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Daimler Truck eyes half of Europe sales from EVs in 2030
Daimler Truck , among the world's greatest business vehicle makers, aims for half of its European sales to come from electrical trucks in 2030, the head of its MercedesBenz Trucks unit, Karin Radstrom, said on Monday. Radstrom, who is due to take the helm of the whole group next month, seeks to offer as numerous as 30,000 electric trucks, or half of Daimler's s amount to lorry sales in Europe, by the end of the decade. Hopefully we'll be so excellent that we can do much more, she said at an interview during the IAA Transportation trade fair in Hanover. Daimler Truck will start producing its very first fully-electric heavy truck Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 in November this year and has already gotten 2,000 orders for it. Its outbound CEO Martin Daum earlier on Monday stated he sees no reducing on the European truck market in the very first half of 2025. The group deals with suppressed need after chips and other parts shortages in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed up production expenses. The trucking industry also faces difficulties to decrease contamination from industrial lorries, while logistic firms, their main customers, hesitate to pay more for electric trucks as the charging infrastructure is still far from complete.
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Airlines suspend flights as Middle East tensions increase
Concerns over a wider dispute in the Middle East have actually triggered worldwide airline companies to suspend flights to the region or to prevent afflicted air space. Below are some of the airline companies that have actually adjusted services to and from the region: AIR ALGERIE The Algerian airline suspended flights to and from Lebanon until even more see. AIRBALTIC. Latvia's airBaltic strategies to resume flights between Riga and Tel . Aviv on Sept. 17, it stated through e-mail on Sept. 16. AIR FRANCE-KLM. KLM cancelled all flights to and from Tel Aviv until Oct. 26. The Franco-Dutch group's low-cost unit Transavia cancelled. flights to and from Tel Aviv till March 31, 2025, and flights. to Amman and Beirut until Nov. 3. AIR INDIA. The Indian flag provider suspended set up flights to and from. Tel Aviv up until further notification. CATHAY PACIFIC. Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific cancelled all flights to Tel Aviv. up until March 27, 2025. DELTA AIR LINES. The U.S. provider paused flights between New york city and Tel Aviv. through Oct. 31. EASYJET. The UK spending plan airline company stopped flying to and from Tel Aviv in. April and will resume flights on March 30, 2025, a representative. said. IAG. IAG-owned Spanish low-priced provider Vueling cancelled its. operations to Tel Aviv up until Jan. 12, 2025, it said in an. e-mailed comment. Flights to Amman have actually been cancelled until. further observe, the airline added. LOT. The Polish flag carrier suspended flights to Lebanon until. even more observe, while flights to Tel Aviv are now operating. regularly, it stated in an e-mailed comment on Sept. 10. LUFTHANSA GROUP. The German airline company group, which includes carriers such as. Austrian Airline Companies and Brussels Airlines, resumed flights to Tel . Aviv on Sept. 5, while flights to Beirut will stay suspended. through Sept. 30. Swiss International Air Lines, also a part of the Lufthansa. Group, separately stated it had suspended flights to Beirut up until. completion of October. RYANAIR. Europe's greatest spending plan airline company cancelled flights to and from. Tel Aviv up until Oct. 26, mentioning functional limitations. SUNDAIR. The German airline company cancelled all flights between Bremen and. Beirut until Oct. 23. SUNEXPRESS. SunExpress, a joint endeavor in between Turkish Airline companies. and Lufthansa, suspended flights to Beirut through Dec. 17. UNITED AIRLINES. The Chicago-based airline company suspended flights to Tel Aviv for the. foreseeable future due to security reasons. LEBANESE AIRSPACE INFORMS. Britain recommended UK airlines not to get in Lebanese airspace from. Aug. 8 until Nov. 4 pointing out potential danger to aviation from. military activity.
