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Editor’s Note

Welcome back to Endeavour Magazine!

We kick things off this month with an expansive feature from Namibian Ports Authority, otherwise known as Namport, which is developing Namibia into a strategic logistical hub serving customers across the Southern African Development Community. We got to see how the Authority is expanding the Port of Walvis Bay to enhance its handling capacity and remain competitive in global markets. We’re glad to see Nekkov Logsitics Solutions & Marine Agency, Novaship Namibia (Pty) Ltd., Omega Security Services Namibia (Pty) Ltd., and Rental Support Services Pty Ltd. supporting this feature, highlighting their valuable role as key suppliers to Namport.

We then move to the energy sector, where we find Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC), who operate the largest refining system in the USA. With operations across the downstream and midstream sectors, MPC has cemented its place as a leading energy company delivering crude oil products supported by the infrastructure and development to serve its customers every day. We’re thrilled to see Flyability supporting the article, along with ESS.

In this edition, we also got to speak with Mermaid AI, Inc., which has developed an AI-focused technology that enables seamless communication across the maritime sector to improve safety. We spoke to CEO and Chairman, Dean Mancini, who outlined how the technology, which was developed for the US Navy, is now being rolled out across harbours and ports to bring greater safety, communication and management of maritime environments. by Carley Fallows

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Asia/Oceania

South Korea Bans Phones in Schools

Many countries across the world have started to crack down on the use of mobile phones during school time, with South Korea being the latest country to restrict the use of phones in the classroom. The law, which will come into effect in 2026, will see smartphones banned during class hours, with teachers being given the power to stop students from using their phones on school premises at all. This move is an effort to reduce the growing concern of smartphone addiction, with many arguing that the use of phones affects academic performance and distracts from learning.

Whilst many back the bill, saying it will give teachers better legal backing for banning phones on school premises, some have concerns over how it would stop phone addiction on a wide scale, and whether the ban is addressing the root cause of such addictions among young people. South Korea will now join countries such as Italy and China, where phone use is restricted in all school settings.

Researchers Find Rare Jurassic-Era Fossil in India

The fossil of a rare crocodile-like species dating to the Jurassic era has been uncovered in India. The species is thought to be a phytosaur, which were semi-aquatic animals that are thought to be where the crocodiles we know today have descended from. The fossil measured between 1.5 to 2 metres across, and has been dated by researchers as more than 200 million years old.

The remains were discovered when villagers in the Megha village in Jaisalmer district were digging up a lake in the area. The fossil was discovered alongside what looks to be a fossilised egg, which is thought to have belonged to the reptile. From the size of the fossil, it is thought that the phytosaur was of medium size for the species; however, only a few fossils of phytosaurs have been discovered across the world. Therefore, discoveries of this size are notable and help scientists form a better understanding of the history of these species and how they have evolved into the creatures we know today.

Typhoon hits Vietnam

Vietnam’s north central coast has been hit by Typhoon Kajiki, leading to widespread damage across the region. The typhoon brought with it heavy rains and extreme winds that damaged close to 7,000 homes, brought down 331 electricity poles, felled some 18,000 trees and flooded thousands of hectares of rice plantings. The downing of the electricity poles led to widespread power outages across several provinces. The extensive flooding cut off villages across the region, according to local media, whilst flights from the Thanh Hoa airport were grounded, with other airports in Quang Binh grounding flights too.

Upon making landfall, Typhoon Kajiki weakened and was downgraded into a tropical depression as it moved across the region. However, three people were killed by the effects of the typhoon, with another 13 injured across the province.

Deadly Floods in Cape Verde

A state of emergency was declared in Cape Verde following disastrous flooding, which has devastated infrastructure and left at least 9 people dead. The heavy flooding was caused by heavy rains brought about by Tropical Storm Erin that saw around 7 inches of rain fall on the islands of São Vincent and Santo Antão in just 5 hours. This increase in rainfall, far above the average for São Vincent this time of year, caused flash flooding that devastated infrastructure and left 1500 people displaced from their homes.

The extreme weather is extremely rare for the islands, with the rain levels being way above the average for the climate over the last 30 years. Rescue teams were dispatched to help search for missing people. Money was raised to buy food, water, and emergency supplies for those in need.

Mars Rock Auctioned Off in New York Raises Concerns

A meteorite that was discovered in Niger two years ago has recently been auctioned off in New York. The meteorite, which is from Mars, is the largest one ever found on Earth and was sold for £3.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction. However, concerns have been raised about how the meteorite that was found in West Africa has been auctioned off in New York. These questions came from the government of Niger, which raised concerns about the legality of the export. This is something that Sotheby’s has strongly disputed, outlining that the correct procedures were followed. However, investigations have begun into the circumstances of the sale and discovery of the meteorite.

The Sahara is a hotspot for meteorite discovery, as the climate makes the landscape ideal for the preservation of such rock or metal fragments. Therefore, the desert is a hot spot for those seeking to discover a meteorite that they can sell. The meteorite has previously been examined by scientists to better understand its structure and where it comes from.

Radioactive Rhino Horns to Stop Poachers in South Africa

Poaching in Africa remains a key concern for conservationists, as hundreds of rhinos are poached every year in South Africa. A group from the University of Witwatersrand has developed a venture that would allow customs offices to detect smuggled horns more easily when they’re transported across the world. The initiative is called The Rhisotope Project and has spent the last 6 years researching and testing solutions to limit and prevent rhino horn smuggling. The group have begun a pilot study which would see radioactive material injected into rhinos’ horns. The radioactive material is completely safe for the animals, but it will allow customs officers to detect smuggled horns more easily.

The research project hopes this innovative research could provide a real solution to mitigate, or at least disrupt, the sale of poached rhino horns across the world. The group hope that with better legislation and political support, an end to rhino horn poaching could be possible, and the project is just the first step in that.

Hurricane Erin Causes Disruption Along US East Coast

Earlier this month, locals along the East Coast prepared for the strong winds and rainfall that Hurricane Eric threatened to bring to the coastline. The Hurricane never made landfall but moved along the coast, bringing with it flooding, heavy rains and extreme winds, after it had already caused severe flooding in places such as Puerto Rico.

In Puerto Rico, more than 150,000 people experienced a power outage as electricity lines were damaged in the high winds. Along the US coastline, many beaches, including some in Long Island, New York and in New Jersey, were placed off-limits to swimmers for safety. This followed 60 people needing rescuing from rip currents along Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina. Thankfully, by the time the Hurricane came close to the US shoreline, it had been weakened to a Category 2 storm, but still brought with it wind speeds of up to 105mph.

First Female Umpire in Major League Baseball

History has been made in US Major League Baseball with the appointment of the first female umpire to referee a game during a regular season. Jen Pawol umpired a game between the Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves, marking a first for the league. Pawol has been an umpire in the minor leagues for more than 30 years, having overseen more than 1,200 games in the minor leagues alone. She will now make history as the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game.

Pawol was well received by fans, with many holding signs throughout the match highlighting this pivotal role in the league’s history. To cement her place in history, Pawol donated the hat she wore umpiring the game to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Taylor Swift Announces 12th Studio Album and Engagement

Taylor Swift took fans by surprise, announcing her 12th Studio Album, ‘The Life of a Showgirl’, on the New Heights podcast, hosted by her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother, Jason Kelce. In the podcast, Swift outlined her life since the end of The Eras Tour and revealed the album title and cover art of her new album. The appearance surprised fans as she hasn’t done many interviews in recent years. Over 1.3 million people watched the interview live.

However, this was not the only surprise announcement, as just under 2 weeks later, Swift and Kelce announced their engagement. In a selection of images posted to Instagram by the pair, fans could see Kelce down on one knee proposing to Swift, surrounded by a garden of flowers. The post has seen major attention on social media, with now over 30 million likes on the post alone.

Middle East

Deal Signed in Syria for the Infrastructure

A series of investment deals have been signed between Syria and international companies to deliver redevelopment across the country. The investments span 12 strategic projects focused on infrastructure, transportation and real estate, and total $14 billion. Included in these plans is a $4 billion investment project for Damascus airport, signed with Qatar’s UCC Holding. The plans have been outlined by the Syria’s government to reconstruct the country following the destructive effects the 14-year-long civil war had on infrastructure.

Other developments include a $2 billion deal with the United Arab Emirates national investment corporation to build a metro service in the country’s capital. Investment will also see the Damascus Towers project developed with Italian-based UBAKO. These investments hope to reshape the country and put in place the essential infrastructure for the future.

6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Turkey

Turkey’s northwestern Balikesir province was hit with a 6.1 magnitude earthquake, destroying some buildings. The initial earthquake was followed by 6 aftershocks, including a 4.6 magnitude aftershock. The earthquake’s epicentre was in the town of Sindirgi, striking at a depth of 11km according to Turkey’s AFAD.

At least 1 person was killed, and more than a dozen buildings collapsed. Rescue efforts swiftly began to pull people from the rubble. 30 people were injured due to the earthquake; however, serious damage or high casualties were not reported. Thankfully, electricity and water services were also not affected by the earthquake. Due to the location of the country along multiple fault lines, Turkey is prone to such extreme events, experiencing frequent earthquakes over the years.

Pope Leo XIV’s First International Trip to Lebanon

It has been announced that Pope Leo XIV is expected to make his first international journey as the new head of the Catholic Church to Lebanon in May next year. Trips conducted by the Pope are intended to connect Catholics worldwide and spread the message and diplomacy of the current Pope. Therefore, there has been speculation about where Pope Leo’s first international destination would be, as this trip often defines the tone of the pontificate.

Lebanon, home to two million Catholics, is expected to be the first place Pope Leo visits, and marks a significant moment, as he repeatedly has urged for peace in the Middle East and for interfaith co-existence. Lebanon is known for its religious diversity and has long carried symbolic weight for the Church.

Changing Ecosystems due to Warming Sea Waters

Climate change has long been an issue that many of us are aware of, as the temperature of the Earth continues to rise. With oceans experiencing this increase in temperature, there has been a shift in the ecosystems of the oceans around the world. In the UK, seas have been at their warmest since records began, which is starting to have some drastic changes on marine life and fishing communities. The temperature of waters off the UK was recorded in July and it more than 0.2 °C higher than in any year since 1980. Due to this warming, scientists have begun to observe changes in the species present in UK waters, with species such as octopus, bluefin tuna, and mauve stinger jellyfish showing up.

With new species showing up in UK waters, this can have a significant impact on the local ecosystem, with natural cycles and fishing cycles at risk of being affected. With rising sea temperatures, fishing communities in the UK are already experiencing challenges. Whelks, a cold-water species, experienced a mass die-off in 2022 due to the marine heatwave in the Thames Estuary. Whilst the snails have started to recover, it is feared that more heatwaves could reduce their numbers and, in the process, affect many businesses across the UK.

Deadly Wildfires in France

More than 17,000 hectares of land, larger than the size of Paris, have been burned through in what is being regarded as France’s largest wildfire for 75 years. The Aude Wildfire sparked on August 5th near the rural village of Ribaute in the Aude region of Southern France, not far from the Spanish border. 2,000 firefighters and 500 firefighting vehicles were deployed to contain the fire, but it is expected to burn for many weeks until it is completely extinguished. Aircrafts were used to drop water on the region in the hopes of extinguishing the flames. Residents were evacuated from their properties, and access to the forests that were devastated by the fire has been banned. The blaze has been linked with climate change, which has seen the country experience dry vegetation, high temperatures, and strong winds, which delivered the perfect conditions for a blaze to spread. Satellite images taken of the fires show the widespread devastation it has caused to the landscape.

Old Swedish Church Moved in Its Entirety Across the Country

Locals from Kiruna saw a rare sight when a 113-yearold church was relocated in its entirety from its home and moved 3 miles away to the new city centre. The church was moved as the original site was at risk of subsidence due to ground fissures caused by the iron ore mining industry in the old city centre. The 672-tonne church was placed on giant steel beams and supported by self-propelled modular transporters. The inside of the church was supported by metal scaffolding.

The wooden church began its journey with a blessing from the church’s vicar. The movement of the church was followed by locals who came out to see the giant structure slowly creep towards its new home, moving just 30 metres in the first hour. To allow the structure to pass through its route more easily, the road was widened to 24 metres, and lamp posts, traffic lights, as well as a bridge (which was already planned for demolition) were removed to allow the church to pass through. The church has now arrived at its new location in the new city centre of Kiruna.

As a pivotal player within the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Namibia is on a mission to be a leading regional logistics hub, capitalising on its strategic port location and transportation routes. With this infrastructure in place, Namibia, supported by the Namibian Ports Authority (Namport), is striving to deliver Namibia’s ports as the bestperforming seaports in Africa through its management and development of port facilities to meet the current and future trade demands.

Namport’s history extends back to 1994, when the Namibian Ports Authority was established and recognised as a public enterprise under the Public Enterprises Government Act. Since its establishment, Namport has been continually developing Namibia’s seaborne trade and maritime industry to deliver it as a regional logistics and shipping hub primed to serve regional and international trade between SADC countries, Europe, Asia and the Americas. With such a broad sphere of operations, Namport is primed to support cargo trade and continually promote the key ports of Namibia, whilst continuing to develop port infrastructure and deliver everyday port services.

