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Panama Speeds Up Process to Revoke Sanctioned Vessels

Prior to this new expedited process, it would take months to remove a sanctioned vessel from the Panama Ship Registry.

Several freighters, assisted by tugboats, entering the Panama Canal at Gatun Locks on the Atlantic side. Photo: iStock / searagen

Arkansas May Have Enough Lithium Reserves for World’s Batteries

The researchers say there might be 5-19 million tons of lithium in an underground brine reservoir in the Smackover Formation.

Lithium ion battery modules. Photo: iStock.com/Pasha Pechenkin

Busiest U.S. Trade Hub Beat Pandemic Cargo Record in Q3

The LA and Long Beach ports, which together account for roughly a third of all U.S. container imports, each had their busiest ever peak season.

Port of Long Beach. Photographer: Tim Rue/Bloomberg

Indonesia Forms $1.2B Battery Venture with China’s CATL

The project in Karawang, West Java, aims to scale up battery production to 15 gigawatts a year.

A Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. experience center in Chengdu, China. Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg

Podcast | Can India Rival China as a Manufacturing Superpower?

Is India on the verge of eclipsing China as a global manufacturing powerhouse?

Iron tube welding in a factory in India. High efficiency switch welder operating in Raipur, India.

Tariff Tensions Between China, U.S. Spark 'Sharp Change' in Trade With Mexico

Vesselbot's data shows that Mexico's Manzanillo Ensenada and Lazara Cardenas ports have seen record-breaking container volumes over the last year.

Mexico's Port of Manzanillo. Photo: iStock / Eric Broder Van Dyke

EU, China Face Hurdles in Clinching EV Deal Before Tariffs Start

China has threatened to raise tariffs on large-engine vehicles and said it will start collecting duties on cognac, in moves that would hit the EU’s two largest economies.

BYD Co. E5 electric vehicles in taxi livery at a lot in Shenzhen, China. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

Uganda Plans $600M Rail Line to Connect Proposed Port

The line will connect with a €2.7 billion ($2.9 billion) track that will link Uganda’s capital of Kampala to Malaba at the border with Kenya.

Photo: Bloomberg

Ferromex, Union Pacific Suspend Grain Shipments into Mexico After Derailment

Although the track at the derailment site has been reopened, the permit suspension will remain in place until the current train lineup is cleared.

Photo: iStock / ablokhin

Turkey Turns to World Bank to Finance $4B Railway Project

The railway would cross the Yavuz Sultan Selim suspension bridge, one of the longest and widest of its kind in the world.

Passenger ferries sail on the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. Photographer: Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg

Russian Tanker Sanctions Fail to Stop Ships Hauling Moscow’s Oil

The blacklisted tankers are just a tiny part of the shadow fleet amassed by Russia to move its oil outside the reach of the Western powers.

Photo: iStock.com/Alexey Bakharev

The Future of Supply Chain Management and Global Trade Dynamics

The 4th Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit, hosted by The New Economy Academy, empowers young professionals with the tools and knowledge to navigate and capitalise on the evolving landscape. This makes the Global Trade and Supply Chain Summit an unparalleled opportunity to connect with forward-thinking individuals who are actively shaping the UAE’s economic future.

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