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Germany launched a nationwide gas market trading hub, Trading Hub Europe (THE), on Friday after merging its two existing hubs to boost liquidity and simplify administration.

Germany launched a nationwide gas market trading hub, Trading Hub Europe , on Friday after merging its two existing hubs to boost liquidity and simplify administration.... | October 1, 2021

German utility Uniper's CEO does not expect the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to help ease the tight global gas market this winter as an operating licence is unlikely to come quickly.

Global container shipping problems related to post-COVID 19 logistics problems have intensified in the third quarter and show no sign of letting up, the world’s number five operator, Hapag-Lloyd, said. Port congestion and high spot freight rates, caused by a combination of unexpected demand recovery and tight shipping space, would continue at least during the ...

German utility EnBW will register its RDK 7 hard coal-fired power station at Karlsruhe for closure by mid-2022, it said on Friday, which means it could cease operations 12 months later unless grid operators and authorities object.

Bergkamen A, a 715 megawatt (MW) coal-burning power plant in western Germany's Unna district, will close until Oct. 4 as it is running short of fuel replenishments via river barges, illustrating local fallout from global coal tightness.

German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DEon Thursday said it sees no let-up in tight shipping capacity this year which has driven up its net profit in the first six months nearly 10-fold, thanks to income from runaway freight rates. The infrastructure bottlenecks came as port waiting times lengthened due to labour shortages and traffic snarl-ups, ...

German container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd on Thursday reported a nearly 10-fold increase in first-half net profit, citing surging freight rates amid

Germany’s hard coal imports could rise to 35-36 million tonnes in 2021, coal importers group VDKi said on Monday, adding that the final import figures could be affected by a whole range of variables. In January, VDKi had forecast that coal imports would fall to 26.7 million tonnes this year in Germany – Europe’s biggest ...

Hyundai to take stake in German hydrogen fuelling group H2 Mobility By Vera Eckert Reuters FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co will invest in Germanys H2 Mobility network of hydrogen fuelling station operators, it said on Thursday, as it looks to support infrastructure for fuel cell-powered vehicles. A partner in the project since 2017, Hyundai Motors German subsidiary will become a seventh shareholder shortly, it said, having received approval from Germanys cartel office. The South Kore...