Shipping Investment

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Tweaking cargo support rules may not fetch order inflows for local yards in the near term

Business Line 26 Oct 2020

Shipping Ministry throwing its weight behind Vizhinjam box transhipment port ... “The re-designed RoFR is good for us,” said an executive with a Mumbai-based shipping company. “Otherwise, all the ships (foreign-built) we own today will not qualify; these we have bought investing hundreds of millions of dollars over the past few years,” he added....

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UK’s PrimaryBid raises $50M as its retail investing platform sees a Covid-19 surge of activity

Crunch 26 Oct 2020

Rally last month demonstrated that there is definitely money and opportunity in providing a way to invest in (not buy) collectibles; Yieldstreet has built a platform to introduce investors to new investment classes too like shipping; and companies like Stash, Revolut and Robinhood are also bringing trading and investing to a new class of consumers....

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China's 'Dark' Fishing Fleet Lays Waste to Global Ecosystems

Beijing News 26 Oct 2020

"None of these ships sent out any public signals, and so can't be located by monitoring systems, so they operate in a loophole of international fisheries management," Lo said ... Squid fishing resources have gradually increased since the 1980s, with growing investment in ships and declining catches, Chen said....

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McGrath making final push for November

The Daily Independent - Ashland 26 Oct 2020

Symptoms of the Senate discord, she said, are the decline of Kentucky’s signature businesses and the shipping of jobs overseas. McGrath’s plan to fix the problems in Kentucky include an investment in repairing infrastructure, combating the opioid crisis, fighting corruption and make sure affordable healthcare is available to everyone who needs it ... ....

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Willie Deese: Fast-tracking a COVID vaccine: Go for it ... safely.

News & Record 25 Oct 2020

It requires deep investments of money, ... Some vaccine candidates would have special needs for getting to market, requiring a robust “cold chain” of production, storage and distribution that exceeds typical standards and could require investments in container and shipping technology....

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Joe Biden: Where does Joe Biden stand on key issues?

BBC News 24 Oct 2020

Raise minimum wage and invest in green energy ... He also wants a $2tn investment in green energy, arguing that boosting green manufacturing helps working class union workers, who perform most of those jobs ... Mr Biden was previously criticised for backing the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta), which critics say shipped jobs overseas....

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Vietnam Plans to Become Solid Middle-Class Nation by 2025

Voa News 23 Oct 2020

Vietnam's top leaders have resolved to become at least a middle-income country over the next five years, an about-face from abject poverty in the 1980s, by attracting more foreign investment in manufacturing ... Their investment creates jobs and raises incomes among Vietnam's 97 million people....

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Indian scientists discover chemicals to help make gas hydrates faster

Business Line 22 Oct 2020

We can make hydrates of natural gas in factories, which can then be pelletised and transported in refrigerated trucks or ships ... as it is shipped in special containers ... However, billions of dollars have been invested in creating liquefaction, shipping and transportation of LNG....

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Amazon announces $100 million logistics investment in Mexico

Yahoo Daily News 22 Oct 2020

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has invested $100 million in opening new warehouses in Mexico, including its first shipping centers outside the populous capital area, in a bid to offer faster deliveries ... ship their products faster and at lower costs....

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Events to Granola in a Few Unexpected Steps

The East Hampton Star 22 Oct 2020

After the pandemic put an end to her career as an event planner in New York City, Samantha Perlstein quickly cooked up a Plan B and launched a healthy, high-end brand of granola that's been selling out at East End farmers markets ... Perlstein ... "Right now I'm investing in really nice boxes for shipping, so it feels a little more luxurious," she said ... ....

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O'Brien announces Navy ships and subs will be outfitted with Trump's favorite missile

Politico 21 Oct 2020

O’Brien said previous methods of investing in new ship classes and weapons systems “led to insufficient investment for the systems necessary to maintain peace and deterrence today.” He also touched on how lightly manned and unmanned vessels that use artificial intelligence are ......

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Join Extra Crunch Live on October 27 for a conversation on early stage and storytelling ...

Crunch 21 Oct 2020

If anyone knows early stage investing and startups, it’s M.G ... As a General Partner at GV, he’s personally invested in his fair share of rocket ship companies early on in their lifecycles, including Anchor, Slack, Medium and Stripe ... and scouting for potential investment....

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Nova Chemicals to sell Beaver County plant

The Beaver Times 21 Oct 2020

POTTER TWP. – Nova Chemicals Corp. plans to sell its Beaver County plant to a Mexico-based petrochemical manufacturer in an effort to shift priorities ... It employs 200 people and can produce millions of pounds of resins each year to be shipped globally. Nova, based in Canada but owned by Mubadala Investment Co....