Plastics

175 nations endorse resolution to end plastic pollution

The UNEA aims to create an international, legally binding agreement that includes production, design and disposal of plastic.

Single-use plastic could be on its way out. During the Fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) on Wednesday, 175 nations endorsed a resolution to end plastic pollution. 

The UNEA aims to create an international, legally binding agreement that includes production, design and disposal of plastic. The agreement, to be drafted by the end of 2024, will include alternatives to single-use plastics, such as designing reusable and recyclable products, improving collaboration to access technology, and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/175-nations-endorse-resolution-to-end-plastic-pollution

A&R Logistics unifies acquisitions under Quantix brand

Since being acquired by Chicago-based equity firm Wind Point Partners in 2019, A&R Logistics has been on a buying spree to expand its fleet footprint and grow its comprehensive suite of supply chain services, including warehousing, packaging and transportation focused on the chemicals and plastic industry.

Related article: A&R acquires RJ’s to scale liquid services along Gulf Coast

On Wednesday, the company announced it is retiring the individual company names, including A&R Logistics, Blue Water...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ar-logistics-unifies-acquisitions-under-quantix-brand

Survey: Even environmentally indifferent consumers want sustainable shipping option

Consumers call for more sustainable packaging and shipping in e-commerce.

As e-commerce skyrocketed during the pandemic, the environmental toll of home deliveries has not gone unnoticed. While some experts say that home deliveries are more efficient, this is only true if shoppers take fewer trips to stores.

And, consumers are recognizing the increase in plastic and what they consider to be excessive packaging used for shipping products to their doors.

Logistics data-science platform Sifted and experience management platform parcelLab published separate reports that...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/survey-even-environmentally-indifferent-consumers-want-sustainable-shipping-option

Larvotto reopening to go ahead despite… plus more

Larvotto reopening to go ahead despite… plus more

Monaco; the marina and at the centre the Yacht Club de Monaco

Good Morning Monaco Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Larvotto reopening to go ahead despite unfinished details

With just a month ago to its long-awaited reopening, the new Larvotto Beach will open at the beginning of July despite some unfinished details.

Government extends ban on plastic in everyday use

The Principality, under the leadership of His Serene Highness the Sovereign Prince, is committed to...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/01/larvotto-reopening-to-go-ahead-despite-plus-more/

Mammoet transports massive modules for GCGV

Mammoet transports massive modules for GCGV

These modules are the largest to be received to date.

Large SPMT fleet aids construction of Gulf Coast plastics facility
 
 Mammoet crews at the Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) site in San Patricio County, Texas have recently completed the heavy haul of the largest modules to be received so far for the construction of a Gulf Coast plastics manufacturing facility. 
 
The most recent shipment included some of the largest onshore modules in the industry...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/05/11/mammoet-transports-massive-modules-for-gcgv/

Maersk Supply Service steps up its commitment to clean the Ocean of Plastic

Maersk Supply Service steps up its commitment to clean the Ocean of Plastic

Photo credit to The Ocean Cleanup

A.P. Møller-Maersk has extended its partnership with The Ocean Cleanup for three years, and Maersk Supply Service will continue to provide marine sup-port to rid the ocean for plastic. At the same time, Maersk Supply Service is launching a Plastic Policy to increase its focus on how it can reduce plastic waste from its own operations and supply chain.

Since 2018, Maersk Supply Service A/S...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/01/13/maersk-supply-service-steps-up-its-commitment-to-clean-the-ocean-of-plastic/

CN, others to develop plastics resins export facility in Alabama

A photograph of a CN train traveling by a manufacturing facility.

Canadian railway CN (NYSE: CNI) has partnered with others to develop a high-tech logistics near the Port of Mobile in Alabama for the export of plastics resins or pellets.

CN, Mississippi Export Railroad subsidiary Alabama Export Railroad and Ray-Mont Logistics expect the first phase of the logistics park in Mobile to be open in late 2021. The facility, designed to bag and containerize plastic pellets, will have an annual capacity of 25,000 twenty-foot equivalent units.

“With this new project CN...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cn-others-to-develop-plastics-resins-export-facility-in-alabama

CSX, A&R Logistics celebrate new plastics facility near Charleston

A CSX train hauls intermodal containers.

A&R Logistics has opened a 615,000-square-foot facility near the Port of Charleston in South Carolina. CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) partnered with A&R Logistics in bringing the facility to fruition.

The facility is targeting high-volume, export-seeking plastics producers that are looking for a shipping alternative to the U.S. Gulf Coast. A&R Logistics provides dry bulk and liquid chemical transportation services to chemical companies. The company also offers warehousing and packaging, distribution, export...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/csx-ar-logistics-celebrate-new-plastics-facility-near-charleston

Nor-Shipping’s latest Ocean #ACTION Hero, Nina Jensen, CEO, REV Ocean

Nina Jensen, CEO, REV Ocean – Looking to a brighter future

Nor-Shipping’s latest Ocean #ACTION Hero, Nina Jensen, CEO, REV Ocean

It’s time for REV(ol)Ocean

The world’s greatest challenge demands mankind’s greatest commitment. Nor-Shipping’s latest Ocean #ACTION Hero, Nina Jensen, CEO REV Ocean, outlines her ambitions for a project unlike any other.

Nina Jensen is talking about facial recognition technology.

For fish.

A passer-by, or ‘Zoom bomber’ in this case, might think she’s joking if they only...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/11/16/nor-shippings-latest-ocean-action-hero-nina-jensen-ceo-rev-ocean/

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