The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has started surveying the seabed of the southern waters of Belize as part of the UK Government’s Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme. Almost all activity in our oceans, from shipping to monitoring delicate marine environments, depends on accurate seabed mapping data that illustrates the shape and movement of natural underwater ...

The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index rose to a near one-month high on Thursday, helped by a jump in rates across vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels, rose 229 points, or 13.4%, to 1,940, its highest level since Jan. 12. The capesize index jumped ...

With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 Winter Olympics dampening the economy development, mainland China’s GDP growth in the fourth quarter 2021 was 4%, which is lower than the 4.9% growth recorded in the previous quarter and 6.5% lower than the growth recorded in the corresponding period a year earlier. The National Bureau of ...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA (OSE: WAWI) releases a Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework (“Framework”) linked to our carbon intensity reduction target. The Framework is available at https://www.walleniuswilhelmsen.com/who-we-are/investors/reports-and-presentations Torbjørn Wist, acting CEO, says: “Wallenius Wilhelmsen is establishing a Framework that can be used for future financings. This will allow financial partners who share our commitment to sustainability to align ...