One of the key ports under Namport is the Port of Walvis Bay, where the Authority is headquartered. The Port of Walvis Bay, located on the southwestern coast of Africa, is one of the largest commercial ports in Namibia. The port comprises three main sections, including the South Port, the Fishing Harbour, and the North Port. Across these three sections, Namport operates the 13 commercial berths, including a tanker jetty and a dedicated passenger berth for cruise vessels. Annually, the port receives close to 900 vessels a year, handling roughly 8 million tonnes of cargo. With so many vessels arriving at the port each year, bringing with them vital cargo, the port plays a leading role in the country’s import and export market. Therefore, with a leading role in the importing and exporting market, Port of Walvis Bay and Namport are critical entities in supporting the development and bolstering of Namibia’s economy.

One of the major benefits of the Port of Walvis Bay is the mild weather conditions around the port; this means that vessels can easily arrive at the port with very rare delays. This makes the port super competitive along global shipping routes, as vessels are rarely ever delayed when porting at the Port of Walvis Bay. In fact, Namport prides itself on delivering fast turnaround times for vessels, with container vessels being turned around anywhere in 24 to 48 hours. For larger bulk vessels, turnaround times are between 72 and 120 hours, with break-bulk vessels seeing a turnaround time of 35 to 48 hours. With super-fast turnaround times, Namport and Port of Walvis Bay help support more reliable, efficient and speedy supply chains across the world. Thus,

the port is a vital stopping point along many of its customers’ supply chains, as each know that their cargo will be moved with speed and efficiency, whilst being supported by Namport’s excellent customer service.

In recent years, the Port of Walvis Bay has been undergoing vital developments, with the construction of a New Container Terminal (NCT). The new, modern container terminal began construction in 2014 and was commissioned in 2019 to encompass quay walls, paved areas, buildings, roads, railway lines, ship-to-shore quay cranes, and rubber-tired gantry cranes. The construction is on reclaimed land and is part of a much-needed development to expand the port’s footprint and deliver more space for cargo. By expanding the port’s container offerings, the Port can remain competitive in global shipping markets, as the port will now have the facilities to handle a much higher cargo demand for the Port of Walvis Bay. To meet this cargo demand, the NCT will add 600 metres of quay length to the existing 1,800 metres, as well as three new berths at the container terminal.

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In recent months, Namport has embarked on a watershed project for the concessioning of NCT. This concession search aims to find an operator to drive the growth of cargo volume at the Port of Walvis Bay in order to bring significant benefits to Namport and Namibia. In October 2024, Namport announced that following a market bidding exercise, Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) was selected for the concession agreement. The concession agreement outlines that TiL will operate and manage the New Container Terminal for 25 years. This agreement aims to help attract private capital to invest in the port’s infrastructure to help it continue to deliver significant development for Namibia and, in turn, bolster Namibia’s position as a key logistics hub within the SADC. With Namport’s strategic decision to give the concession to TiL, it highlights the Authority’s commitment to improving port operations, addressing the growing demand of the Namibian import and exports, whilst driving the position of Namibia’s ports in local and international shipping markets.

The second key port under Namport is the Port of Lüderitz, located just 254 nautical miles south of the Port of Walvis Bay. Comprising 25 hectares of land, the Port of Lüderitz sits within the Robert Harbour and provides an efficient multi-purpose port serving Southern Namibia. The port handles mostly dry bulk cargo, arriving at the port from the Southern African Northern Cape. In addition to cargo handling, the Port is vital to the fishing industry and provides a thriving base where offshore mining and southern coast oil and gas operations can operate from. The Port of Lüderitz remains a vital hub for Namibia’s import and export markets and today has an annual handling capacity of 3 million tonnes across the port’s 500-metre-long main berth. However, the Port of Lüderitz is playing an increasingly important role in the energy market, and so Namport has set out expansion plans for the future of the port.

As the port is a shallow port which is founded on bedrock, dredging is not considered financially viable. Therefore, Namport is set on optimising the existing land of the Port of Lüderitz to create

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additional capacity in the short to medium term. However, Namport’s long-term goals outline a plan for a new port planned for Angra Point in Lüderitz. The new port would be located adjacent to Robert Harbour and would have a water depth of 14 to 16 metres to accommodate deeper draught vessels. The development of the Port of Lüderitz, including the expansion of Angra Point, is being fast-tracked to help enhance the capacity for project cargo. Thus, the expansion of the Port of Lüderitz and Robert Harbour hopes to provide the capacity for project cargo imports by 2025/2026. Plus, Namport hopes that the development of an export terminal at Angra Point will be reached by 2028, with the capacity to provide up to 2 Mtpa of ammonia (increasing to 18Mtpa) through the Angra Point Master Plan.

One of the main advantages of the Port of Walvis Bay and the Port of Lüderitz is its vital connectivity with cross-border important exports via 4 main trade corridors. These corridors include the Trans-Kalahari, Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi, Trans-Cunene, and Trans-Oranke corridors. Across these, Namport’s port connects the country with vital markets in Zambia, the Democratic Republic

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of Congo, Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Angola. Through these links, Namibia can deliver cargo quickly across the SADC region and, in doing so, support efficient supply chains to make it competitive in both local and global markets. Across these vital links, Namport is supported by the Walvis Bay Corridor Group, a public-private partnership, which promotes the utilisation of Namibia’s transport corridors to help enhance the delivery of operations from the ports and across the country. In addition to this, Namport is supported by its stakeholders and so works with these to deliver a substantial impact on the Authority’s operation and its capacity to generate and sustain value for all stakeholders across the port.

Tourism remains a key and lucrative industry for Namibia, and so Namport’s cruise season between November and March remains a key time for the Authority when the cruise season begins. The arrival of cruise vessels to Namibia’s shores brings a significant influx of foreign currency into the local economy, which in turn creates job opportunities for locals in key tourism sectors, such as tour guides and transportation services. Thus, whilst international tourists descend on Namibia on both

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Across Namport’s operations, there is a clear focus on enhancing the port of Namibia so it can meet the cargo import and export demands of the country and surrounding region, whilst working towards ways to extend and enhance its port offerings for the future of the port. With the development of the Port of Walvis Bay and the New Container Facility there, and the enhancement of the Port of Lüderitz whilst developing Angra Point, Namport remain committed to bolstering Namibia’s economic growth. By playing such a pivotal role in managing and developing these port facilities, Namport is positioning itself as a key and competitive hub serving the SADC region.

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Operating the nation’s largest refining system, Marathon Petroleum Company (MPC) is a leading, integrated downstream and midstream energy company providing energy resources to the United States of America (USA) from its headquarters in Findlay, Ohio. From its branded locations across the country (including its retail outlets), to its role in its midstream company that owns and operates processing and fractional assets, to its crude oil and light product transportation and logistics infrastructure, MPC is a powerhouse in the downstream and midstream energy sector.

MPC’s operations began almost 140 years ago, when several small oil companies across Ohio banded together to form The Ohio Company. From this company, Marathon Petroleum has grown with the development of new gas stations and the introduction of refining processes. By continuing to evolve and innovate, MPC is now proud of the role it plays in helping meet the world’s growing energy needs, while steadfastly adhering to the values of safety, environmental stewardship, integrity, inclusion, collaboration, and excellence that it places at the heart of every operation it undertakes.

The best place to start when examining MPC is its refining operations, which comprise a significant portion of its activities. MPC has 13 refineries spanning 12 states of the USA, which collectively deliver around 3 million barrels per calendar day (bpcd) of crude oil refining capacity. With such a vast network, it’s no surprise that MPC operates the nation’s largest refining system, with each refinery integrated with the others via pipelines, terminals, and barges to maximise the operating efficiency of each one. MPC’s refineries are integrated with its midstream assets to maximise its operating efficiency, and through its Midstream business, which provides the transportation links that connect its refineries and allow the movement of intermediate products between refineries, MPC can optimise its operations and produce higher margins.

The largest refinery facility operated by MPC is the Garyville Refinery in Louisiana, which is one of the largest refineries in the USA, located along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The facility has a crude oil capacity of 606,000 bpcd and is configured to process a wide variety of crude oils into gasoline, distillates, natural gas liquids and petrochemicals, heavy fuel oil, asphalt and propane. The facility underwent a vital expansion project in 2019, which significantly increased its capacity, which in turn positioned the Garyville Refinery as one of the largest refineries in the USA. Products from the refinery are transported by pipeline, barge, transport truck, rail and ocean tanker. With access to vital export markets and multiple options for selling refined products, the refinery is a vital facility under MPC’s operation.

Another significant refinery for MPC is its Los Angeles Refinery in California, which is the largest refinery on the West Coast and a major producer for the clean fuel market. The refinery is located near the Los Angeles Harbour and has a crude oil capacity of 365,000 bpcd. The Los Angeles Refinery is a major producer of clean fuels, producing heavy crudes from California’s San Joaquin Valley and Los Angeles Basin, as well as crudes from the Alaska North Slope, South America, West Africa and other international sources. In terms of clean fuel, the Los Angeles refinery manufacturer produces cleanerburning California Air Resources Board (CARB) gasoline and CARB diesel fuel. CARB is focused on improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through regulations on gasoline, and so the Los Angeles Refinery produces gasoline to these standards, highlighting its role in developing clean energy. In addition to this, the refinery also produces conventional gasoline, distillates, natural gas liquids and petrochemicals, heavy fuel oil and propane. These products are shipped via the refineries connected distribution pipelines and terminals, and are connected to the Watson Cogeneration Plant, which produces 400 megawatts and is the largest cogeneration facility in California.

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The Los Angeles and Garyville refineries add to MPC’s portfolio of 13 refineries across the USA, which are on a mission to deliver vital crude oil products to market, underpinned by a commitment to doing so with sustainability in mind. This focus on sustainable energy delivery is something that remains a priority for MPC throughout its operations, so much so that the company has 5 renewable fuel and feedstock facilities in operation, which collectively produced 600 million gallons of renewable fuels in 2024, with 2.8 billion gallons of traditional fuels delivered in the same period. This section of MPC is committed to meeting the energy demand of the world, whilst lowering the carbon intensity of its operations and the products it manufactures.

Across MPC’s renewable fuels portfolio is the Dickinson Renewable Diesel Facility, located in North Dakota. The facility delivers renewable diesel and naphtha fuel, with a capacity for 184 million gallons per year. The facility became fully operational in 2021 and is now the second-largest facility of its kind in the USA. Other facilities include the Martinez Renewables, Cincinnati Aggregation Facility, Beatrice Pretreatment Facility, Green Bison Soy Processing Facility and LF Bioenergy. These all provide vital renewables for MPC’s portfolio. One of the most exciting ones is LP Bioenergy, which is focused on

developing a portfolio of renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities on US dairy farms. MPC holds a 49.9% equity interest in LF Bioenergy, and the portfolio’s planned production has the potential to reach over 6,500 MMBtu (million British Thermal Units) per day by the end of 2026. Interest acquisition was announced in 2023, as part of an agreement that included the potential for additional investment.

To fully appreciate the scope of MPC’s midstream business operations, we must look to MPLX LP, which covers the bulk of the company’s operations in this segment. MPLX is MPC’s sponsored master limited partnership, which gathers, transports, stores and distributes the company’s crude oil, refined products (including renewable diesel), and other hydrocarbon-cased production through its regaining logistics assets, pipelines, terminals, towboats, and barges. MPLX gathers, processes and transports the natural gas, whilst also transporting, fractionating, storing and marketing natural gas liquids. Utilising its assets, MPLX includes a network of crude oil and refined product pipelines, an inland marine business, light-product terminals, storage caverns, refinery tanks, docks, loading racks and associated piping, as well as crude and lightproduct marine terminals. With the ownership of many crude oil and natural gas gathering systems and pipelines, as well as natural gas and natural gas liquid processing and fractionation facilities in key US Basins, the subsidiary plays a vital role in supporting the development and delivery of MPC’s crude oil and associated products delivery from its refineries and across to end markets.

Turning to MPC’s downstream operations, the company has two key brands under the MPC name, with Marathon and ARCO-branded locations. These locations include Marathon-branded gas stations, where customers can purchase Marathon-branded gasoline, which is available across retail outlets in the USA. Each station is primarily owned and operated by independent entrepreneurs, and each location offers a range of services, including convenience store products, car washes, and co-branded food products. The other branded locations are the ARCO Gas stations. ARCO has been the leading gasoline provider in the USA for more than 50 years, with its primary locations focused along the West Coast and Upper Midwest, with stations also located in Mexico. The stations offer quality TOP TIER™ gasoline, which exceeds EPA standards to help improve engine performance, efficiency, and cleanliness. Across these service

stations, MPC is providing vital gasoline to the public to help power the daily lives of those across the country. Thus, highlighting MPC’s integrated role across the energy sector.

