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Fresh Park Venlo heeft een nieuwe bewoner gekregen. Meeder, internationaal leverancier van versproducten aan de maritieme wereld, heeft zich gevestigd op het terrein. Fresh Park Venlo is blij met de keuze van Meeder omdat het verder invulling geeft aan het versconcept.
Meeder is gespecialiseerd in het leveren van versproducten aan de maritieme wereld. Naast vrachtschepen, offshore eilanden e.d. belevert Meeder cruiseschepen in geheel Europa. Naast het volledige assortiment groenten en fruit, zowel Hollands product als import product en een geheel assortiment exoten, levert Meeder een pakket zuivelproducten en andere versproducten als eieren en brood. Hierbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van alle mogelijke vormen van (geconditioneerd) transport. Waar de beschikbaarheid van lokale producten niet toereikend is om de menukaart te coveren, vliegt Meeder alle gewenste producten binnen 36 uur in.
Bestellingen worden per zeecontainer, luchtvracht of over de weg vervoerd. Afhankelijk van het product, de hoeveelheid en de gewenste of noodzakelijke leveringssnelheid. De volledig geautomatiseerde afwikkeling van douane- en port security voorwaarden garanderen een snelle en probleemloze passage van de bestellingen. Het netwerk loopt van de Seychellen tot Groenland en van Aruba tot Japan. Meeder heeft haar hoofdvestiging in Barendrecht en heeft dochterbedrijven in Spanje (Barcelona) en Italie (Padova). En nu dus ook in Venlo.
Bron: TuinbouwCommunicatie
Nieuwkomer op Fresh Park Venlo
Fresh Park Venlo heeft een nieuwe bewoner gekregen. Meeder, internationaal leverancier van versproducten aan de maritieme wereld, heeft zich gevestigd op het terrein. Fresh Park Venlo is blij met de keuze van Meeder omdat het verder invulling geeft aan het versconcept.
Meeder is gespecialiseerd in het leveren van versproducten aan de maritieme wereld. Naast vrachtschepen, offshore eilanden e.d. belevert Meeder cruiseschepen in geheel Europa. Naast het volledige assortiment groenten en fruit, zowel Hollands product als import product en een geheel assortiment exoten, levert Meeder een pakket zuivelproducten en andere versproducten als eieren en brood. Hierbij wordt gebruik gemaakt van alle mogelijke vormen van (geconditioneerd) transport. Waar de beschikbaarheid van lokale producten niet toereikend is om de menukaart te coveren, vliegt Meeder alle gewenste producten binnen 36 uur in.
Bestellingen worden per zeecontainer, luchtvracht of over de weg vervoerd. Afhankelijk van het product, de hoeveelheid en de gewenste of noodzakelijke leveringssnelheid. De volledig geautomatiseerde afwikkeling van douane- en port security voorwaarden garanderen een snelle en probleemloze passage van de bestellingen. Het netwerk loopt van de Seychellen tot Groenland en van Aruba tot Japan. Meeder heeft haar hoofdvestiging in Barendrecht en heeft dochterbedrijven in Spanje (Barcelona) en Italie (Padova). En nu dus ook in Venlo.
Bron: TuinbouwCommunicatie
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KARACHI: Cash starved-state owned oil giant, the Pakistan State Oil (PSO), has shown its inability to supply 2,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of furnace oil to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), terming it as unplanned part of PSOs imports.
Senior PSO officials told our sources that due to receivables reaching over Rs 180 billion, the PSO had been constrained with respect to importing and maintaining heavy stocks for furnace oil. Considering the fact that oil refineries have stopped supplies to the PSO and the oil company fully dependent on imports of furnace oil.
In these challenging circumstances, the company has limited furnace oil to fuel the entire power sector and is trying hard to ensure that uninterrupted supplies to the entire power sector, including HUBCO, KAPCO, WAPDA, GENCOS, IPPs are maintained.
In addition to normal power sector demand, the additional volumes required by the KESC during gas shortage period till April 30 were unexpected and not part of PSOs imports planning. The oil company still managing to provide additional volumes of furnace oil to the KESC during the month of April, the officials said.