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Titanic contractor Harland & Wolff to exit non-core businesses amidst financial obligation woes
Harland & & Wolff said on Monday it will either wind down or dispose of its noncore companies and lay off some employees as the British shipbuilder struggles to remain in service in the middle of a financial obligation crisis. The company, known for building the Titanic, did not define the number of jobs it was planning to cut, however stated it will minimize headcount in the non-core and particular main support locations. The firm's non-care operations consist of the Marine Providers company, the Scilly Ferries company, and the U.S. and Australian systems. The Belfast-based shipyard, which has actually struggled to maintain with competitors and is past due on its credit line, was turned down a 200 million pound ($ 263.94 million) credit center by the UK federal government in July. The firm sent its CEO on immediate leave in July. Its financing chief likewise stepped down recently. Trading of the business's shares has actually been suspended given that July, pending finalisation of its 2023 accounts on a going issue basis. The shipbuilder will keep its core operations running at its 4 shipyards and maintain its interest in the Islandmagee Gas Storage project.
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Taiwan's CPC Corp looks for Oct jet fuel, sources say
Taiwan's stateowned energy company CPC Corp is seeking to buy one area October jet fuel cargo, multiple trade sources said on Monday, marking its very first procurement tender for the fuel this year. The company is wishing to obtain 300,000 barrels of the air travel fuel for Oct. 1-20 shipment to either a couple of berths in Taiwan, they included. The tender closes on Sept. 18 and is valid till Sept. 20. CPC Corp obtained jet fuel in December 2023, for delivery in January this year, Reuters data revealed, adding that the refiner purchased two freights of 300,000 barrels last year. The buying is because of lower refinery production of the fuel due to an overhaul at one of its jet fuel and kerosene processing units in between now and October, one of the sources stated. Taiwan's other main refiner, Formosa Petrochemical Corp, is likewise shutting among its unrefined systems and other refining units for maintenance today.
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Low gas prices, LNG need in spotlight at Gastech conference
Top energy executives and ministers will meet in Houston this week for the yearly Gastech conference, with U.S. markets in focus as growing melted gas (LNG) exports help wean Europe off Russian gas and as Asia moves away from coal. The U.S., when an importer of LNG, has actually gone beyond Qatar as the world's top exporter, with brand-new innovation allowing America's. shale manufacturers to tap huge reserves. Both countries have. significant LNG expansion jobs underway, playing higher. value in international markets from Europe to Asia. The conference comes to the U.S. for the first time considering that. 2019 as the country has also become the world's greatest natural. gas producer. U.S. gas production grew 4% in 2015 to. 125 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). Exports of the. super-cooled gas leapt 12% to 11.9 Bcf/d. Gastech expects to host some 50,000 guests from 125. countries, with sessions on everything from gas markets and. decarbonization to Expert system (AI) and energy. security. Surging supply has actually pressed U.S. gas prices to multi-decade lows this year, hampering producers but benefiting consumers and. LNG companies using record quantities of gas. By 2026, U.S. LNG exports should be double their 2024. levels, with annual feed gas requirements averaging 19.7 Bcf/d. in 2 years' time, stated Matthew Palmer, executive director at. S&P Global Product Insights. Gas prices will be significantly higher in. 2025 as new LNG export jobs boost demand, stated Jim Simpson,. CEO of energy research study company, East Daley Analytics. In the U.S., brand-new export capability development will support. Europe's dedication to divest away from Russian gas following. its intrusion of Ukraine, while using Asian buyers a greener. option for power generation. Venture Global, whose CEO, Mike Sabel will talk to. attendees about the function of LNG in Europe's energy supply mix,. is amongst those companies. The business's Plaquemines LNG export. center in Louisiana will have an export capability of as much as 20. million metric tonnes per year, and is expected to start. operations this year. The U.S. exported some 7.48 million metric lots of LNG in August , approximately 43% of which went to Asia, according to LSEG data. GAS MANUFACTURERS BID THEIR TIME U.S. shale gas companies are banking on brand-new LNG terminals to. boost their market and rates. Poor returns have actually forced some to. cut production this year. The next 9 months have more opportunity of being. over-supplied