MPC plays a valuable role across the energy sector of the USA, with both vital refineries and a plethora of retail locations across the country that are delivering a significant amount of crude oil products across the nation. With every aspect of its operations closely intertwined from its refining to its midstream infrastructure and logistics development, and then to its retail outlets and end customer delivery of petrochemical products, MPC maintains an efficient and leading role as an integrated downstream and midstream energy company. However, across these operations, there is always a focus on sustainability and the community. By ensuring that its projects are delivering a better world for all, especially through the development of renewable energy, MPC continues to drive towards a future where energy accessibility continues to evolve and innovate to meet the demands of the population and the planet.

With a portfolio of energy projects spanning across the world, Shell is today recognised for its expertise, knowledge, and proven deep-water technologies, which it utilises to unlock new resources to deliver safe and efficient energy for the globe. It is this deep knowledge of the world’s energy sector that began Shell’s deep-water development era in the Gulf of Mexico (also known as the Gulf of America) more than 40 years ago. Today, Shell is the leading deep-water oil and gas producer in the Gulf of Mexico, playing a critical role in delivering deep-water projects that are powering progress across the region.

Shell’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico began when a team of engineers, scientists and explorers came together to reimagine the future of the region’s offshore oil and gas production. The first platform developed was the Cognac Platform in 1978, which exemplified Shell’s expertise in the deep-water development field as it was the first company to produce resources at water depths of 1000 feet (ft). From the establishment of this platform, it was clear that Shell was to be a leading player in the Gulf of Mexico’s development.

Over the years, Shell has continued to invest in profitable and carbon-competitive oil and gas projects achieved through its exceptional technological milestones across the design, construction, and operation of world-class oil and gas producing assets operating at water depths. It is Shell’s innovative approach to deep-water development, often using standardised designs, which has allowed it to remain so competitive. By standardising its operations, Shell can reduce costs and provide quicker returns, and in turn, Shell’s production across the Gulf of Mexico now ranks among the lowest greenhouse gas (GHG)

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In a region defined by dynamic offshore and onshore energy activity, Proserv is charting a bold trajectory, driving operational excellence across North America and the Gulf of Mexico with cutting-edge controls technology. Whether safeguarding subsea wells or optimizing ageing infrastructure, Proserv’s solutions are built on decades of heritage, sharpened by a relentless focus on reliability, integrity, efficiency, and productivity.

At the heart of Proserv’s success lies its status as a trusted partner to industry giants like Shell. In the Shell Arran greenfield development, Proserv delivered a high-data-capacity subsea control system that supported real-time well monitoring. This sophisticated, cost-effective alternative to expensive fiber optics not only met Shell’s performance requirements, on time and within budget, reinforcing Proserv’s reputation for ingenuity and cost-efficient excellence.

But Proserv’s impact goes beyond individual projects. Through a powerful blend of hardware control systems, condition-based monitoring,

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intensity in the world for the production of oil. It is this focus on decarbonisation alongside its project delivery that has set Shell up to deliver vital energy resources across the Gulf region, supported by innovation, research, and development focused on delivering energy now and for the future.

As the largest operator in the Gulf of Mexico, Shell operates world-class oil and gas projects, including one of the world’s deepest offshore drilling and production facilities, the Perdido Platform. The platform operates at water depths up to 2,450 metres, highlighting Shell’s ability to deliver ultra-deep-water exploration at such depths. Perdido began production in 2010, and at its peak and can produce up to 125,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd). The platform is operated by Shell, who hold a 35% working interest, with joint venture partners of Chevron (37.5%) and BP (27.5%). The platform acts as a hub and enables the development of the Great White, Tobago, and Silvertip fields, extracting oil from 35 subsea wells.

However, in recent years, Shell has been developing new and innovative platforms, which are focused on decarbonising its deep-water operations. One of the most notable recent developments for this is the Vito Platform, located 150 miles from New Orleans. The Vito Platform has brought a new era for Shell’s offshore production across the Gulf, with the platform designed to be much smaller and more compact than a typical offshore platform. With Vito being roughly 70% of the size of the platforms we typically see for offshore oil and gas production, the platform provides Shell with a more environmentally friendly development for energy production as it requires less steel, cables, space and power to operate. Therefore, Vito greatly reduces the impact of the development and operation of the platform on the environment. To further enhance its sustainability, Vito is expected to see a reduction in its estimated electrical power load consumption across the platform, whilst also delivering more efficient waste heat recovery units. The platform will have optimised turbines to better fit the required load demand needed to operate the smaller Vito. Production began at Vito in February 2023 and now serves as a clear blueprint for Shell to deliver deep-

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water projects across the Gulf of Mexico to help improve its platform delivery and development to be both economically and environmentally enhanced.

Building on the success of Vito, Shell began work on the Whale Platform, the second of three planned oil and gas platforms, which will feature a similar compact size to the Vito Platform. In contrast to many platforms along the Gulf of Mexico, Whale is roughly only a 6th of the size of the tallest offshore platform in the world. The Whale platform has been designed as a close replica of Vito, but the platform is built to withstand 30-metre waves that often occur during hurricane season. The platform was installed in February 2024, located within the Whale oil and gas fields at a depth of 2,600 metres. The platform is operated by Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell Plc, who have a 60% interest in the platform, alongside Chevron (40%).

In January, Shell Offshore Inc. announced that production had commenced from the Whale Platform. The platform is estimated to have a peak production capacity of 100,000 boepd, with an estimated recoverable resource volume of 480 million barrels of oil (boe). Announcing the start of production from Whale was Zoë Yujnovich, Shell’s

Integrated Gas and Upstream Director, outlined that “Whale demonstrates our focus on driving more value with less emissions from our Upstream business as we deliver the energy people need today. Yujnovich continues, “It [Whale] will make a significant contribution to our commitment to bring projects online, with a total peak production of more than 500,00 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 2023 through 2025”. With a significant production capacity expected from Whale over the coming years, this highlights the leading role Shell is playing in developing energy developments across the Gulf of Mexico.

However, with the Whale Platform replicating 99% of the hull design and 80% of the topside from Vito, Whale enhances Shell’s deep-water development, where its oil production has among the lowest GHG intensity in the world. Whale features energyefficient gas turbines and compression systems, which operate with 30% lower GHG intensity over its lifecycle compared to Vito. This development exemplifies Shell’s continual movement towards decarbonising its deep-water operations and ensuring that with every new development, it is building upon this goal.

Across its platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, Shell is proactively managing the greenhouse gas intensity of its deep-water operation through innovative

project design, efficient operations, and strategic handling of late-life assets. In fact, Shell has achieved a 40% reduction in methane emissions in the Gulf of Mexico since 2016, and in 2023, Shell’s Gulf of Mexico emissions were 5% below its planned target, with intensity levels 9% below expectations. This continual movement towards decarbonisation is underpinned by Shell’s constant investment in research and development through collaboration with more than 25 universities and research centres. This research helps Shell to continually develop its project construction, development and delivery to ensure that each platform or energy development is working towards the global company’s long-term investment towards profitable and carbon competitive oil and gas projects across the Gulf of Mexico.

Across the Gulf of Mexico, Shell is playing a leading role in developing vital platforms that are enhancing the region’s vital oil and gas deposits to bring this energy to market. However, their primary focus throughout this is to deliver energy projects that optimise its research, development and expertise to deliver energy resources in a sustainable way. With compact and energy advanced platforms such as Vito and Whale, Shell is delivering vital energy with a low GHG emission intensity that helps deliver the energy needed today, whilst protecting the planet for the future.

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Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited, is transforming the Caribbean’s energy landscape.

As a key supplier of refined petroleum products and a pioneer in sustainable energy, Paria is dedicated to balancing business success with environmental responsibility.

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Trading 40,000 barrels of petroleum products daily, including motor gasoline, kerosene, gas oil, and fuel oil.

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Paria recently achieved a historic milestone in Caribbean energy by launching methanol bunkering services, positioning Trinidad and Tobago as a regional low-carbon bunkering hub by 2026.

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Paria is shaping a cleaner, more sustainable energy future for the Caribbean.

Newmont Corporation Australia

Home to substantial gold reserves, Australia is the third-largest gold producer in the world with a long history in the gold mining sector. For this reason, Newmont Corporation, the world’s leading gold company, has been operating within the Australia’s gold mining sector since 2002. Now with over 20 years of experience within Australia’s mining sector, the bulk of its operations here can be broken down into three distinctive mine operations: Boddington, Cadia, and Tanami. Across these mines, Newmont utilises the company’s over a century of expertise in the global mining sector, to deliver vital gold and metal resources for the Australian metals market.

Some of the most lucrative deposits of gold in Australia are found in the West, where there are a plethora of greenstone belts. Here, Newmont operates the Boddington mine, the largest gold mine in the country based on production, within the Saddleback Greenstone Belt. The mine is a large-scale gold and copper surface mine just 30km from Perth. Commercial production at the mine began in 2009, with the operation reaching 1 million ounces of gold by March 2011. Since it began production, the mine has consistently produced more than 800,000 gold equivalent ounces (GEOs) a year. By 2022, the mine had reached more than 1 million GEOs for the first time in its history, largely thanks to its fully autonomous fleet, which operates within the mine. The fleet, which Newmont invested $150 million in as part of its Autonomous Haulage Project, works across the south pit, which is currently the deepest open pit in the world to deploy such automation technology. However, it is this focus on technological innovation that has long made Newmont a heavyweight in the mining sector.

The development of automation across Newmont’s fleet has significantly reduced the fleet size at Boddington from 46 trucks to just 41 automated vehicles, allowing for a non-segregated haulage network with shorter and more optimised haulage distances. The introduction of automation was part of Newmont’s wider Full Potential program which is designed to encourage new ways of thinking that could push its mines to deliver greater value utilising best practices. The program set out to reduce costs whilst generating productivity improvements, and since 2013, it has generated more than $700 million in value for the mine. Through the program, Newmont has been able to push beyond Boddington’s nameplate capacity of 35 metric tonnes and has processed more than 40 million metric tons whilst adding another 2 years to the mine life. Alongside its significant productivity output, the automated system greatly improves safety and productivity at the mine, making it both an efficient and safety-focused mine delivering significant resources for the future.

The Cadia Mine is another of Australia’s largest gold mining operations and encompasses an underground mine producing both copper and gold. The mine has ore reserves of 15 million ounces (Moz) of gold and 2.6 mega tons (Mt) of copper. The mine site includes the Cadia East Underground Mine, as well as the Cadia Hill Pit Tailing Storage Facility and the Ridgeway Underground Mine, but the latter two are currently on current in care and maintenance. Mining in Cadia East commenced commercial production in 2013, and

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utilises panel caving mining techniques to access one of the largest gold and copper deposits in the world. Gold is produced in the form of gold doré bars via a gravity circuit and gold-rich copper concentrates from a flotation circuit. In the 2023 fiscal year, Cadia produced 597 thousand ounces (Koz) of gold at an allin sustaining cost of $45 per ounce.

Developing the Cadia mine has been of high importance to Newmont in recent years, with the Panel Cave (PC) 1-2 Feasibility Study approved for execution in November 2022. The project’s PC1 and PC2 are currently being developed to recover a substantial portion of Cadia’s ore reserves, with the first ore from PC 2-3 already delivered. The entire PC1-2 project aims to recover approximately 5.9 million ounces of gold services and 2.9 billion pounds of copper services. This development is expected to continue into the second half of 2026 to deliver significant resources for Newmont from the Cadia mine.

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Creating Value in Australia’s Mining Industry

One of the central missions of Newmont Corporation is to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible mining. This focus can be clearly seen at the Cadia Mine, as it was awarded both The Copper Mark and The Molybdenum Mark in October 2024. These certifications are awarded to companies to recognise responsible production. For Newmont, this is the first mine site for the company that has received the award. The certification is awarded based on an operation meeting more than 30 criteria in critical areas such as environment, community, human rights, and governance.

Cadia is also the only mine in Australia producing molybdenum, and so is the only mine in the country to be awarded The Molybdenum Mark. In the announcement of the awarding to Cadia, Suzy Retallack, Newmont Chief Safety and Sustainability Officer, outlined, “We take great pride in being at the forefront of the copper industry with The Copper mark, which highlights our dedication to responsible production and transparency. Retallack continues, “This means our global customers can now choose to source copper concentrate from an independently evaluated mine that meets the highest standards in environmental, social, and governance practices, responding to the increasing demand for sustainable supply chains”. Retallack’s comments highlight just how vital this mark and The Molybdenum Mark are for the competitiveness of Newmont’s copper and molybdenum resources for global markets. Customers across the world can source these resources from a mine that is known for operating with sustainability and responsibility at the forefront. This makes Cadia’s resources highly valuable for global supply chains and, in turn, develops Australia’s minerals industry.

