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Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. Successfully Completes Fleet Compliance Evaluation for the .
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.February 9, 2021 GMT
ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (“Seanergy” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SHIP) announced today that it has successfully completed the evaluation of the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (“EEXI”) of its Capesize vessels.
IMO is targeting a 50% reduction in Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) emissions from international shipping by 2050, compared to the 2008 levels. This will be achieved by implementing short-term, mid-term and long-term measures. As part of the short-term measures, IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) 75 approved in November 2020 amendments to MARPOL Annex VI, introducing an Energy Efficiency Design Index for existing vessels.
The Czech Republic’s prime minister has visited Serbia to find out more about ongoing mass inoculation in the Balkan country with Chinese and Russian vaccines that have not yet been approved by the European Union’s drug regulator
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MICT Signs New Financial Services Partnership for Commodity Trading and Futures
MICT, Inc.February 10, 2021 GMT
MICT Partners with Leading Chinese Oil & Gas Exchange to Launch Pioneering Financial Services Initially for Oil and Gas Futures and Commodity Exchange Trading
Montvale, N.J, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) MICT, Inc. (Nasdaq: MICT) (“MICT” or the “Company”) today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary has entered into a partnership with Shanghai Petroleum and Natural Gas Trading Center (the “Exchange”), established in 2015 by Xinhua News Agency, PetroChina, Sinopec, and CNOOC, among others, to provide pioneering financial services in support of the platform’s corporate and government customers who are estimated to make up approximately 20 percent of China’s oil and gas trade.
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LexaGene’s MiQLab Successfully Detects Mutant UK and South African COVID-19 Sequences
LexaGene Holdings IncFebruary 10, 2021 GMT
BEVERLY, Mass., Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) LexaGene Holdings, Inc., ( TSX-V: LXG; OTCQB: LXXGF ) (the “Company”), a molecular diagnostics company that develops fully automated rapid pathogen detection systems, is pleased to announce that it has successfully configured a MiQLab™ system to detect mutant sequences unique to the United Kingdom (UK, B.1.1.7)1 and South African (SA, B.1.351)2 variants of SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen that causes COVID-19.
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The UK variant, known to be more contagious and possibly deadlier, was first detected in the United States at the end of December and has now been identified in 33 states.3 Likewise, both the SA and Brazilian variants were first detected in the United States at the end of January, and sever