The PSO is now constrained with respect to product until the arrival of next arriving vessels bringing furnace oil (expected by May 1). Until then the PSO would be able to supply 2,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil to the KESC. It is expected that till April 30, the gas supply would be normalised so that there would be no need of additional volumes of furnace oil by the KESC.
The PSO accumulated receivables of Rs 180 billion from power sector for the product already supplied, the peak months from May to August would require PSO to import product costing roughly Rs 159 billion.
This amount is expected to be further accumulated in addition to the already grim receivables position of the company. Considering the gravity of the situation, it is imperative that power sector streamlines payments to the PSO, so that the oil company is able to import the required volumes of product to meet the daunting energy demands of the country.
Senior official of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) told this scribe that the gas utility has enhance its supply on the request of KESC management in the wake of furnace oil short supplies.
Currently, the SSGC is supplying 120 mmcfd to KESC but the power utility requested the SSGC for increase in gas supplies that was enhanced to 135 mmcfd on Wednesday evening, the SSGC official informed. The SSGC official further informed that the Bhit Gas Field was expected to be fully online by April 29 or 30.
A KESC spokesman said reduction in furnace oil supply to Karachi Electric Supply Company has been drastically reduced by the PSO.
This situation has created a serious fuel shortage for KESC power plants and the company has no choice but to increase load shedding hours. The KESC required 4,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil daily and the PSO has informed power utility that only 2,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil could be supplied due to shortage at their end.
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PSO unable to supply 2,000 MTs furnace oil to KESC
By Masroor Afzal Pasha
KARACHI: Cash starved-state owned oil giant, the Pakistan State Oil (PSO), has shown its inability to supply 2,000 metric tonnes (MTs) of furnace oil to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), terming it as unplanned part of PSO’s imports.
Senior PSO officials told Daily Times that due to receivables reaching over Rs 180 billion, the PSO had been constrained with respect to importing and maintaining heavy stocks for furnace oil. Considering the fact that oil refineries have stopped supplies to the PSO and the oil company fully dependent on imports of furnace oil.
In these challenging circumstances, the company has limited furnace oil to fuel the entire power sector and is trying hard to ensure that uninterrupted supplies to the entire power sector, including HUBCO, KAPCO, WAPDA, GENCOS, IPPs are maintained.
In addition to normal power sector demand, the additional volumes required by the KESC during gas shortage period till April 30 were unexpected and not part of PSO’s imports planning. The oil company still managing to provide additional volumes of furnace oil to the KESC during the month of April, the officials said.
The PSO is now constrained with respect to product until the arrival of next arriving vessels bringing furnace oil (expected by May 1). Until then the PSO would be able to supply 2,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil to the KESC. It is expected that till April 30, the gas supply would be normalised so that there would be no need of additional volumes of furnace oil by the KESC.
The PSO accumulated receivables of Rs 180 billion from power sector for the product already supplied, the peak months from May to August would require PSO to import product costing roughly Rs 159 billion.
This amount is expected to be further accumulated in addition to the already grim receivables position of the company. Considering the gravity of the situation, it is imperative that power sector streamlines payments to the PSO, so that the oil company is able to import the required volumes of product to meet the daunting energy demands of the country.
Senior official of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) told this scribe that the gas utility has enhance its supply on the request of KESC management in the wake of furnace oil short supplies.
Currently, the SSGC is supplying 120 mmcfd to KESC but the power utility requested the SSGC for increase in gas supplies that was enhanced to 135 mmcfd on Wednesday evening, the SSGC official informed. The SSGC official further informed that the Bhit Gas Field was expected to be fully online by April 29 or 30.
A KESC spokesman said reduction in furnace oil supply to Karachi Electric Supply Company has been drastically reduced by the PSO.
This situation has created a serious fuel shortage for KESC power plants and the company has no choice but to increase load shedding hours. The KESC required 4,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil daily and the PSO has informed power utility that only 2,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil could be supplied due to shortage at their end.
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PARAMARIBO, 13 apr – Het wordt steeds moeilijker draaien om de hete brei van tarieven voor nutsvoorzieningen. Volgens minister Jim Hok van Natuurlijke Hulpbronnen moet vroeg of laat een besluit vallen over aanpassing. De stijgende brandstofprijzen leggen zetten de energietarieven onder druk. Maar ook de watervoorziening verkeert in zwaar weer.