than under-supplied since the LNG projects do. not arrive in force up until late next year, stated the president of. Aegis Hedging, Matt Marshall. U.S. producers typically need Henry Hub natural gas. prices above $3 per million British thermals units (mmBtu) to. produce cash flow for more drilling, stated S&P Global's Palmer. Gas rates are currently around $2.33 per mmBtu and have only. traded above $3 a few times this year. Henry Center gas prices are expected to average $2.19 per. mmBtu this year, the U.S. Energy Info Administration. ( EIA) stated today in a regular monthly report, lowering its estimate. by 11 cents from the prior forecast. The general story here is that a manufacturer of natural. gas needs to not expect this market to turn outrageously bullish. with the turn of the year. It is going to require time and this. market is susceptible to lower costs actually until next summer season,. stated Aegis' Marshall. Significant U.S. manufacturers, consisting of Chesapeake and EQT. were preparing to reduce production and defer well. conclusions in the 2nd half of 2024 in August, after prices. sank nearly 40% over the two months prior. As those brand-new LNG projects come online and take in more shale. gas, costs are anticipated to enhance. The U.S. EIA is. forecasting an average Henry Hub cost of $3.14 next year. Our expectation is that as LNG exports increase, the. market will return to stability, moving Henry Hub into the. $ 3-4/ MMBtu variety that will support a boost in production,. said Marshall.
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Apollo signs $1 billion deal with BP for Trans Adriatic Gas Pipeline
The companies announced on Monday that Apollo Global Management had signed a deal worth $1 billion with British energy giant BP in order to finance its stakes in the Trans Adriatic Natural Gas Pipeline. The U.S. asset management company will become a noncontrolling shareholder of BP's unit, which holds a 20% stake Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG. The other shareholders with 20% each are Azerbaijani state energy company SOCAR and Italian Snam. Fluxys, based in Belgium, is also a shareholder. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline operates a natural-gas transportation infrastructure between the Greek border and Turkey, as well as Southern Italy. Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG, the last 880 kilometres of the Southern Gas Corridor Pipeline System, stretches 3,500 kilometres from the Caspian to Europe. The pipeline transports natural gases from the BP operated Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan's Caspian Sea sector to European markets such as Greece and Italy. As part of BP's financial discipline, the proceeds of this deal will contribute to the $2-3 billion target for BP in 2024 of divestment proceeds and other proceeds. Leslie Mapondera said, "We're pleased to partner up with BP in an agreement that provides our investors with long term exposure to an industry leading infrastructure asset, with a stable and predictable cash flow profile. This will allow BP to achieve its objectives to retain control and execute on its capital-efficiency strategy." BP's share price rose 0.5%, to 406.10p at 0830 GMT. The transaction is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter, and BP will continue to control the unit after the deal has been closed. BP and Apollo also plan to explore additional investment opportunities. These include potential collaboration in gas and low carbon energy assets as well as infrastructure. The companies announced this in a joint statement. (Reporting and editing by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru, and Arunima Kumar in New York; Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Rashmi Aich at Eileen Soreng's office)
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Wall Street Journal - Sept 16
The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has actually not confirmed these stories and does not vouch for their precision. - Donald Trump was the target of a 2nd evident assassination effort Sunday when Trick Service agents opened fire on a gunman at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former U.S. president was playing golf just a couple of holes away. Trump was safe, and the suspect fled however was detained shortly later. - Air Canada and the union representing over 5,000 pilots reached a tentative four-year labor contract early Sunday, avoiding a strike at the country's greatest airline that threatened to disrupt domestic and cross-border travel. - Auckland International Airport stated it would seek to raise approximately 1.4 billion New Zealand dollars ($ 865.1 million). as it presses ahead with strategies to upgrade facilities developed some. 60 years back. - Emergency calls to 911 during Georgia's Apalachee High. School shooting rose so rapidly that some individuals needed to wait on. hold to speak with a dispatcher, newly launched records reveal.
