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Widened Panama Canal to Allow U.S. to Effectively Compete for More Natural Gas Exports to Asia

The United States is set to grab the first and biggest chunk of unfilled extra Asian demand for shipped gas between now and 2025 with help from a widened Panama Canal and prices that rivals could struggle to match.

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Quality, Performance, Speed-to-Market Drive Growth of Batch Management Software

Increased importance to quality, production performance, business system integration, and increased regulations on food and drug safety are fueling the growth in the batch management software (BMS) market. Global economic conditions and countries with increasingly troublesome fiscal conditions and policies are impacting regional growth patterns.

Mercedes-Benz Adds Fuel Cell Investment to New $70m Logistics Center

Mercedes-Benz has been saying for some time now the fuel cell vehicles are coming, and while eyes are on that potential a few years hence, the company is actually investing heavily now in fuel cells for more ordinary purposes in its own logistics operations.

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How Much Energy Does Retail Consume to Power E-commerce and Business Intelligence?

How much electricity is all of retail's e-commerce, big-data analytics and mobile shopping devouring? No one has calculated that, but a report out this month argues that all IT now consumes about 10 percent of the world's electricity.

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Ryder Debuts Transportation Services for Oil and Gas Industry

Ryder System Inc. is introducing new transportation and logistics services for the oil and gas industry.

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Electric-Power Generation Industry to Require More Automation and Software, Study Finds

After the economic crisis, which had a marginal effect on the power generation industry, the automation and software solutions market in the electric power generation sector continued to grow. While the capital expenditure trend grew strongly from 2006 until 2008, it went down significantly in 2009 due to the global economic crisis. However, the investment activities resurged in 2010 and 2011. Developed economies have increased their investment in grid modernization while emerging economies have continued to build new electricity infrastructure. China's projects in this sector are ambitious and farsighted.

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Architects Turn to Supply Chain for Feedback

Architects want a better relationship with each part of the building and construction supply chain, especially as lean practices move heavily into the commercial construction industry.

Cheap Natural Gas Powers Boom in U.S. Chemicals Industry

Ships sailing north from Chile are bringing an unusual cargo to the United States: chemical factories.

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P&G to Convert 20 Percent of Its For-Hire Truck Loads to Natural Gas

Beginning in July 2013, Procter & Gamble will work with eight transportation carriers to convert up to 20 percent of its North America truck load shipments to natural gas vehicles within two years. By meeting this goal, it is expected P&G will incur savings for the converted lanes and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by nearly 5,000 metric tons (or the equivalent GHG emissions from 1,000 passenger vehicles for a year).

Solar Power in Africa's Supply Chain

In the developed world, electricity is cheap and as available as the nearest outlet. But in off-the-grid Africa, energy poverty is endemic. With national grid expansion lagging well behind growth in demand, increasingly Africans are looking not to centralized, fossil fuel-based solutions, but to the sun.

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Heightened Cyber Security in the Enterprise

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Process Improvements in Chemicals and Utilities Industries

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