The final mine operated by Newmont in Australia is the Tanami mine, where the company has been delivering vital gold resources since 2002. The mine is located in the remote Tanami Desert of Australia, within the Aboriginal freehold land that is owned by the Warlpiri people and managed on their behalf by the Central Desert Aboriginal Lands Trust. The mine is in one of the most remote locations in Australia, and so access to Tanami is via a fly-in-flyout basis. The mine began operation more than 20 years ago as an open-pit operation, which over the years has been transformed into one of the largest underground gold mines in Australia, with more than 12 million ounces of gold produced.

Like with the other mines operated by Newmont in Australia, the Tanami mine is undergoing expansion

works to increase the gold production of the mine. Newmont is currently working on the second expansion of Tanami, with investment towards constructing a 1.5-kilometre-deep production shaft. Tanami Expansion 2 aims to increase the average gold production of the mine from roughly 150,000 -200,000 ounces a year to 600,000 ounces per year for the first five years. Whilst expanding the production capacity, the development also hopes to reduce operating costs by around 10%. The main scope of the expansion involves the construction of a headframe and vertical hoisting shaft to a depth of 1,460m to transport people and ore out of the mine.

As part of the expansion, Newmont entered into a strategic alliance with Caterpillar in 2021 to help deliver a fully connected, automated, zerocarbon-emitting, end-to-end mining system. Thus, with this partnership, Newmont can deliver a more technologically advanced mine to optimise production. Newmont’s partnership with Caterpillar aims to develop new battery electric haulage technology for its underground mining, and following the introduction of battery autonomous technology, which will be an industry first for the mine.

Across all three of Newmont’s mine sites in Australia, the company is focused on delivering vital mineral resources in a sustainable and communityfocused way. Newmont is committed to building respectful and mutually beneficial relationships with the communities that surround its operations. By working with local communities, the mines can help deliver long-term economic and social growth. Each mining operation under Newmont has a dedicated community relations team, and through these, Newmont is passionate about maintaining an ongoing dialogue between all stakeholders to ensure positive community growth.

What we can see from Newmont’s operations in Australia is a firm commitment to delivering value through responsible, efficient and communityfocused mining operations. Across Boddington, Cadia and Tanami, there is a keen sense of growth to harness the production of gold and copper for today, whilst delivering the infrastructure and techniques to optimise production for many years to come. With some of the largest mining operations under its portfolio in Australia, Newmont is set to deliver vital resources for the country, supported by its expertise on a global scale, to make its supply chains competitive and mining operations technologically advanced.

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The S2 Meteorite: Destruction and New Life to Earth

Understanding how life as we know it came to exist, is something that scientists and researchers have long been examining by looking at the geological evidence we have left on Earth. A key place to discover such evidence is at meteorite landing sites, as often these give us big clues on how the earth looked upon impact and what the world looked like following the event. A key focus for this research currently is looking at the S2 Meteorite that impacted Earth more than 3 billion years ago. The meteorite is thought to have brought widespread destruction, whilst also triggering the start of new life in its wake.

The S2 Meteorite impacted the Eastern Barberton Greenbelt region, which is home to some of the oldest exposed rock on Earth. The belt is located on the eastern edge of South Africa, where there has long been rich gold mineralisation and is home to a usual type of ultramafic volcanic rock called komatiites. Since the discovery of the impact site, researchers have been travelling to South Africa to obtain and analyse spherule particles or tiny rocks which were left behind by the impact. By analysing these fragments, the researchers can begin to gather a better picture of what the S2 Meteorite was like, and how the Earth looked at the time.

The S2 Meteorite is an interesting discovery as it is thought to have been 200 times the size of the asteroid that took out the dinosaurs, which shaped the way the earth as we know it now looks. Therefore, studying the fragments from S2 is vital to understanding the earth, which when it hit was in its infancy stage covered with vast amounts of water, with very few continents, and only single-celled microorganisms.

From research conducted at the site, scientists have discovered that the impact would have caused a massive tsunami which would have churned up the ocean floor with debris, causing this to flush through coastal regions. The heat from the impact boiled the top layers of the ocean off and contributed to the heating of the Earth’s atmosphere. Additionally, the plume of dust caused by the impact would have sent a thick layer of dust into the atmosphere blocking out the sun. All of these aspects contributed to many of the single-celled organisms which relied on the sun for photosynthesis to die due to the thick dust layer, effectively killing any of the organisms on earth at the time.

However, the S2 Meteorite didn’t just bring destruction, following the tsunami churning up the ocean, bacteria and archaea would have been pushed into coastal regions. These organisms would have thrived on the influx of iron from the deep-sea floor, as well as on the increased phosphorus levels caused by the meteorite and the coastal erosion of the tsunami. These factors

allowed the bacteria and archaea to thrive, and so began significant population blooms across the land following the impact. Therefore, whilst the S2 Meteorite is thought to have brought destruction, even more significant than the one that killed the dinosaurs, it also led the way to the development of new organisms on Earth.

Overall, researchers continue to investigate the Barberton Greenstone Belt, as the S2 Meteorite discovery is just one of 8 recently found in the region, and so it continues to provide a great landscape for research into the early days of Earth.

Sources:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4g455p8lo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton_ Greenstone_Belt#:~:text=%5B2%5D-,Impact%20 event,-%5Bedit%5D

www.space.com/meteorite-s2-dinosaur-killing-life

Turks and Caicos Airports Authority

The Turks and Caicos Islands are an idyllic destination, seeing a great number of tourists descend onto its shores to experience the luxury resorts, impressive landscapes and local cuisine that the islands have on offer. Therefore, tourism remains one of the key drivers of economic development for the country. Thus, to help transport many of the tourists to the island, the aviation industry is vital to supporting the tourism sector and, in the process, the local economy. For this reason, the Turks and Caicos Airports Authority (TCIAA) was established to oversee the airports of the Islands and help them deliver them as world-class airports ready to deliver leading airport operations and development.

Established in 2006, TCIAA is the statutory body that controls and manages the 6 public airports within the Turks and Caicos Islands. Operating with a forward-looking and proactive approach, TCIAA oversees the planning, development, redevelopment, construction, administration, control and management of the port. Some of the key roles for the Authority are to maintain runways, taxiways and terminal buildings, provide Border Control Services, deliver air navigation and air traffic control services, whilst overseeing the safety and regulation of the airports in line with government legislation.

The hub for TCIAA’s operation is in Providenciales, where the Howard Hamilton International Airport, previously the Providenciales International Airport, operates. The airport is vital to TCIAA as it is where the bulk of the Islands’ regularly scheduled international flights arrive, and so is often seen as the ‘gateway’ to the Turks and Caicos Islands. Providenciales is the most well-known island in Turks and Caicos, with tourists arriving on the island to experience the hotels, restaurants and attractions, or, to then move to other Islands which do not cater to international flights. Regular flights to Providenciales include those from London, New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and Atlanta.

One of the other central airports operated and managed by TCIAA is the JAGS McCartney International Airport in Grand Turk. The airport focuses on domestic flights, allowing locals and tourists alike to hop between the islands easily. These services are supported by airlines including interCaribbean and Caicos Express, which facilitate flights between Providenciales, South Caicos and Salt Cay. The other airports under TCIAA include the Norman B. Saunders Sr. International Airport in South Caicos for domestic flights, Clifford Gardiner International Airport in North Caicos, Eric Arthur Airport in Middle Caicos, and Henry Leon Wilson Airport in Salt Cay. Across these 6 airports, TCIAA supports and develops the region’s economy, the largest through tourism, with more than 200,000 tourists arriving at the islands annually.

Dwayne Gardiner, Executive Chairman, outlined in his chairman’s message on the Authority’s website that ‘We at the TCIAA understand the importance of the Authority and the six airports under its control as a catalyst for national development, particularly in the areas of tourism growth and international trade relations. Like many of our regional counterparts, air travel is directly connected to and predominantly

drives our community’s main sources of revenue. Therefore, in our management practices, we continue to strive to promote a culture of honesty, integrity, transparency, creativity, and excellence”. Gardiner’s message exemplifies how vital TCIAA is for national development across Turks and Caicos, and under its authority, the airports can deliver vital tourism and international trade relations that bring significant economic benefits to the region.

One of the most valuable parts of TCIAA’s operations is the development and redevelopment of the Islands’ airports to constantly meet the demand of passengers travelling through them. In May 2022, TCIAA outlined the Howard Hamilton International Airport Redevelopment Project to expand the infrastructure of the airport, to increase the terminal capacity and add new taxiways and a new passenger terminal building. The project was awarded to ALG Transport & Infrastructure Advisors PLC upon the culmination of an open tender exercise.

The development could see over 1.2-2 years the implementation of a new turn pad airside, an increase in the apron size to 282,000 square feet (sq. ft) and the expansion of the existing passenger terminals by 26,7000 sq. ft. This expansion hopes to increase the terminal capacity from 0.9 million passengers to 1.11.6 million passengers, as well as expand the surface area of the port to include a new car parking capacity and improve the overall access of the port. This vital development project at the largest airport in Turks

and Caicos provides the Authority with the ability to enhance the place of the airport as a key tourist destination with the necessary infrastructure and development to meet the needs of its passengers today and in the future.

In addition to the development of the Howard Hamilton International Airport Redevelopment, TCIAA is also working towards the construction of a new terminal at both the South and North Caicos airports, whilst revitalising the JAGS McCartney International and Salt Cay airports. Plus, TCIAA has been investing in the construction of a modern administration building, a new fire hall, an Air Traffic Control Tower and a Meteorological Facility on the Island of Providenciales. Collectively, these developments highlight TCIAA’s continued commitment to enhancing the airports of Turks and Caicos.

Across TCIAA’s operations, that is a keen awareness of just how vital the airports are to the development of Turks and Caicos. With many hundreds of thousands of tourists visiting the islands annually, it creates significant employment benefits for locals and, in turn, a vast influx of cash into the local economy. By ensuring that the airports are up to scratch, TCIAA encourages more international airlines to fly directly to the Islands, bringing vast tourism revenue. With vital development plans in the works, we look forward to seeing how TCIAA will continue to enhance the international and domestic interconnectivity of the airports across Turks and Caicos.

TotalEnergies is a leader in the global energy sector, as a multi-energy company set on delivering affordable, accessible, and sustainable energy across its 130 countries of operation. With the global demand for energy continuing to rise, TotalEnergies is delivering energy projects that can deliver the vital resources needed for today, whilst doing so in a way that protects the energy resources of the future. TotalEnergies achieves this through close work with the local communities in which it operates to ensure that every development across its energy portfolio is towards one cohesive goal. In recent years, we’ve seen TotalEnergies’ operations expand rapidly across Africa, utilising the rich deposits across the coast of the continent to deliver energy resources to its respective countries. One project that has been of particular interest is TotalEnergies Tilenga Project within Uganda, which is delivering significant oil for the country and neighbouring markets.

TotalEnergies has been operating in Uganda for 70 years, with its operations today spanning from downstream petrol and retail locations to upstream activities in offshore development. Its initial role in Uganda was via TotalEnergies Marketing Uganda Ltd, the marketing and services subsidiary of the global operation in the country. Across this division, TotalEnergies operates more than 200 stations countrywide, positioning the company as the leading downstream retailer for the country. However, as TotalEnergies’ role in Uganda has continued to expand, it began operations within the upstream development, with its operations falling under TotalEnergies E&P Uganda. It was this upstream affiliate which began work offshore and is now home to two of Uganda’s most vital oil projects: Tilenga and EACOP.

TotalEnergies E&P Uganda is part of a joint venture partnership with CNNOC Uganda and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC). TotalEnergies holds 56.67% interest in the subsidiary, with CNNOC and UNOC holding 28.33% and 15% respectively. The central purpose of the joint venture is to oversee and develop the upstream sector of Uganda, making the most of the deposits in Lake Albert. The most notable development across this region is the Tilenga project, which spans 6 fields of operations, including the districts of Bulisa and Nwoya. Across these fields, TotalEnergies E&P Uganda are drilling 400 wells across 31 well pads. At peak production, the project is expected to deliver 190,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), delivering significant oil development for Uganda.

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The Tilenga project is being developed with TotalEnergies’ commitment to limit social, environmental and biodiversity impacts in mind. In fact, Phillippe Groueix, Country Chair of TotalEnergies Uganda and the General Manager of TotalEnergies EP Uganda, outlined on the company’s website that as a company, “we are proud to be part of Uganda’s energy journey by supporting the development of not only oil and gas resources but also renewables in line with our multi-energy ambition. Our ambition is anchored on our desire to achieve together with society net zero emissions by 2050 and to foster sustainable development in the countries where we operate”. Grouiex’s comments highlight how TotalEnergies E&P Uganda’s projects are founded on a commitment to deliver vital energy resources but in the most sustainable way possible, whilst supporting the local communities in which they operate at every step.

Oil produced from the Tilega project will then be transported via the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the second of TotalEnergies E&P Uganda’s key developments in the upstream energy market. EACOP is operated by EACOP Ltd., and shareholder TotalEnergies East African Midstream with a 63% share, whilst UNOC (15%), CNOOC (8%) and the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation

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(TPDC) (15%) hold the remaining shares. EACOP is vital for Tanzania, as it will connect the oil developed from Tilenga to the country via the pipeline and to the Port of Tanga in Tanzania, where the oil reserves will be stored in a terminal, and then loaded onto a jetty and distributed to end markets. The pipeline connects directly with the central processing facility, flow lines, lake water abstraction facility, and feeder lines, as well as to construction camps and support bases.

