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Set of Best Practices to Ensure IoT Security Released by Consortium
IoT is complex, fast-growing and often intertwined with systems that govern things like water and power. That makes IoT security a critical requirement, but it's one that's not necessarily well understood.
Thermoformed Plastics Market Could See 5 Percent Growth Through 2020
The global thermoformed plastics market is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to 5 percent during the period 2016-2020, according to Technavio's latest report.
Offshore Maintenance Market Expected to Bounce Back from Oil Price Decline
Forecasts call for a steady recovery from the recent oil price downturn in the offshore maintenance market with spending expected to improve significantly between 2017 and 2021.
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Rates for Very Large Gas Carriers Likely to Remain Under Pressure
A wave of cargo cancellations from the U.S. is putting additional pressure on Very Large Gas Carrier rates, according to the latest edition of the LPG Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
New Tech Promises to Cut Costs, Carbon Emissions in Plastics Manufacturing
A new technology could dramatically reduce the costs and carbon emissions in the manufacturing of the world's plastics supplies, according to researchers from Exxon Mobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Administration Rolls Out New Fuel-Economy Standards for Trucks
The Obama administration has finalized new fuel-economy standards for large trucks, buses and other heavy-duty vehicles, the latest in a series of efforts aimed at slashing greenhouse gas emissions and weaning the nation from its dependence on fossil fuels.
Slowdown Seen in Crude Oil Shipping
A steep rise in refinery capacity in the Middle East, the world's crude oil production hub, will diminish oil trade growth and with it prospects for tanker shipping, according to the latest edition of the Tanker Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
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Website Devoted to Energy Efficiency in Maritime Projects
The IMO has launched Glomeep.imo.org, a website with information about energy-efficient technologies - covering areas such as machinery, propulsion systems, hull improvements and energy recovery.
Market Is Growing for Sand, the Simple But Indispensable Ingredient to Fracking
Amid the gloom and doom that's set in all along America's shale fields these past two years, there has been one small, but consistent, bright spot. Sand.
Market for Chemical Tankers Expected to Slow, Especially for Larger Vessels
Time charter rates in the smaller chemical tanker vessel sizes are expected to remain stable over the next two years, but rates for the larger sizes, especially medium range (MR) vessels, will decline due to the impact of falling clean petroleum products (CPP) freight rates, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
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LNG Shipping Industry Expected to Need More Vessels
Despite the current weakness in LNG shipping rates, Drewry maintains its bullish long-term outlook for LNG shipping and believes that the market will require more vessels than listed on the current orderbook, according to the latest edition of the LNG Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
So, Maybe Plastic Isn't So Bad for Environment After All?
There isn't a single person in the plastics industry who hasn't been regularly bombarded with concerns from all sides about the environmental costs of plastic production and use. But a new study takes some of the sting out, finding the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than replacing plastics with alternative materials.
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