Het garanderen van goed drinkwater wordt steeds lastiger. “De tarieven zijn kennelijk zodanig mensen zich allerlei luxe kunnen permitteren, zoals hun auto wassen met het water uit de kraan”, zegt Hok. Maar er zit een prijskaartje aan. Het geld dat de verbruikers neertellen komt daar bij lange na niet mee overeen. Vervanging en uitbreiding kunnen daar al jaren niet meer van betaald worden.
Toch heeft waterbedrijf SWM zich de afgelopen jaren overeind weten te houden. “Dat is vooral gebeurd via leningen bij de Inter-Amerikaanse Ontwikkelingsbank”, aldus Hok. Hij vindt dit niet gezond. Het geld moet terugbetaald worden. Maar ook ontstaat een schijnbeeld van de werkelijkheid. Maandtarieven van twintig Surinaamse dollar (ongeveer vijf euro) zijn gangbaar. Uiteindelijk is dit niet vol te houden.
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Continue Reading »Melbourne: Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell plans to close the smaller of its two refineries in Australia and turn it into a fuel terminal before mid-2013 as it can no longer compete with Asia’s mega-refineries.
The company said on Tuesday the proposal had nothing to do with Australia’s proposed carbon tax, any other government policies, or labour costs.
“This proposal is the result of increased competition from new mega-refineries in Asia, supply and demand in our region and Clyde Refinery’s small size,” said Andrew Smith, Shell’s vice president of the company’s local downstream business.
The company also said it was not retreating from Australia, despite the recent $3.3 billion sale of nearly one-third of its stake in Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum.
“Shell remains committed to growth and investment in Australia. Along with significant investments in our LNG (liquefied natural gas) business across the country, Shell plans to further strengthen the downstream business in line with our strategy,” Smith told reporters.
The 75,000 barrels per day Clyde Refinery in Sydney, which accounts for about 10 percent of Australia’s operating refining capacity, would need a large investment, including major maintenance in mid-2013, if it were to continue running.
“There’s been a number of new, very large refineries built in the region in the past few years, and, indeed, we see more being built in the future,” Smith said, pointing to huge plants in India and Korea.
“That is creating an overcapacity in refining. And recent predictions on the outlook for refinery margins remain weak.”
The plan to shut Clyde marks the second refinery closure in Australia in the face of a refinery margin crunch and stricter fuel standards. ExxonMobil mothballed its Port Stanvac plant in Adelaide in 2003.
Smith said now that other Asian refineries make fuel that meets Australian standards, it would be able to import product to supply its customers in Sydney and the state of New South Wales, where Shell supplies 40% of the market.
Clyde runs crude oil mainly from Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. The company plans to import products mainly from refineries around Asia, including its own, to replace the plant’s output.
Decision in Weeks
Shell will be consulting with the 310 workers at Clyde before the board makes a final decision on the plan, a process which is expected to take “weeks rather than months,” Smith said.
He declined to be more specific about when refining at Clyde would stop, except to say if approved, it would close before a maintenance turnaround scheduled for mid-2013.
Tuesday’s announcement follows Shell’s sale last year of its 200 petrol stations, pipes and storage and a 17% stake in New Zealand Refining Company for $490 million.
Shell and its peers have also been selling refineries in Europe, due to overcapacity, weak refining margins and falling European fuel demand.
Last week, Shell agreed to sell its Stanlow refinery in England for $350 million to India’s Essar Energy .
“These companies find better value for money in the upstream, in particular in gas EP (exploration and production) because oil is becoming harder to get for geological and political reasons,” said Tilak Doshi, principal fellow at National University of Singapore’s Energy Studies Institute.
Shell’s Clyde and Geelong refineries supply about a quarter of Australia’s petroleum product needs, according to the company’s web site.
Geelong is not affected by the proposal. Smith pointed to recent investments at the refinery near Melbourne as evidence of the company’s commitment to keeping it open at least for now.
The company’s downstream portfolio in Australian includes more than 800 Shell branded service stations, a lubricants blending plant and 16 terminals.
