Liquefied natural gas (LNG) remains the fuel of choice for lower-carbon shipping, despite the rise in orders for vessels equipped with dual-fuel methanol and ammonia engines, according to Rystad Energy analysis. While question marks remain around just how environmentally friendly LNG is as a shipping fuel, its price competitiveness, abundant supply and well-developed infrastructure give it an advantage over the alternatives. This is particularly evident with LNG bunkering; fueling ships with LNG. More than 2,400 vessels are equipped to operate…

While the whole world is watching the Arabian/Persian Gulf arena at present, amid lingering fears of an imminent Israeli attack on Iran, a new crisis could be unfolding. According to statements from the Iranian news site Tasnim, which is semi-governmental but linked to the IRGC, Iran's navy is reportedly heading toward the Red Sea to protect Iranian commercial vessels navigating the already highly contested area. The deployment of additional Iranian navy vessels into the Red Sea, bordering not only Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Sudan but also of vital…

Es 17 de abril del año 2024. Es el día número 108 del año. Por ser un año bisiesto, faltan 258 días para su terminación, pues tiene 366 días. Hoy es miércoles. Los años bisiestos se presentan cada cuatro años en los que se añade un día más a febrero (29 F)...

As the world heats up, several countries experiencing greater wildfires. Last year, Canada battled record blazes and despite getting them under control, several fires continue to rage out of site. The so-called ‘zombie fires’ are hidden beneath layers of snow and continue to burn at an unprecedented rate, raising fears of what will happen when the snow subsides.  In 2023, Canada experienced a record year of wildfires that burnt through around 45.7 million acres of land, equivalent to around twice the land area of Portugal.…

El día de hoy miércoles 17 del presente mes comenzó la asignación del bono "Contra la Guerra Económica" dirigido a los jubilados de la administración pública correspondiente al mes de abril a través del Sistema Patria. De acuerdo con el Canal Patria Digital en X se informó...

17 de abril de 2024.- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, experimenta hoy una pérdida de apoyo entre los votantes latinos, un bloque electoral clave para los demócratas, según marcan insistentemente las encuestas. A menos de siete meses de las elecciones en el país, los sondeos revelan qu...

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan intend to spend millions of dollars in the coming years developing international trade corridors in the South Caucasus. While such investment may boost prosperity, it is likely to exacerbate a pernicious environmental and health challenge: air pollution. A lack of environmental regulation of industry – along with the explosive growth of automobiles – since the Soviet Union’s collapse means that many cities in the Caucasus are often engulfed in smog. The expansion of trade that regional leaders…

17 de abril de 2024.- Durante la sesión ordinaria de la Asamblea Nacional (AN) fue autorizada la designación de cuatro nuevas embajadoras quienes representarán al país ante el Reino de España, Serbia, Angola y Guinea Ecuatorial, así como otros países en los que tendrán concurrencia, para seguir afia...

China is the world’s biggest hydro power producer, having generated an estimated 1,303 terawatt hours of hydropower in 2022, according to data published by Ember, a UK-based energy think tank. As Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the chart below, this equates to approximately 31 percent of global hydropower that year. Following some way behind comes Brazil (427 TWh), Canada (398 TWh), the United States (249 TWh) and Russia (198 TWh).When looking at hydropower’s share of total electricity production for each of these countries, then Norway…

17 de abril de 2024.- La interrogante entre los delegados que participan en las Reuniones de Primavera del Banco Mundial y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) es si los países del sur global pueden lograr un cambio en las políticas económicas neoliberales que siguen beneficiando, sobre todo, a l...

The Biden administration is potentially gearing up to reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela, as President Nicolas Maduro violates the conditions of the existing temporary sanctions relief in his attempt to quash the opposition ahead of this year’s elections. On Wednesday, the Biden administration signaled that sanctions could be implemented anew when the six-month temporary deal expires on Thursday.  Elections in Venezuela are scheduled for July 28, and Maduro has tirelessly worked to ban opposition candidates by using trumped-up criminal…

17 de abril de 2024.- El ministro para la Defensa, Vladimir Padrino, reafirmó este miércoles el compromiso de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (Fanb) en la defensa de la Guayana Esequiba y el reconocimiento del Acuerdo de Ginebra de 1966 para alcanzar una solución favorable a la controversia te...

Via Metal Miner Overall, the Aluminum Monthly Metals Index (MMI) remained sideways, with a 2.03% rise from March to April. Aluminum prices outperformed all base metals throughout March, with a 4.71% rise from the close of February. Prices continued their rally throughout April, hitting their highest level since February 2023 by April 8. Aluminum Prices Chase 2023 Highs The aluminum price rally continued to play out during the first weeks of April as prices repeatedly toppled previous highs. This included their 2023 close, as prices made it over…

17 de abril de 2024.- Durante un seminario, que se realizó en Río de Janeiro, Brasil, sobre enfermedades transmitidas por mosquitos, un grupo de científicos alertó que la crisis climática y el fenómeno de «El Niño» son las principales causas por las que aumentaron los casos de dengue en América Lati...

17 de abril de 2024.- Organizaciones opositoras exigieron la publicación del acuerdo para una transición pacífica y ordenada consensuado el 3 de abril, en lugar de uno modificado por el Consejo de Ministros. En Haití, se publicó este martes por el Consejo de Ministros el decreto de nombramiento a...

It is fair to say that the European Union's sanctions regime against Russia has had a bit of a wobble in recent weeks, particularly with regard to the list of entities and people that the bloc has imposed asset freezes and visa bans on since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. As the European Union considers expanding the sanctions list, which currently includes 2,177 individuals and entities, three people were removed from the list in March during its routine biannual review, which requires the unanimous agreement of all 27 EU member states.…

Global oil demand jumped by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in February from January, hitting a five-year seasonal high, with seasonal-high demand for gasoline and an all-time high oil demand in India, according to data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) published on Wednesday.      Oil demand in the 38 countries that report data to JODI also rose by 1.1 million bpd in February 2024 compared to February 2023, showed the data shared by the Riyadh-based International Energy Forum (IEF). The monthly…

Global oil demand jumped by 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in February from January, hitting a five-year seasonal high, with seasonal-high demand for gasoline and an all-time high oil demand in India, according to data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) published on Wednesday.      Oil demand in the 38 countries that report data to JODI also rose by 1.1 million bpd in February 2024 compared to February 2023, showed the data shared by the Riyadh-based International Energy Forum (IEF). The monthly…

17 de abril de 2024.- Telegram se expande como un incendio forestal. Dos millones y medio de usuarios se inscriben cada día", declaró el ruso Pavel Durov, cofundador de la plataforma junto a su hermano Nikolai, en una inusual entrevista, grabada en video, con el periodista estadounidense Tucker Carl...