Containers return empty to origin Amsterdam, 7 March 2021–Containers that carried millions of Covid 19 protection masks to countries in Africa and South America early in the pandemic remain there, empty and uncollected, because shipping carriers have concentrated their vessels on their most popular routes — those linking North America and Europe to Asia. And…
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Amsterdam, 7 March 2021–Danish shipping company Maersk expects world trade to grow by 3% or more in 2021. The company sees global trade recovering, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about the size of the impact of Covid-19 on the world economy in 2021. So it is implementing a global strategy that positions…
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From Holland and Brazil with Love The comeback story of a very special bird inspired AkzoNobel, Azul Airlines and Embraer to create the most colorful airplane in South America and perhaps of the world– the “Blue Macaw” Embraer 195 E2. The new Azul Airlines livery features the little blue macaw ( the Spix’s macaw), a…
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Bureaucratic hurdles ahead Brasilia. Brazil’s government is finally changing the rules to give foreign companies an equal shot at winning government contracts, the Economy Ministry said on Monday. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has pledged to fight corruption and open up one of the world’s most protected countries to foreign business and the overseas investment necessary to modernize…
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Hamburg, Germany 2020 . Political stability, numerous mineral resources and sustainable economic growth, which has led to a significant increase in domestic demand, have also led to an appreciation of the country in the global transport and logistics market. Brazil is an important trading partner for the northern European seaports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven and…
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Solutions can guarantee migration from TV Gazeta’s legacy automation system Pebble Beach Systems announced that the São Paulo television station, TV Gazeta, is modernizing its broadcasting operations with Dolphin, a compact and accessible integrated channel device and Marina, a centralized content management, ingest and multi-automation solution channel. Migrating its legacy automation system, TV Gazeta decided…
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The 2020s are poised to be to energy firms what the 2010s were to utilities—disruptive As revolutionary slogans go, it hardly had the resonance of ¡No pasarán! But when Repsol, a Spanish oil company, said in December it would reduce the net carbon footprint of everything it produces to zero within 30 years, it marked the most powerful…
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Rio de Janeiro, –The extent of Brazil’s startup growth and development in the last decade has been noteworthy, with at least nine new startup unicorns appearing in 2019 and huge amounts of VC investment arriving from around the world. Back in 2012, Forbes described Brazil as “one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world,” and Brazil…
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Brasilia, Jan.2020–The Brazilian government authorized Bolivian oil and gas company YPFB to use the Gasbol pipeline to sell gas to other companies in Brazil beyond state-run oil firm Petrobras, according to a publication on Friday in the official gazette. Brazil’s Energy Ministry gave the green light to a request by a local subsidiary of YPFB…
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The $1 billion contract awarded to Subsea 7 by Brazilian national oil company Petrobras, marks a new era in Subsea 7´s history. It is the first major (in terms of contract value) contract for the company after its merger with Acergy. The contract is for development of the Guara and Lula deepwater pre-salt fields in…
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