At the end of the first quarter, the nominal global container fleet stood at 25.2 million TEUs, an increase of 4.2% compared to the first quarter of 2021. Idle fleet remained low in the first quarter of 2022 (0.8% at quarter end), as the industry struggled with outages
Global container demand fell 1.2% in the first quarter, down from 7.7% growth in 2021, according to Maersk. At the same time, world port throughput increased 3.1% (Drewry) and world air cargo volumes (CTK) increased 2.9 percent. Maersk is a Danish shipping company, active in the maritime and
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released an assessment on the intensity of use of fertilizers and pesticides in the region. For this, it took into account the total tons and tons per 1,000 hectares of agricultural land. Thus, the indicator for the intensity
Bosch opened its new wafer factory in Dresden, Germany, in the summer of 2021, with the company’s largest single investment in history, 1 billion euros. Highly automated and fully connected machines and integrated processes, combined with artificial intelligence (AI) methods, make the Dresden plant a smart factory and
Canada‘s labor market is emerging strongly from the fifth wave of the pandemic, with the economy adding almost 340,000 new jobs in February, more than making up for the loss in January. Overall, Canada has seen the fastest jobs recovery in the G7, recovering 112% of the jobs
All recorded mined gold in human history amounts to approximately 6.6 billion ounces, or 205,238 metric tons. To put this into perspective, if every ounce of this gold were placed side by side, the resulting cube of pure gold would only measure about 22 meters on a side,