Topic “Featured News” — Exporter Magazine

Slow steaming has at the end of May 2010 absorbed 100 ships totalling 580,000 TEU, or 4.1 % of the world’s cellular fleet, according to the Shipping Gazette, citing the Paris-based Alphaliner agency. A revolutionary UHT milk processing system by Tetra Pak slashes production time by up to 90%, cuts operating costs in half and reduces capital outlay by almost a third compared to conventional equipment, according to DairyReporter.com. The US has set final anti-dumping duties of 136.76 to 145.18% on the steel product to offset below-market pricing, according to a PeopleDaily online report which quotes China’s Xinhua news agency. A newly-developed deep freeze packaging said to be the first multilayer film to be made from renewable sources is set for a European launch, according to FoodProductionDaily.Com. The New Zealand government’s Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST) is investing $961,000 in funds to help PEC Fuel Pumps Ltd (PEC) develp its vapour management system — a technology that helps prevent the escape of hydrocarbon-based greenhouse gases at petrol stations.