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* Proposes to close Clyde refinery by mid-2013
* Says Clyde can’t compete against Asia’s mega-refineries
* Expects to continue supplying customers’ current, future
needs
* Plan does not affect bigger Geelong refinery
* Remains committed to investing in Australia, especially
LNG
(Adds Shell executive, energy expert comments)
By Sonali Paul
MELBOURNE, April 12 (Reuters) – Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell
(RDSa.L) plans to close the smaller of its two refineries in
Australia and turn it into a fuel terminal before mid-2013 as it
can no longer compete with Asia’s mega-refineries.
The company said on Tuesday the proposal had nothing to do
with Australia’s proposed carbon tax, any other government
policies, or labour costs.
“This proposal is the result of increased competition from
new mega-refineries in Asia, supply and demand in our region and
Clyde Refinery’s small size,” said Andrew Smith, Shell’s vice
president of the company’s local downstream business.
The company also said it was not retreating from Australia,
despite the recent $3.3 billion sale of nearly one-third of its
stake in Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum
.
“Shell remains committed to growth and investment in
Australia. Along with significant investments in our LNG
(liquefied natural gas) business across the country, Shell plans
to further strengthen the downstream business in line with our
strategy,” Smith told reporters.
The 75,000 barrels per day Clyde Refinery in Sydney, which
accounts for about 10 percent of Australia’s operating refining
capacity, would need a large investment, including major
maintenance in mid-2013, if it were to continue running.
“There’s been a number of new, very large refineries built
in the region in the past few years, and, indeed, we see more
being built in the future,” Smith said, pointing to huge plants
in India and Korea.
“That is creating an overcapacity in refining. And recent
predictions on the outlook for refinery margins remain weak.”
The plan to shut Clyde marks the second refinery closure in
Australia in the face of a refinery margin crunch and stricter
fuel standards. ExxonMobil mothballed its Port Stanvac plant in
Adelaide in 2003.
Smith said now that other Asian refineries make fuel that
meets Australian standards, it would be able to import product
to supply its customers in Sydney and the state of New South
Wales, where Shell supplies 40 percent of the market.
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* Proposes to close Clyde refinery by mid-2013
* Says Clyde can’t compete against Asia’s mega-refineries
* Expects to continue supplying customers’ current, future
needs
* Plan does not affect bigger Geelong refinery
* Remains committed to investing in Australia, especially
LNG
(Adds Shell executive, energy expert comments)
By Sonali Paul
MELBOURNE, April 12 (Reuters) – Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell
(RDSa.L) plans to close the smaller of its two refineries in
Australia and turn it into a fuel terminal before mid-2013 as it
can no longer compete with Asia’s mega-refineries.
The company said on Tuesday the proposal had nothing to do
with Australia’s proposed carbon tax, any other government
policies, or labour costs.
“This proposal is the result of increased competition from
new mega-refineries in Asia, supply and demand in our region and
Clyde Refinery’s small size,” said Andrew Smith, Shell’s vice
president of the company’s local downstream business.
The company also said it was not retreating from Australia,
despite the recent $3.3 billion sale of nearly one-third of its
stake in Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum
.
“Shell remains committed to growth and investment in
Australia. Along with significant investments in our LNG
(liquefied natural gas) business across the country, Shell plans
to further strengthen the downstream business in line with our
strategy,” Smith told reporters.
The 75,000 barrels per day Clyde Refinery in Sydney, which
accounts for about 10 percent of Australia’s operating refining
capacity, would need a large investment, including major
maintenance in mid-2013, if it were to continue running.
“There’s been a number of new, very large refineries built
in the region in the past few years, and, indeed, we see more
being built in the future,” Smith said, pointing to huge plants
in India and Korea.
“That is creating an overcapacity in refining. And recent
predictions on the outlook for refinery margins remain weak.”
The plan to shut Clyde marks the second refinery closure in
Australia in the face of a refinery margin crunch and stricter
fuel standards. ExxonMobil mothballed its Port Stanvac plant in
Adelaide in 2003.
Smith said now that other Asian refineries make fuel that
meets Australian standards, it would be able to import product
to supply its customers in Sydney and the state of New South
Wales, where Shell supplies 40 percent of the market.
Clyde runs crude oil mainly from Malaysia, Indonesia and
Vietnam. The company plans to import products mainly from
refineries around Asia, including its own, to replace the
plant’s output.