Both the Tilenga Project and EACOP are vital to the local community surrounding the developments as they provide close to 80,000 jobs, with at least 11,000 of these being direct jobs given to the local community. Therefore, through the development of both projects under TotalEnergies, the company remains committed to ensuring that its operations support the local community on both a social and economic level. This approach, which centres its employees, is further reflected in TotalEnergies E&P Uganda’s commitment to safety, where the company continues to foster a culture of safety and responsibility across its operations. In fact, in 2023, the Tilenga project announced it had reached a new milestone of 20 million man-hours achieved without lost time accidents. With the announcement of this milestone, it is clear that throughout all operations

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under TotalEnergies in Uganda, the company remains committed to ensuring that safety is a central pillar of its operations.

For TotalEnergies E&P Uganda, it has relentlessly worked to build a culture across its more than 8,000 employees and contractors where risk mitigation and safety are paramount for all operations. This sentiment was reiterated by Groueix, TotalEnergies E&P Uganda General Manager, in the announcement, that “At TotalEnergies, safety is the cornerstone of the company’s values because at the end of the day, a company that is not safe is not sustainable. We are therefore uncompromising when it comes to safety”. Groueix continues, “This achievement of this milestone reflects our collective commitment towards delivering this complex and large-scale project without accidents and puts us well on our way towards becoming one of the best performing TotalEnergies affiliates in safety”. This commitment to safety remains such a vital priority for TotalEnergies E&P Uganda and is evident across the company’s organisation structure, filtering down to the stakeholders and suppliers that help maintain this vital level of safety across its operations.

Across TotalEnergies E&P Uganda’s operations, there is a keen focus to bring the vital energy resources needed to power everyday lives across

the country and the surrounding region, whilst also working to support health and safety across its operations. From Tilenga to ECAOP, TotalEnergies is consistently bringing and developing vital resources for Uganda’s energy sector, and in the process, strengthening Uganda’s position as a key energy provider across both neighbouring countries and the world. We look forward to seeing how Tilenga will continue to be developed with sustainability, safety and energy delivery in mind to support Uganda’s ongoing role as a leading energy supplier across the region.

Across the global shipping industry, A.P. Møller – Mærsk (Maersk) is likely to be a name you are very familiar with, especially for its integrated transport and logistics services across the world. The company, a global leader in logistics services, today operates across more than 130 countries worldwide, supported by approximately 100,000 employees across the globe. With such a vast array of experience behind the company, it is no surprise that companies across the world choose to move their products with Maersk, knowing each and every delivery is supported by their full sea and inland transportation service. Across these services, Maersk ensures that no matter the cargo or destination, the company is committed to getting its customers’ products where they need to be – and in a cost-effective and timely manner. For North America, Maersk brings its expertise together to deliver full inland services that ensure cargo can smoothly travel across the region and onto key trading markets through its transportation routes.

Across North America, Maersk is committed to delivering well-connected, agile and reliable logistical solutions supported by its global network. In North America, there is a wealth of commodities being shipped locally across the region, as well as overseas to partners in places such as Europe. For Canada specifically, mining and technological development are at the forefront of the country’s development, and so these resources are vital for exporting within and across the country. These materials can include things such as fuel, vehicles, and machinery, which play a valuable role in supporting the economy of Canada. The United States of America (USA) sees a similar array of products shipping to and from its shores, with vehicles, electrical machinery, and even petroleum and gas products making up its key shipped commodities. Across Mexico and the rest of North America, items such as manufactured goods, electronic components, fuels and other energy products lead its import and export operations. Therefore, with such a wealth of products being shipped both within and from North America, it’s no surprise that Maersk is relied upon heavily for its services spanning across the region.

Across North America, Maersk offers regulated shipping services across many major ports. For Canada specifically, Maersk offers regular shipping services across its ports spanning both the east and west coasts, including services to the Port of Montreal, Port of Prince Rupert, Port of Halifax, Port

of Surrey and Port of Vancouver. In the USA, Maersk calls at ports along the entire coastline, including large-scale ports such as Port of Los Angeles, Port of New York, Port of Savannah and Port of Seattle – to name just a few. In Mexico, Maersk serves the likes of Port Altamira, Port Lazaro Cardenas, Port of Manzanillo, Port Progreso and Port Veracruz with shipping services. Across these ports, customers gain access to Maersk’s international ocean fleet, which ensures that all shipping operations from North America can reach global markets more easily.

One of the things that separates Maersk from its competitors is its international network, which is committed to delivering effective solutions that extend beyond the ports. Once cargoes reach end ports, both across North America for imports, or across the world as exports, Maersk provides full-inland services, which help to move the cargo from end ports to its end markets. It achieves this through its own transportation fleet supported by local transportation companies that help move cargo across roadways, railways and inland waterways.

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Many of the countries operating under Maersk in North America are vital trade partners, with Canada, the USA and Mexico playing a vital role in each other’s import and export markets. Across these markets, Maersk delivers its expertise to streamline supply chains to help get cargo from manufacturers to end markets much quicker. Across all of these services, Maersk is committed to delivering a full inland service, which ensures that whether travelling by sea, road, railway or barge, its customers’ supply chains are continually supported by its fleet and global network of expertise.

When dealing with such a diverse array of cargoes across North America, Maersk is committed to delivering the perfect shipping solutions that meet the needs of each cargo. This can include break bulk or refrigerated items, all of which require specific shipping needs, and it is these cargospecific requirements that Maersk thrives on providing. A great example of this is across Maersk’s operations in Mexico, where it provides specialised refrigerated cargo services which ensure produce and temperature-controlled items arrive in perfect condition. This attention to detail helps Maersk support North American supply chains by providing a cost-effective and reliable service that meets the

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exact needs of each cargo. However, this seamless movement of cargo wouldn’t be possible without Maersk’s network of local suppliers to help provide complete and integrated supply chain logistical solutions that cover cargo from the start to the end of its journey.

In July, Maersk released its North American Market Update, which outlined that the shipping links between Europe and North America have remained strong, whilst shipping between the Indian Subcontinent, the Middle East and Africa to North America is beginning to enter peak season. The demand for shipping between North America and West Africa remains firm, with garment and coffee volume expected to rise between North America and East Africa. In terms of shipping between AsiaPacific and North America, Maersk outlines that trans-Pacific import demand increased in June. To meet the demand, Maersk have reinstated its vessel capacity that has previously been downsized. The larger capacity should help meet the growing demand. These market updates remain vital to helping Maersk stay ahead of the game in delivering the best shipping facilities possible, which meet and expand its offerings based on demand. This ability to stay on top of current and predicted

cargo demands helps Maersk remain a leader in the industry, set on delivering its customers’ supply chains in the most effective way possible.

Across Maersk, there is a firm commitment to simplifying global logistics to help connect key markets and, through this, deliver an integrated world where shipping and logistics solutions like we have seen across North America can connect the whole way round. As the company looks towards the future, we look forward to seeing how it continues to enhance the shipping and logistics sector of North America, whilst working to continually build its network spanning all corners of the globe. With such a wealth of expertise behind it, it’s no surprise that Maersk is a leading shipping and logistics provider for North America and its customers’ supply chains.

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MermAId – Smarter Marine Communication.

Maritime safety has never been more vital; with millions of vessels navigating the globe daily, ensuring seamless and efficient communication among these vessels remains crucial for safety, operational efficiency, and fleet management. With so many vessels communicating worldwide, mermAId, an innovative AI electronic product, was created and designed to improve inter-vessel communication. We were excited to speak with Dean Mancini, CEO and Chairman of Mermaid AI, Inc., the company behind mermAId, to see how this advanced AI product has already been making waves globally by enhancing safety and communication in the maritime sector.

MermAId originated within the US Navy, where the technology was developed following a research and development project aimed at enabling unmanned ships to autonomously communicate with manned ships over VHF radio. This program, the US Navy Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) program, led to the development of mermAId, a sophisticated AI technology that scans all marine VHF channels simultaneously and transcribes all messages into text displayed in real time. These messages can be translated from 54 languages into English using advanced AI technology, ensuring users understand what is being communicated over the airwaves and allowing actions to be programmed based on this information.

When I spoke to Dean Mancini, CEO and Chairman of Mermaid AI, Inc., I asked him what role mermAId played in everyday maritime operations. Mancini outlined that ‘mermAId provides enhanced situational awareness to all aspects of maritime operations.

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communications of their vessels from land via any computer or the mermAId app on their mobile phone. They can even be alerted on their phone if one of the vessels issues a distress call.” Mancini continued, “Port and vessel traffic services and emergency personnel can have a better understanding of what is happening in their harbour by aggregating the radio traffic across all channels and can program automated alerts customised to their area of interest. If there is ever an incident, a date/time stamped log of that radio traffic, both in audio and text formats, are available to authorities and insurance companies in a searchable database online”.

Mancini’s comments here highlight just how valuable mermAId is across so many aspects of ports and harbours to enhance awareness of vessel activity, and to allow for a quick response should an emergency occur. In the event of an emergency, mermAId is an essential tool because the technology can be used to automatically alert authorities of a dangerous situation. Giving an example, Mancini outlines that “in the event of a disabled vessel that is on a collision course with a bridge, mermAId can

be programmed to send a text message to port authorities and police to close the bridge”. This ability to proactively respond to emergencies ensures an extra layer of safety across the maritime landscape, supported by this innovative AI product.

With so much great technology behind it, mermAId today is being utilised by the US Navy to support harbour surveillance operations. The technology stands head and shoulders above its rivals as the first of its kind, as a vital patented technology, which has proven its success with an institution such as the US Navy. In addition to the US Navy, the Port of Baltimore has been one of the most recent ports to adopt mermAId to improve safety across its harbour by rapidly disseminating critical information. The adoption of mermAId came following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024, when a container ship struck one of the bridge’s piers. In an effort to increase safety across the Port of Baltimore, it has adopted mermAId technology to allow it to help monitor vessels across the port and prevent such events

from occurring in the future. Since it adopted mermAId, the Port of Baltimore has benefitted from enhanced port management and visibility, whilst maintaining reliable communication with all vessels travelling through Baltimore’s waters.

The company behind mermAId is Mermaid AI, Inc., with the technology having been developed by TDI Innovations Inc., part of a family of operations. TDI Technologies, and its affiliate company, TDI Novus, Inc., have been leaders in the engineering, research and design sector for the Department of Defence for over 35 years, with a central part of its research and development being focused on AI. With the increase of AI across the maritime sector, mermAId benefits from TDI’s expertise in this field to deliver greater awareness, faster and automated actions, which support increased efficiency and improved safety, whilst reducing costs in the process.

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As Mermaid AI, Inc., and its mermAId technology look towards the future, I asked Mancini what the goals of mermAId technology over the coming years were. Mancini outlined that the central goals of mermAId are to transform VHF communications into a more powerful, actionable, and automated tool to improve safety and awareness in the maritime community. As the company moves towards this goal, mermAId technology has continued to be piloted with several of the largest tug companies in the inland waterways sector to monitor their vessel operations and assist with dispatch operations. Mancini outlined that the company is “developing a version 2.0 of our software which will include a map view to show vessels which are associated with radio transmissions, as well as a new mobile app to allow for remote monitoring and notification anywhere in the world”.

With this development, Mancini hopes to see mermAID being utilised across ships and harbours worldwide. For Mancini, “There is a multitude of communication being used out there and the technology in mermAId will allow us to unlock

and fully utilise all that information. I believe it will ultimately save lives and being a part of that is hugely fulfilling to me on a personal level”. Mancini’s comments here highlight that mermAId is not just technology to enhance fleet communication, but in the long term, it is a vital tool that will improve safety and save lives in the future. With safety being such a crucial aspect of maritime operations, the development of AI-powered technology such as mermAId that can improve awareness, communication, and emergency alerting will help to shape the future of ports and harbours worldwide. We look forward to catching up with Dean Mancini again soon to see how more stakeholders in the maritime sector continue to adopt the company’s mermAId technology to improve communication and safety in their ports and harbours.

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The Eden Reforestation Project (Eden) is an international non-profit organisation which is working to restore landscapes on a massive scale. A crucial part of Eden’s work is with local communities because the organisation believes that communities should be at the heart of implementing environmental change and restoration efforts. Currently, Eden has over 241,150 hectares of land under its management across 8 countries. The organisation works with more than 1200 companies and thousands of individual donors to restore forests on a massive scale, which in turn brings the local communities in which it operates employment opportunities, methods to protect ecosystems and mitigation strategies to tackle climate change.