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Brazil's Amazon drought interrupts homeowners' lives
Extreme droughts across Brazil's Amazon rain forest area are dramatically changing locals' lives as movement is hampered by recordlow levels on upper stretches of the Amazon River. In the town of Manacapuru, near state capital Manaus, the dry spell has affected navigation on the Solimoes River, which become the Amazon River just downstream and is a crucial lifeline for transporting all type of goods in and out of the town. Boats stranded on sandbanks have actually become a common sight, preventing the transportation of regional products such as fish, bananas, and cassava, along with interfering with the logistics for bringing in basic products like food and water from outdoors. We anchored the boat here, and it was stuck on dry land the next day. We had no chance to move it, said fisherman Josue Oliveira. Calling the situation important, fisherman Francisco da Silva noted that the water has currently begun to turn green, a sign it may quickly end up being risky to consume. We'll need to drink it anyhow, he said, including that getting products from other areas will no longer be possible with the river drying up. Absolutely nothing will make it through. According to the National Center for Tracking and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (Cemaden), the existing drought is the most intense and prevalent Brazil has actually experienced considering that records began in 1950. A weak rainy season in the north-central area has made the situation worse with rising atmospheric temperatures, and land-use changes that have changed forest areas with pastures. On Sunday, Brazil's Supreme Court licensed lifting spending limitations on wildfires and drought in the Amazon and Pantanal areas, as the nation faces the economic impacts of the climate events.
Amazon river levels fall due to lack of rain, harming navigation
In 2015's record drought in the Amazon and less than normal rains given that caused river water levels to drop quickly, preventing navigation by barges bring grains for export and cutting off neighborhoods that depend on river transportation.
The Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) has actually warned that water levels have actually been falling given that June and all rivers in the Amazon basin are expected to drop listed below their historical levels.
In Manaus, the Rio Negro river is 21 meters deep, below 24 meters at the exact same time in 2023, which is beginning to stress industries in the Free Trade Zone, where companies have asked for dredging work start on the river to avoid last year's. interruption of transportation.
Dredging has begun on critical points of the Madeira river. where just low-draft vessels are able to pass, according to the. government's department of transportation infrastructure DNIT. Dredging work is being contracted for the significant Amazon and. Solimoes rivers, DNIT said.
Following in 2015's drought, barges were prevented from. using some ports on the Amazon river, and the outlook for this. year is even worse, stated consultancy ARGUS.
This could lead to the redirecting of grain and fertilizer. cargoes in the coming months to Itaqui and other ports in the. south and southeast of Brazil, ARGUS stated in a study that. forecasts increased shipping expenses for producers.
In Porto Velho, Rondonia state, the Madeira River has actually been. below two meters given that July, when its regular depth is 5.3. meters, the SGB stated. The river has 2 hydroelectric dams,. Jirau and Santo Antonio, and transport is impacted on one. of the primary waterways for the north of Brazil.
Throughout the Amazon area, communities are dealing with isolation. due to lower river navigability. Citizens can not travel to purchase. food, and crops are being damaged, besides the fish that are. killed when streams dry up, hurting riverside neighborhoods that. live from fishing. In typical droughts, the rivers have sufficient volume to bring. food, little boats. However not now. They have dried up and people. are being isolated, stated climatologist Jose Marengo.
More rain had actually been anticipated in the 2nd half of this year. thanks to the La Niña phenomenon cooling the waters of the. Pacific near the Equator, which should bring more humidity in. northern Brazil and dried weather to the south.
This year, however, the waters of the Pacific have not. cooled as anticipated, which integrated with the lack of rain in. 2023, has led to a devastating situation in the Amazon, said. Marengo, planner of Research and Development at the National. Center for Natural Disaster Tracking and Alerts (Cemaden).
The lack of rain in the Amazon will deprive areas to the. south of wetness through the flying rivers that take water. vapor increasing from the rainforest to the savannah area listed below. the Amazon and additional to southern Brazil, stated Marengo, who. helped coin the term for the undetectable currents of humid air.
(source: Reuters)