DECISION IN WEEKS
Shell will be consulting with the 310 workers at Clyde
before the board makes a final decision on the plan, a process
which is expected to take “weeks rather than months,” Smith
said.
He declined to be more specific about when refining at Clyde
would stop, except to say if approved, it would close before a
maintenance turnaround scheduled for mid-2013.
Tuesday’s announcement follows Shell’s sale last year of its
200 petrol stations, pipes and storage and a 17 percent stake in
New Zealand Refining Company for $490 million.
Shell and its peers have also been selling refineries in
Europe, due to overcapacity, weak refining margins and falling
European fuel demand.
Last week, Shell agreed to sell its Stanlow refinery in
England for $350 million to India’s Essar Energy .
“These companies find better value for money in the
upstream, in particular in gas EP (exploration and production)
because oil is becoming harder to get for geological and
political reasons,” said Tilak Doshi, principal fellow at
National University of Singapore’s Energy Studies Institute.
Shell’s Clyde and Geelong refineries supply about a quarter
of Australia’s petroleum product needs, according to the
company’s web site.
Geelong is not affected by the proposal. Smith pointed to
recent investments at the refinery near Melbourne as evidence of
the company’s commitment to keeping it open at least for now.
The company’s downstream portfolio in Australian includes
more than 800 Shell branded service stations, a lubricants
blending plant and 16 terminals.
(Reporting by Sonali Paul; Additional reporting by Luke
Pachymuthu in SINGAPORE; Editing by Balazs Koranyi)
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10 April 2011.
The national currency – the dinar – has been stable in Serbia for months, 1 EUR equals some RSD 102, which has been the highest national currency value since the beginning of this year. The foreign currency exchange rate is formed in the market and testifies to the trust of foreign investors and the improvement of the country’s credit rating and higher interests than in other countries in the region, says governor Dejan Šoškić. On the other hand, economists claim that the stability of the dinar is not realistic, as it does not result from production growth, new investments and more exports, but solely from the sale of state securities. More in the INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC REVIEW, prepared by Zorica Mijušković.
By applying a stricter credit and monetary policy, the National Bank of Serbia is trying to mitigate inflation trends, primarily through import product prices. Profitable securities are issued at higher interest rates, attracting free assets of banks, which are compelled to sell foreign currency to purchase the securities, which increases the demand for the national currency and its value above the real one, explains governor Dejan Šoškić. He is optimistic and believes inflation will stop this year at the level projected by the central bank, namely 6%, despite the fact that in April and May the price could reach 14% at an annual level.
Economists believe the strengthening of the dinar results from the decision of banks to, due to a big credit risk, place money in state securities and not in loans to companies and citizens. Banks sell foreign currency and buy dinars, investing them in treasuries, as for them it is a much safer and more profitable investment. This year the state counted on direct foreign investments of three billion EUR and only one tenth of the amount has been realized. At the same time, it issued securities worth almost 400 million EUR, which was used by investors, who made investments in state securities in the past two months, they say. Besides, this year is characterized by extreme inflationary turbulences, to continue throughout the first half of the year. The inflation has reached 2.9% since December and 12.6% at an annual level. It will continue increasing and becoming even more dynamic, economists assess. They remark we are confronted with a consumer price eruption, especially when it comes to food and fuels, the prices of food playing the biggest role in the formation of total inflation trends.
Business people, on the other hand, measure inflation with the balance of forces at the international market. The recent stability of the dinar promises the curbing of inflation. However, product prices this year have been based on an unrealistically high euro exchange rate, caused by exaggerated inflationary expectations. The governor himself assessed they were to correct the prices, as the dinar has been stable for months, adding that it would be better for them to realize a better turnover of goods and services with lower prices, as the standard of citizens has dropped.
If it wants to provide long-term economic stability, the Serbian economy must realize higher growth rates. The planned GDP growth of 3% this year is an encouragement and will certainly contribute to the strengthening of economic activities, but that is not enough. Therefore the government has decided to intensify its support to investors by increasing liquidity, applying incentives for employment and grey economy reduction, etc. By proposing several financial laws, the Serbian government intends to promote the setting in which many national and foreign investors will be able to take part in trade and development of the Serbian capital market.
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