Every single day, teams from Eden are on the ground, working in some of the most remote locations across the globe, with a central mission to facilitate restoration through community development. The organisation brings a collaboration and science-based approach to its restoration practices which work to leave lasting substantial benefits that are uniquely designed to suit each individual community and their needs. This approach is referred to as a bottom-up approach by Eden as it starts by connecting with local communities to build relationships with the local people and share in how they want their lands to thrive. These communities then work with Eden to implement planting opportunities, community commitments to restoration and forest protection strategies which will effectively overcome the challenges of each specific landscape.

Eden wants to ensure that every technique they implement is easily replicable and has systems that are easily implemented into the current infrastructure of communities. By ensuring the replicability of these practices, Edens’ legacy can be felt across a number of landscapes as their techniques and systems can be repeated by locals to work towards the combined goal of forest restoration and helping reduce climate change.

Eden’s restoration work can be seen across the world with significant projects in Africa and the Americas. In Mozambique, Eden is working with

communities to restore 206,000+ hectares of the Chimanimani National Park and its buffer zone. The projects are focused on addressing drivers of deforestation and degradation through fire mitigation, as well as conservation of agriculture and agroforestry. As part of its key work in uplifting the local community, Eden has implemented livelihood initiatives which hope to diversify incomes for rural households.

In Kenya, Eden has been restoring over 154,000 hectares of the country’s largest mangrove and coastal inland forests. Eden has worked with communities to establish harvest monitoring and the enforcement of policies in collaboration with the Kenya Forest Service to ensure the mangroves continue to thrive. In terms of community development, Eden has integrated agricultural intensification and agroforest initiatives to improve income and food security for those living adjacent to the forests.

Another significant project for Eden is in Brazil on the Parain Ecological Corridor where it is working to restore more than 67,000 hectares of gallery forests in the Cerrado and Caatinga biomes. The organisation is working with local communities to expand the agroforestry industry and develop forest-friendly supply chains for lasting sustainability. Furthermore, Eden is working in collaboration with private landowners to develop restoration plans for the protection of the Areas

of Permanent Preservation and the Legal Reserve Zones.

Overall, the most crucial part of Eden Restoration Projects’ work is its commitment to providing environmental change and economic sustainability. These two factors work hand-in-hand; to allow local communities to protect their lands, whilst still benefitting from the agriculture opportunities which the landscapes offer. As a global operation, Eden’s work can be seen across Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nepal, the Philippines, Honduras, and Brazil. With such a vast array of landscapes in these countries, especially with many projects based in extremely rural areas, Eden focuses on listening to local people and finding solutions which work uniquely for them and their land. Therefore, the success of Eden’s initiatives is its commitment to community-driven projects, as by working with locals it has achieved great success in protecting and restoring landscapes.

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At the heart of the Middle East, Jebel Ali Port serves as a premier gateway for trade, with over 80 weekly services arriving from numerous ports worldwide. These connections make the port crucial for supporting import and export markets under the management of DP World. Under DP World, the port has grown to serve 3.5 billion people in the region and many more globally. Today, it is the largest man-made harbour, offering essential maritime services that place it among the top 10 busiest ports in the world. Located 35 km southwest of Dubai, Jebel Ali Port functions as a leading deep-sea port across the Persian Gulf. Its history dates back over 50 years to the late 1970s, when Jebel Ali Port was first built. The port was designed to help supplement the facilities of other local ports, including Port Rashid, and to help the United Arab Emirates meet the rising demand for cargo imports and exports in the region.

Owned and operated by DP World, the world’s largest marine terminal operator with 48 terminals and 13 new developments across 31 countries, the port plays a vital role in regional trade. DP World has developed trade across the UAE by providing integrated solutions that enable local and international companies to do business efficiently. Jebel Ali Port is part of DP World’s UAE portfolio, which also includes the Mine Rashid Cruise Terminal and Coastal Berth, and P&O Marinas. In addition, DP World manages Mina Al Hamriya Port in Dubai and oversees three zones: Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA), National Industries Park (NIP), and Dubai Auto Zone (DAZ), along with Dubai Trade and World Security.

With the support of DP World, Jebel Ali Port has been voted ‘Best Seaport in the Middle East’ for 24 consecutive years, highlighting its vital role in delivering the port as a hub for trade within the Middle East. The port today plays a vital role in the Persian Gulf, Indian Subcontinent and African markets through its cargo operations. The port encompasses 1.4 million square meters (sqm) of total storage area, which includes 27 berths and a quayside depth of 15 metres. This depth allows very large and special cargo vessels to port at Jebel Ali, delivering great competitiveness for the port along international shipping lines.

One of the main things that sets Jebel Ali Port apart from its rivals is the high degree of specialism across the port’s storage and handling capabilities. The port can easily manage both cool and cold cargo with 9,665sqm of dedicated temperature-controlled space. This space allows customers to effectively store and move cargo that may be perishable or require specialised storage conditions. Across this storage space, many products, including chocolate, produce, cigarettes, alcohol, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics are frequently stored. These can be held in the cool storage between 1020°C across three rooms, and the cold storage at a temperature between -29 to +13°C.

The port is also home to 4 terminals, which are vital in supporting the development of Jebel Ali Port’s cargo sector. Terminal 1 has the capacity of 9 million TEUs, making it one of the busiest terminals at the port, spanning 15 berths and 51 quays. This was the first terminal established at Jebel Ali port, and from this, the port has continued to expand to achieve its position as one of the leading ports

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across the globe. Terminal 2 encompasses 31 quay cranes that have a 6.5 million TEU capacity. Across this terminal, DP World is utilising state-of-the-art technology, which is seeking to decrease carbon emissions by 30% through sustainable practices. However, Terminal 3 is where DP World have taken the technological advancement of the port to the next level, with 5 berths and a 3.8 million TEU capacity delivered thanks to 19 automated quay cranes and 50 automated rail-mounted gantry yard cranes (ARMG). These automated cranes allow the port to handle greater capacities, including those from Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV), which can exceed 18.000 TEU capacities.

The final terminal is Terminal 4, which is currently in development, but is set to deliver the benchmark for world trade capabilities. The terminal is being designed to service the current and future cargo demands of the port, and on completion, is expected to add 2.4 million TEUs in capacity to the port’s infrastructure and cargo handling capacity. The development of Terminal 4 has been a vast development for DP World, with a particular focus on automotive cargo, and in August, the company announced that it was expanding its vehicle capacity at the port, specifically in Terminal 4, to meet the surging demand in cargo across the port.

The announcement outlines that the terminal upgrading would see storage increased by roughly 21% to enable port-wide optimisation and help deal with the increase in roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) services seen in the first half of 2025. The expansion will see an 800-metre quay that can handle Ro/Ro services for three vessels simultaneously and will relocate the previous Ro/Ro operations from Terminal 1 to the new purpose-built Terminal 4. This upgrade will add 13,000 car equivalent units (CEUs), raising the total storage capacity of the port to 75,000 CEUs to cement the port’s position as a hub for automotive trade in the Middle East.

One of the other key facilities at Jebel Ali Port is the Logistics Capabilities Container Freight Station (CFS).

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The CFS provides 134,343sqm of storage space, which is located outside of Gate 2 of Jebel Ali Port. Here, a range of services will be provided, including Less than Container Load (LCL), handling transhipment cargo, Full Container Load (FCL) destuffing/stuffing, rework/consolidation operations, cross stuffing, weight reduction of container, export stuffing, and cargo delivery. This delivery of cargo also includes the Inter-Post Transfer, Internal Shifting and other additional services.

As Jebel Ali Port moves towards the future, DP World is focused on developing the port into a hub for technological advancement. It aims to achieve this through the launch of cutting-edge freight solutions at the port in partnership with Einride. The partnership outlines how the two companies will work together to accelerate the port’s transition to greener logistics through the development of electrical inter-terminal container flows. The development will see the electrification of its fleet of internal terminal vehicles (ITVs). Through the electrification of the vehicles, DP World hopes that, through its partnership with Einride across the port, it can reduce 14,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) annually when compared to a diesel operation.

The electrified fleet is to be deployed as part of a multi-phase rollout, which will integrate Einride’s full platform systems, including electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and the AI-driven Einride Sage operating system. A full fleet is expected to be rolled out by 2026, which is capable of moving 2 million twenty-foot containers annually. This development highlights the port’s role in helping to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 across the UAE through its implementation of an electric fleet over a diesel one. Thus, through DP World’s vital partnership and sustainability goals, the company is delivering Jebel Ali Port as a hub for technological advancement, ready to deliver vital operations underpinned by a firm commitment to sustainability.

Across Jebel Ali Port, DP World is set on delivering vital expansion development to meet the needs of the UAE’s cargo industry today, whilst expanding its facilities and infrastructure to meet the needs of the future. With the development of various terminals across the port, including Terminal 4, where its current development is largely based, DP World is able to deliver increased operations that meet the demands of its customers, whilst doing so with sustainability and technologically advanced efficiency in mind.

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First Quantum’s operations in Zambia have long supplied the country and its neighbouring regions with vital copper, nickel, and gold resources. The first development of this kind for the company in Zambia was the Kansanshi CopperGold Mine, located in the North Western Province. The mine was the company’s flagship project in Zambia, with operations commencing in 2005. The Kansanshi Mine is owned and operated by Kansanshi Mining PLC, which is 80% owned by First Quantum as a subsidiary, with ZCCM Investments Holdings (ZCCMIH), a Zambian government-owned company, holding the remaining 20%.

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Gold is then recovered from high-pressure leach residues via an acid-resistant gravity concentrator.

A key part of the Kansanshi Mine complex is the Kansanshi Copper Smelter, which was commissioned in 2015. By utilising its own smelter facility, First Quantum can optimise the value of the copper it produces for Zambia, producing more than 300,000 tonnes of blister copper annually. In addition to its smelting, the facility is also designed to efficiently trap 100% of the sulphur dioxide byproduct it produces, which it converts to sulphuric acid. This helps the mine reduce its reliance on imported acid for use in the treatment of oxide copper cores, and in the process, acid produced by the smelter is neutralised in the leaching circuit. The overall smelter reinforces First Quantum’s commitment to Zambia, as the smelter not only produces a further 700 specialist jobs for the local community, but it greatly improves the value of its ore for the country’s markets, whilst extending the life of the mine to at least 2044 and delivering long-term benefits for the country in the process.

To maintain the long-term benefits of the Kansanshi Mine for Zambia, First Quantum has developed the Kansanshi S3 Expansion project, which would scale the current high-grade mediumscale operation to a medium-grade largescale mining operation. This will deliver a higher proportion of primary, lower-grade sulphide ores for the company. The expansion project outlines

the delivery of a standalone 25 Mtpa processing plant with a new, larger mining fleet, which will bring the total annual throughput to 53 Mtpa. Once completed, the mine will have an average copper production of approximately 250 thousand tonnes per annum for the remaining life of mine. Therefore, with the development of the S3 Expansion Project, First Quantum is set on continuing to expand its operations and deliver even more vital copper and gold to cement Zambia’s role as a key copper and gold producer for the world.

A significant milestone for First Quantum’s operations in Zambia arrived in 2010 when the company acquired additional assets in the country. These assets were acquired when First Quantum acquired 100% of Kiwara Plc, and in the process gained controlling interest of the company’s prospecting licence on the edge of the Kabombo Dome. This region includes the Kalumbia copper deposit and Kawako nickel deposit, which would later be turned into the Sentinel and Enterprise mines. Following the acquisition of these assets, the combined project was renamed Trident, and the development of both the Sentinel and Enterprise developments began, along with the associated infrastructure and tailings facilities, which would serve both mines.

The Sentinel mine is an open-pit copper mine, which began construction in 2012 and took just 4 years to be completed. The mine brings together leading mining technology that helps deliver significant ore for the company. The development of the mine’s infrastructure represents Zambia’s largest infrastructure investment since the Kariba Dam in 1959. The mine utilises the world’s largest steel-ball mills and the world’s largest semi-mobile rope shovels, alongside conventional large-scale electric-face shovels and hydraulic excavators, and a fleet of ultraclass haul trucks. Ore from the mine is crushed in three semi-mobile gyratory crushers and fed into two secondary crushers and megawatt ball mills. The grinding mills are some of the largest of their type currently operating in the world, highlighting just how vital the mine is in delivering vital ore resources for the country.

The Enterprise Nickel Project is located just 12km from the Sentinel Copper mine, allowing it to share the processing and tailing facilities of Sentinel’s operations. The Enterprise mine is focused on

delivering nickel from a sediment-hosted nickelsulphide deposit with a total measured and indicated resources of 431,00 tonnes of nickel from 40 million tonnes of ore. The development is expected to see up to 4 million tonnes of nickel ore treated in a SAG ball milling circuit with pebble crushing, flash flotation and nickel floatation a year.

The Nickel processing plant, which was completed in 2016 and shares several sections with the Sentinel processing circuit, is designed to deliver 28,000 tonnes of nickel concentrate for the mine, which is hoped to be increased to 60,000 tonnes over the project’s development. This project is currently underway, with environmental approval having been granted and preparatory works having commenced. By delivering this development that can utilise and expand on existing infrastructure, First Quantum can enhance its efficient delivery of ore to market in an integrated facility that provides greater flexibility to its operations for the future.

