Indian Railways to set up four biodiesel plants
PTI. State-owned Indian Railways will set up four biodiesel plants at a cost of about Rs 120 crore (US$26.3 million).
Two plants will be commissioned at Raipur and Chennai during the next two years, and the other two units will be set up subsequently….
Study finds that switch to heavy and synthetic crude oils could double or triple refinery emissions
Increasing crude processing intensity and energy intensity with worsening oil quality. OQ: Crude feed oil quality. PI:
Crude processing intensity. EI: Refinery energy intensity. Observations are annual weighted averages for districts 1 (yellow), 2 …
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Riding out the storm Trucking exec Steve Russell came home on a wing and a fare.
Labor Issues
Even though freight volumes have softened, over 60 percent of carriers say freight levels have increased, leading to unprecedented levels of optimism among fleets since the fall of 2008.
California ARB staff hosting first meeting of Low Carbon Fuel Standard advisory panel
The staff of the California Air Resources Board is holding the first meeting of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Advisory Panel on 16 Feb 2011.
The LCFS regulation, which became effective as of 15 April 2010, requires ARB to convene a Panel which…
Nippon Yusen expanding car terminal business in China, India
Nikkei. Nippon Yusen KK is expanding its car terminal business in emerging market economies, with China and India rapidly growing as automobile exporters.
The shipping company engages in car terminal operations at nine ports worldwide. Those terminals…
Qantas
IT’S SHOCKING really but who was surprised that Qantas, having promised to get stranded Australians out of Egypt, left them waiting another 13 hours in the hell of Cairo airport due to ”technical problems”. I don’t doubt the endless mechanical failur…
Unemployment dips; new jobs rare
The unemployment rate fell in January even as new jobs remained scarce, offering further evidence of a frustratingly uneven economic recovery.
Singapore Airlines the top ‘international’ Singaporean brand
In an exploratory study conducted by Swiss business school IMD on the international potency of domestic Singaporean brands, 18.2 percent of respondents cited Singapore Airlines as the top national brand that they were most enthusiastic about and would …
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Though the sun may be shining and the winds calm, Bureau County residents and area road crews are still feeling the brunt of this week’s blizzard which covered the area with more than a foot of snow, closing schools and many businesses.