Piab has recently extended its piflow i/f range with a new vacuum conveyor – the piflow i/f 28L which proves beneficial for larger batch volumes.

Total and CMA CGM have claimed to have completed the world’s largest LNG bunkering operation at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. This feat was achieved with CMA CGM’s 23,000 TEU1 containership receiving around 17,300 m3 of LNG from Total Marine Fuels Global Solutions.

Preem’s existing Synsat plant at its Lysekil refinery in Sweden is undergoing major revamping and the company has chosen AFRY to carry out the pre-study assignment of the project in order to increase its production of renewable fuels.

Eni and Enel have plans to set up two pilot projects in order to produce green hydrogen with the help of electrolysers which are powered by renewable energy. The electrolysers are expected to be located near two of the Eni refineries.

With the acquisition of Bunge Loders Croklaan's Rotterdam plant, Neste has plans to increase its raw material pre-treatment capacity for the production of renewable products. The move is in line with the company’s global growth strategy for renewables.

AGC Biologics has plans to expand its production capacity of biopharmaceuticals at its Copenhagen facility in Denmark. The expansion is expected to more than double the company’s single-use bioreactor mammalian cell-culture capacity in the region.

Post the successful completion of the first phase of the Carbon2Chem Project in which Thyssenkrupp gained fundamental insights into the conversion of steel mill process gases into chemical products, the federal government has handed over a notice of 88 million dollars for the second phase of the project.

The UK has become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine in order to combat the global pandemic. The first doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer-Biontech will be available to the UK immediately.

Yara has plans to produce 500,000 tonnes per annum of green ammonia in Norway. The move is expected to support the hydrogen economy in the region. The company also has plans to fully electrify its ammonia plant in Porsgrunn which has the potential to reduce 800,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.

On December 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has plans to conduct an advisory committee meeting in order to discuss the emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.