With so many vital developments across Zambia for First Quantum, its developments are constantly

Leading Copper Production in Zambia

working to deliver a significant positive impact for the communities in which they operate. For First Quantum, responsible mining is at the heart of every development it undertakes, and so through the development of all three developments and their expansion works in Zambia, First Quantum is focused on creating employment opportunities, utilising local procurement for operations, and in the process delivering the advancement of small and medium-sized businesses across the North Western Province where its operations are based. Therefore, as we have seen across First Quantum’s operations in Zambia, there is a keen focus on delivering vital copper, nickel and gold resources to market, but all of these are underpinned by a commitment to delivering economic and social benefits to the host communities of its operations. This balance between mine delivery and social investment is what continues to champion First Quantum’s success in Zambia and position it as a leading mining company across the globe.

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Shell Nigeria

Shell is present in more than 70 countries worldwide using leading technology and its innovative approach to develop a more sustainable energy future. For Shell, its primary mission is to meet the energy needs of society in a manner that prioritizes the economic, social and environmental impact of energy generation, now and for the future. One of the key focuses for its developments over the last 50 years has been in Nigeria, where Shell has been at the forefront of the country’s oil and gas development. With almost 90% of Nigeria’s export income, and 75% of the country’s overall government revenue coming from the oil and gas sector, Nigeria, with the help of Shell, is primed to deliver significant energy for the country for many years to come.

Shell has been in operation in Nigeria for more than 50 years with its first developments beginning in 1937. Over the years, Shell has been vital in delivering pioneering onshore, shallow and deep-water oil exploration and production projects. These projects are delivered by one of the four subsidiary companies as part of Shell Companies in Nigeria which collectively contribute majorly to the economy thanks to the energy they produce and the revenue this generates for the country. Aside from the development of energy, these companies are also vital in supporting the supply chains, local content and social investment of the country’s energy industry.

The largest Shell company in Nigeria is Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), a joint venture between Shell and the government-owned Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). As part of the SPDC JV, NNPC holds a 55% share, with SPDC holding 30%. The remaining shares are owned by Total E&P Nigeria (10%) and ENI-owned Agip Oil Company Limited (5%). SPDC was responsible for producing the country’s first commercial oil exports in 1958. Today, the joint venture is focused on onshore and shallow water developments to produce oil and gas in the Niger

FASTER LIFTS FEWER HANDS GREATER EFFICIENCY

CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) installed its second offshore substation using ROPES BY BAKAERT, powered by BEXCO’s Ultraline® Slings made with Dyneema® SK78®, a lighter, high-strength alternative to traditional steel

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FEWER HANDS GREATER EFFICIENCY

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This resulted in faster lifts, fewer hands and better efficiency offshore.

This resulted in faster lifts, fewer hands and better efficiency offshore.

For CTRL System Technologies Nigeria Ltd and Nigerian operators, this isn’t just innovation, it’s a shift in how we operate our lifts. Lightweight slings mean easier mobilization, reduced risk, and no compromise on performance. From FPSOs to fabrication yards, CTRL in collaboration with BEXCO is driving smarter, safer, and more costeffective lifting solutions across Nigeria’s energy landscape. Sometimes, the lighter way really is the stronger one.

CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) installed its second of by BEXCO’s Ultraline® Slings made with Dyneema® SK78® steel

For CTRL System Technologies Nigeria Ltd and Nigerian operators, this isn’t just innovation, it’s a shift in how operate our lifts Lightweight slings mean easier mobilization, reduced risk, and no compromise on performan From FPSOs to fabrication yards, CTRL in collaboration with BEXCO is driving smarter, safer, and more costeffective lifting solutions across Nigeria’s energy landscape. Sometimes, the lighter way really is the stronger one

This resulted in faster lifts, fewer hands and better efficien For CTRL System Technologies Nigeria Ltd and Nigerian oper operate our lifts Lightweight slings mean easier mobilizatio

From FPSOs to fabrication yards, CTRL in collaboration with effective lifting solutions across Nigeria’s energy landscape Sometimes, the lighter way really is the stronger one

REDEFINING MARINE SERVICES ACROSS THE CONTINENT

For over four decades, Python Engineering Company Ltd. has set the standard in West Africa’s marine sector. Operating from its expansive 9-acre marine base in Warri, Nigeria, Python Engineering offers a full suite of marine services—from vessel construction and dry-docking to steel fabrication and offshore support.

Boasting one of Africa’s most diverse and modern fleets, Python’s vessels are built to exacting European & US standards and are tailored for the demanding conditions of both inland and offshore operations.

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

MARINE SERVICES

From the maintenance of marine vessels, barges and tugboats in her shipyard at 47 Enerhen road, Warri, in the early 90s, PECL has acquired a vast experience in shipyard services and then progressed to the construction of different marine vessels, such as houseboats, ramp barges, flat top barges, fuel barges, water barges, dredgers, pontoons, offshore and onshore Port A Cabins and even tugboats. PECL provides wide range of offshore support services in the oil and gas sector from the logistics and transportations to security patrol services to supporting rigs in their daily drilling operations through provision of various types of offshore vessels

CIVIL & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Our Civil design and construction team has executed several projects starting from residential projects, roads & infrastructure, helipads and runways, office complex buildings, to integrated projects ( as Field logistics bases and plant buildings)

FABRICATION & ERECTION OF CAMPS

Python Engineering Company Ltd has combined its expertise both in marine & civil services and has designed, fabricated, installed and executed several camps both on land and on offshore barges and locations by construction of accommodation units, office units, kitchen and messing units, recreational units, self-contained toilet units and technical units.

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE SERVICES

Python Engineering Company Limited is a leading Facilities Management & Maintenance Services Company; since incorporation PECL was & still rendering her services successfully to the Major Oil & Gas Companies with the highest safety standards.

Whether it’s accommodation barges, tugboats, or offshore logistics vessels. Python ensures every asset delivers comfort, safety, and efficiency.

Trusted by leading IOCs, energy and infrastructure firms, Python Engineering is more than a marine services provider—it’s a strategic partner powering progress across the continent.

Partner with Python Engineering for reliable, stateof-the-art marine services tailored to your project’s needs. Explore our capabilities and discover how we can support your operations.

Elshcon Nigeria Limited has since 1990 been the go to ISO 9001:2015 ‑ certified partner for Integrated Maritime Logistics, Steel Fabrication and Construction company servicing both the energy and non‑oil sectors of the economy.

WE DELIVER WITHOUT COMPROMISE

OUR SERVICES INCLUDE:

• Steel Fabrications/Construction & Maintenance Facilities & Pipelines Solutions

• Marine Solutions; Inland Marine Vessels and Machineries/Equipment

• Tugboats, Barges & House Boats Charter. • Machineries & Equipment Supply

• Offshore Marine Vessels: Offshore Barges, AHTS, PSVs, LHT & Security Vessels, Utility Vessels Charter, etc. Marine Logistics & Offshore Support

• Supply Base Solutions • Lifting Solutions – Cranes & Forklifts

• Ship Building, Ship Repairs & Dry docking Solutions, etc.

• Anchors, Chains/Shackles, Deck and Fendering Solutions

CORPORATE OFFICE: Deborah Lawson House Plot F6 Abacha Road, GRA, Phase III, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

FABRICATION / SUPPLY BASES: 11, Trans Woji Road & #7 Elshcon Road, off #3 Trans Woji Road, Trans Amadi Industrial Layout, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

LAGOS OFFICE: 33 Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Over 50 Years of Oil and Gas Development

Delta, with assets spanning 50 oil-producing fields. Across these assets, SPDC JV has a network of 5,000km of oil and gas pipelines and flowlines, 5 gas plants and two major oil export terminals.

For deepwater oil development, Shell holds 100% interest in Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) which has focused its development primarily on the Bonga Field. Across the Bonga field, Shell is responsible for the production of more than 200,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 10 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscf/d). As the first deepwater development for Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, Shell has played a key role in pioneering this industry for the country, which in 2005 saw Shell increase the country’s offshore capacity in Bonga. Today, almost a third of Nigeria’s deep-water production comes from the Bonga and Erha oil fields, reaching depths of more than 1,000 metres.

In 2014, SNEPCo continued its expansion of the country’s deepwater developments with the establishment of additional deepwater developments in Bonga North West. These offshore deepwater projects have been vital to the social and economic development of Nigeria, with the developments delivering much-needed employment, training and

business opportunities for local people. In fact, the Bonga Field developments have helped establish the first generation of Nigeria’s oil and gas engineers with experience in deep water development.

For gas development, Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) is the only international oil and gas company established as a gas distributor to industry customers across Nigeria. SNG, incorporated in 1998, has spent more than 25 years focused on the downstream distribution of gas to industries across Nigeria. The company provides manufacturing and industrial customers with access to a clean, reliable and lowcost alternative to liquid fuel. To achieve this, SNG operates a growing world-class gas transmission and distribution network spanning 138km of the country. In recent years, SNG has been focused on a growth phase, and so in recent years has expanded its gas distribution capacity by over 150%. Its network is now able to distribute over 150 mmscf/d of dry processed gas to more than 300 industrial customers nationwide, with more than 100 industrial customers already connected to its gas grids.

To help support SNG’s networks, the company has built strong relationships with virtual pipeline operators, which are focused on developing compressed natural gas and mini-LNG grids

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across the country. By working closely with these operations, SNG can continue to deliver vital energy infrastructure to meet the needs of the country, and in turn bring more social investments into the local communication through its value chains, revenues and employment opportunities. For this reason, SNG has established itself with a firm identity as a safe and credible gas distributor.

The final company operating under Shell Companies in Nigeria is Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG). The company is a joint venture with Shell holding 25.6% share, and NNPC, Total E&P Nigeria and ENI holding 49%, 15% and 10.4% respectively. The focus of its operations centres around the NLNG Plant on Bonny Island, where the facility has 5 processing units with a total processing capacity of 22 million tonnes a year of LNG. In addition to this, the facility can produce up to 5 million tonnes of natural gas liquid (liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and condensate). The facility is responsible for powering more than 200,000 homes and businesses on Bonny Islands, through a rural electrification scheme, Today, NLNG accounts for approximately 7% of the world’s total LNG supply, highlighting the valuable role Nigeria and Shell play in delivering this vital energy to market for a more sustainable future.

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In recent months Shell completed the sale of SPDC to a consortium called Renaissance for $1.3 billion. The divestment of SPDC is set on helping Shell simplify its presence in Nigeria, through its exiting from the onshore oil production in the Niger Delta. Instead, its focus for the future would remain on investing and developing Nigeria’s deepwater and integrated gas positions. Renaissance, renaming SPDC to Renaissance Africa Energy Company (RAEC), will therefore take over Shell’s previous 30% stake in the joint venture, leaving the company now owned by Renaissance, NNPC, Total E&P Nigeria, and Agip Energy.

Across Shell’s operations in Nigeria, there is a keen focus on making the most of the country’s oil and gas reserves to serve the people and economy of Nigeria. With every aspect of the oil and gas development sector focused on delivering vital resources, Shell continues to invest in people and businesses across Nigeria delivering a better future for the country both now and in the future. With the announcement of the divestment of SPDC to Renaissance, we look forward to seeing how Shell will continue to expand its deepwater and integrated gas positions across Nigeria to deliver vital resources for the future of energy development.

Strategic Business Units (SBU)

ENGINEERING

CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE

Process Design

HAZOP/SIL Review

Mechanical Design/GADs

Structural Design/3D Modelling

Piping Design

Instrumentation Design

Shop fabrication (Steel & Copper Nickel welding)

Blasting, painting, installation, construction, and commissioning for onshore and offshore operations

Facility upgrades, modifications, and operational maintenance

ACCREDITATIONS / CERTIFICATIONS

Our Mangement System Conforms To The Following:

Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Certified to ISO 9001:2015

Certified to ISO 14001:2015

Certified to ISO 45001:2018

INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROLS

Instrumentation

Control Safety Systems (DCS and ICSS)

Energy and Transport System (ETS)

Process Systems and Solutions (PSS)

Reliability Solution (RS)

TESTING & CALIBRATION LABORATORY

ASSET INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT

Flow Metering Service

Instrumentation & Laboratory

Calibration Services Process Automation Services

Longevity and reliability of critical assets

State-of-the-art technologies

Sustainable Industry-approved Methodologies

Corrosion control and mitigation Leak detection and repair. Production Operation & Lube oil flushing Flange Management Services Torque & Hot Bolting Services

Corporate Office

3A Sule Onabiyi Street, off Christ Avenue, off Admiralty Road, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State enquiries@eatlng.com +234 (0) 901-033-6048

Project Office No. 5 Apagodo Street, off Ada George Road, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

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Operational Headquarters

Ikot Udoma - Ataidung Road, Eket, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

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Port of Greater Baton Rouge

Located on the Mississippi River, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is strategically located to provide crucial access to the nation’s heartland via nearly 15,000 miles of inland water transportation, as well as to the Gulf of Mexico and ocean trade lanes to Latin America and beyond. Consequently, the port is an integral part of the national maritime industry and a significant player in developing Louisiana’s economy. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge now is one of the top ports in the US dealing with a significant tonnage of cargo every single day.

