and $750-$ 775 for. nine-hour delays.
Airlines for America, a trade group representing American. Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. and others, dramatically criticized the proposal. Airlines. have actually sparred with USDOT over flight disturbances and sued to. block USDOT's charge disclosure rules.
Mandating extra cash payment - beyond what. airlines currently supply - will increase ticket prices, the. group stated. This proposition is simply one in a long string of. ill-conceived and rushed rules from an administration intent on. reregulating the U.S. airline company market.
Airlines should refund travelers for canceled flights, however. are not required to compensate consumers for delays. Major. providers have actually dedicated to spending for meals, hotel stays and. other costs when they trigger considerable flight interruptions.
Buttigieg kept in mind, however, that the USDOT had actually required and. prodded airline companies to do more.
I'm not extremely amazed that when we require them to. deal with travelers better they're going to resist, he said.
The USDOT is thinking about whether little airline companies must pay. less, if compensation should be required when guests are. informed well in advance, and if airlines should cover meals,. hotel stays and other costs after carrier disruptions.
The USDOT is also considering needing airline companies to rebook. passengers on their next offered flights, or if flights are. unavailable for 24 hours, possibly needing them to use. rivals.
It is uncertain if the USDOT requires additional authority from. Congress to mandate delay payment.
Buttigieg has actually taken an assertive method to investigating. airline companies. He stated the USDOT is working to finalize household. seating and wheelchair guidelines by Jan. 20.
(source: Reuters)