Demand for storage space – to keep personal items, business equipment, or anything else too bulky to be kept at home or in the office – has continued to increase over the past two years, a new industry Census has revealed. “Container Self-Storage Census 2021”, published by the Container Self-Storage and Traders Association (www.containa.org) shows ...

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 ...