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Trade and Commerce
Peel Ports Group welcomes proposed rail transformation
Peel Ports Group strongly welcomes the proposal launched today from the Liverpool–Manchester Railway (LMR) Board, highlighting the critical importance of rail freight in driving sustainable economic growth across the North and beyond.
With freight volumes forecast to rise significantly by 2050, the LMR proposals offer a timely and practical solution to easing road congestion, cutting emissions and enhancing the resilience of national supply chains.
The enhanced east–west connectivity outlined in...
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Wood’s Greek Retreat 2025: Record Participation by Greek Companies
Athens Exchange Group participates in and sponsors major investor event in Athens
The Athens Exchange Group is pleased to participate in and sponsor Wood’s Greek Retreat 2025, reaffirming its commitment to promoting Greek businesses within the international investment community.
This year’s event, held on May 15-16 in Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso Hotel in Athens, features a record participation of 32 Greek listed companies from key sectors of the economy.
Through a full agenda of one-on-one...
Corporate News from GAC 13 May 2025
| GAC signs deal to support Northern Lights Joint Venture |
| 13 May 2025, Bergen, Norway |
| GAC has signed a formal agreement to support the Northern Lights Joint Venture, part of the Norwegian Government’s carbon capture and storage initiative, Longship. |
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MacGregor to deliver electric cargo cranes for Vertom’s multipurpose vessels built in India
MacGregor has secured an order from the Vertom group, a Netherlands-based shipowner and maritime service provider, to deliver fully electric cargo cranes for four multipurpose vessels. This order represents MacGregor’s first electric crane delivery for vessels, which will be built in India, marking a significant milestone in expanding sustainable solutions to emerging markets.
The vessels will be constructed at Chowgule Shipyard in India, and the order has been...
Market Report: FTSE dips as UK unemployment inches up
- FTSE stumbles at the open
- Magnificent Seven investors embrace US/China trade agreement
- Sun shines on British retailers with April footfall up 7.2%
- Unemployment up from 4.4% to 4.5% as expected
- Sterling rises from 1 month low against the dollar
- On the Beach results highlight strong holiday demand
- US core Consumer Price Index (CPI) later today – consensus +2.8%
- Brent Crude down a touch to around $64.9 per barrel
Derren Nathan, head of equity research, Hargreaves Lansdown:
“The FTSE...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/05/13/market-report-ftse-dips-as-uk-unemployment-inches-up/
U-Freight achieves HKAEO accreditation for high security standard
U-Freight Ltd has been officially accredited as a Hong Kong Authorized Economic Operator (HKAEO) by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department.
This accreditation acknowledges that the company has met stringent security standards in its operations and cargo handling processes and will enable it to enjoy a range of trade...
US-China tariff reduction: insight on ocean container shipping impact, by Xeneta Chief Analyst
On the back of the news this morning CET – we’ve released the following:
Last week, talks about the potential return of container ships to Red Sea transits, also caught our...
The relation between Geo-Policy, Strategy and the Economy
by Commodore (HN Rt) Kostas Papachristodoulou (pictured above)
The Platform-table simulates the relation among Geo-Policy/Strategy/Economy
What is frequently speculated by the internet
• Many articles introduce the relation between Geo-Policy and Geo-economy, as the following;
Geo-politics is “realism”.Geo-economics is its “economic means.” By admitting the complexity of the world in GEOPOLITICS & GEOECONOMICS, the dangers of the “fragility” that lies in economic interdependence, AMANO Tatsushi,...
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