Before 1920, Greater Baton Rouge was just a docking facility, which consisted of wooden wharves along the Mississippi River Edge but had no levee system. However, as the river levels were relatively stable, the port made docking at the port simple and efficient for mooring. Therefore in 1926, the Greater Baton Rouge Municipal Dock was completed on the east bank of the Mississippi bringing greater cargo docking possibilities to the region, which in 1952 saw new legislation introduced to establish the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. Then just 2 years later construction began on a general cargo dock, grain elevator, and a grain dock on the west bank of the river allowing the port to begin to play a vital role in Louisiana’s growing economy.

Today, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge provides a wide range of products and services including the handling of forest, agricultural, steel, pipe, and petroleum products, as well as ores and coals and bulk and liquid bulk chemicals. Due to the port’s diverse shipping options via its vast network of water and road links, the port has established itself a reputation for outstanding service. This service is backed by the Port’s highly experienced business development staff which are on hand to transfer products and various types of cargo in a timely, safe, and secure way. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge’s commitment to excellence for its customers has earned the port a reputation for productivity and damage-free cargo handling that you can rely on.

Facilities at the port include deepwater docks, export grain elevators, liquid bulk terminals, midstream buoys and anchorage, warehousing, inland river terminal and a range of different facilities to make sure the port efficiently moves cargo to benefit the local region and continues to develop Louisiana for continued future development. Currently, the Port has 4 deep-water draft ships which can berth and unload/load at the same time. However, the Port has recently undertaken a $15 million rehabilitation project which aims to rehabilitate an existing fifth berth at the northernmost end of existing deepwater docks. The project has been designed, approved, and partially funded. It is the first major berth expansion since the completion of the Port’s doc extension in 1986.

LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Louisiana’s logistical advantages have placed it at the epicenter of world trade for centuries, providing access to global markets, international shipping lanes and major ports through 15,000 miles of the Mississippi River. A key anchor is the Port of Baton Rouge, boasting a 45-foot deepwater channel and direct connectivity to ship, barge, truck and rail systems

IT ALL LEADS TO LOUISIANA

Port of Greater Baton Rouge

The port today is known for its growth and expansion, which has seen its jurisdiction expand to include Pointe Coupee Parish which includes the Port of Pointe Coupee in Lensworth, as well as the ‘old ferry landing’ on the west side of the Mississippi River. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge has seen in recent years American Queen Voyages making regular stops at the landing, which takes passengers on excursions around the parish and across the river to St. Francisville and West Feliciana Paris. Furthermore, American Cruise Lines and Viking River Cruises began departing from the port in 2022. The port was attractive to these companies due to its commitment to upgrading and improving the old ferry landing to make it better for passenger traffic and the coach buses which transport visitors to places of interest in nearby towns. The profitability of the port has seen a significant boost in tourism across Greater Baton Rouge.

The port is looking to expand its facilities to enable port partners to increase capabilities and create more economic opportunities. The port is currently undertaking plans to rehabilitate and expand its northernmost deepwater berth in Mississippi with the aim of increasing its ship size capabilities and making docking into the existing deepwater berth safer. Currently, berths at the port have been experiencing increased congestion with the increasing demand for cargo across Mississippi. Therefore, additional infrastructure is needed to service the growing demand for liquid bulk commodities. Funding for the dock facilities expansion is in place and is permitted with work being completed and hopes to increase container handling. However, The Port is requesting more funding from the US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) as well as other funding sources which hopes to see more efficient affixed container handling pieces of equipment to increase port container handling facilities of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Looking towards the future, an exciting development for the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is Grön Fuels, a Fidelis company, which announced on Earth Day 2021 the development of a $9.2 billion carbon-negative renewable fuel complex at the port. The facility will be designed to be

the world’s largest sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel production facility. Construction commenced in 2022 and is hoped to achieve full commercial operation by 2025. Renewable energy for the port is a key development, and so Grön Fuels will be using proven and bankable technologies from renowned global technology providers to manufacture sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD). The facility is also planned to produce other renewable materials, as well as green hydrogen.

The project will be completed in conjunction with its on-site 200MegaWatt (MW) renewable carbonnegative electric power plants will produce carbonnegative SAF and RD. The entire system at the Port is the flagship Fidelis Climate GigaSystem™ and is expected to mitigate over one gigaton of carbon dioxide from facilities located at the Port over the production facility’s lifetime. Construction at Grön Fuels LLC is anticipated to begin in 2023.

As we have seen the Port of Greater Baton Rouge is an expansive operation that has seen such a strategically located port continue to expand its

Strategically Located Cargo Handling

operations to develop towards a more sustainable future that is critically concerned with ensuring that the importing and transporting of cargo across the port is consistent. The port is continually committed to refurbishing its existing infrastructure and developing further berths to be able to continue to meet the demands of the future. Consequently, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge continues to play a significant role in developing Mississippi and the port towards continued economic success.

Ingenio Magdalena

With over 33 years of history behind it, Ingenio Magdalena produces and commercializes products derived from sugar cane milling, which has established the company as the largest sugar cane producer in Central America and a key producer of renewable energy. The company is therefore on a mission to transform the sugar cane crop into a crucial pillar of sustainable development for the future through its core values of honesty, humility, and a passion for achievement. We are thrilled to return to Magdalena once again and see how its renewable energy development has continued to expand as it sets out goals for the next few years.

Magdalena began as a small agricultural company which over the years continued to expand, and today is a leading energy producer across Guatemala thanks to its crop growing and harvesting process. As of 2023, renewable energy produced from the crop by Magdalena generates 12% of the energy consumed in Guatemala. Therefore, through the development of the sugar cane crop, Magdalena has positioned itself as a leading renewable energy producer which is setting its sights on larger targets as the world moves ever more towards a green future.

For Magdalena, sugar plays the most prominent role in its operations, as it is from this crop that it has significantly developed Guatemala as an industrial unit. Sugar cane is grown and milled in Guatemala by Magdalena and then refined into sugar products suitable for exporting across Latin America, the US, Europe, and Asia. The sugar produced by Magdalena includes standard, brown, golden, raw, and refined, all of which come in 3 qualities: premium, Mag and Tierra Dulce. The brown and standard sugar is transported across local markets, whilst raw, golden, and refined sugars which it exported. The current installed capacity at Magdalena, through its mills, is 40,000 metric tonnes (MT) of sugar cane milled per day. What separates Magdalena’s production is its development and application of technologies which enhances the quality and efficiency of its sugar cane milling and production processes in its raw form. These technologies have allowed Magdalens to lead the national market with a 24% contribution of sugar and a current milling rate of 38,640 metric tonnes of sugar cane a day.

However, biomass is produced as a byproduct of the sugar cane milling process, is used by Magdalena as a renewable energy source to supply energy to the National Interconnected System via its power plant. Magdalena has been actively producing power since the 1990s and currently has an installed capacity of 331.4 megawatt hours (MWh) of electrical energy. The company began generating electricity in the 1990s when its power generation plant had a capacity of just 12.5 MegaWatts. Four years later, Magdalena signed its first long-term contract with Empressa Eléctrica de Guatemala (EEGSA) for an

Ingenio Magdalena

additional 14 MW. This contract was renewed in 2002, adding a further 15.4MW of electrical output. Over the following years, Magdalena has continued to expand its electrical capacity which has seen the company now play a significant role in energy production for the region, as well as make crucial steps towards further renewable energy resources.

At present in 2023, Magdalena is currently undertaking new projects into the world of renewable energy as it not only becomes a key focus for the company, but the world too. The Central American region is currently in the midst of an unprecedented energy transformation, for which Magdalen is leading the way as an essential pillar for the generation of electric energy through sustainable means. Previously, Magdalena has utilised biomass and hydroelectric energy which have both had a significant impact on the environment and the local community. Its projects to continually reduce carbon dioxide production are seeking to improve the quality of life across the areas in which it operates, and so we can see through its growth of non-conventional renewable energy previously, Magdalena is set on a new mission to find a way to develop energy for Guatemala.

In a recent announcement, Magdalena announced it was looking to move towards developing solar and wind energy production, to benefit both its operations and contribute significantly to the power production across Guatemala. One facet of these plans is that it wants to improve the generation and storage of its renewable energy services through technological innovation which will establish it not only as a key player on a national level, but a key player in the energy revolution on a global scale.

Magdalena, therefore, stands as a beacon of hope for a region that is constantly striving for a greener and more prosperous future. Consequently, by 2026 Magdalena hopes to be a cost and productivity leader through innovation, growth, and sustainable values creation, which is diversifying its products across a range of different markets from crop production to renewable energy delivery.

However, Magdalena’s operations do not end there; the company utilises the by-products of their sugar cane milling in the production of alcohol with the use of molasses. By fermenting the by-products that derive from the sugar cane milling process with a yeast strain, Magdalena can distil these products to produce Extra Neutral Alcohol (ENA), Industrial Alcohol (REN) and Heads and Tails (C&C). In addition, Magdalena processes the carbon dioxide produced

from the fermentation process and purifies it to market towards the beverage industry. Hence, in every stage of Magalena’s operations limiting waste and sustainability are always at the forefront.

An underlying focus for Magdalena is its focus on supporting and developing the local community and remaining aware of its wider impact throughout every operation.

Magdalena remains committed to improving the quality of life for its employees, their families and the surrounding communities by implementing labour, environmental, occupational, health, and safety initiatives across the region. Furthermore, Magdalena continuously works to better understand the environment through education to make efficient and rational use of the natural resources available to best serve present and future generations. Therefore, it is clear that throughout every single aspect of Magdalena’s operations is a key focus on bringing beneficial development initiatives and infrastructure to ensure the longevity of its operations in Guatemala.

Overall, Magdalena is a leading sugar cane production and renewable energy company across Central and Latin America. Through innovative technologies which are constantly working to benefit the people, land and the planet, Magdalena is leading the way as a company that stands for sustainable development. As Magdalena looks towards the future, we look forward to seeing how the continues to develop in line with the growing demand for green energy solutions on both a local and international scale.

Operating the world’s largest transhipment hub, PSA Singapore provides unrivalled connectivity in the heart of Southeast Asia. PSA Singapore is a world-leading ports and terminals group which handled 37 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of containers in 2022. Therefore, as the flagship terminal of PSA International, PSA Singapore leads the industry across the region providing handling, management, depot, and warehousing services to a whole range of container vessels.

PSA Singapore began as the Port of Singapore Authority, which was a statutory board responsible for regulating, operating, and promoting the Port of Singapore in the 1960s. However, in the 1970s its container port and handling facilities were established which over the next few decades saw expansive growth reaching 5 million TEU by 1990. By this point, Singapore was the largest container port in the world, and so in 1996, the regulatory functions of the original company were transferred to Singapore’s new maritime regulator, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). In 1997, the Port of Singapore Authority converted into an independent commercial company which kept the PSA initials and added Singapore removing the original acronym meaning. Since the container port and handling services began as the central focus for PSA Singapore, it has continued to expand and play a vital role in the overarching multinational PSA International group.

The core business of PSA Singapore is the movement of cargo from one vessel to another whilst in transit to its destination. This vital role is due to its strategic location at the heart of

Southeast Asia, at the crucial crossing point of many major shipping routes. Therefore, the PSA Singapore has become an important hub for global supply chains as feeder vessels bring containers to the Port of Singapore which are then loaded onto larger vessels which are then taken on shipments to their final destinations.

This transhipment method is both costeffective and efficient because it allows vessels to make a single voyage to the port, rather than multiple journeys to each individual destination. Consequently, approximately 85% of the containers that arrive in Singapore are transhipped to another port of call, and so the role that PSA Singapore plays in facilitating and maintaining this system of transhipment can be felt across the local and international cargo industry.

Across PSA Singapore there are 55 berths at the Tanjong Pagar, Keppel, Brani and Pasir Panjang ports. These ports all are equipped with container handling equipment and have a combined capacity of 50 million TEUs. The largest facility is at the Pasir Panjang Terminals (PPT) which has 3 dedicated births and is supported by an open car yard and multi-storey car storage yard which accommodates 20,000 car park lots. In addition, PSA Singapore has its Jurong Island Terminal which is located on the western corner of Jurong Island and has 2 berth terminals with a capacity of 400 TEUs.

A significant part of the development of PSA Singapore is the Tuas Port which is currently under development to consolidate all the company’s container terminals into a single location on the western seaboard of Tuas. The finished port is planned to have an automated and integrated operations system which will be deployed to tackle the next generation of cargo demand. Construction of the first set of berths began in 2021 and is expected to be completed by 2040. The entire project is part of PSA Singapore’s vision to form a holistic ecosystem which will bring goods anywhere in the world faster and more reliably.

For PSA Singapore sustainability is not just an option but a responsibility. It is working constantly to ensure that in order for the business to retain its resilience and continue to grow without compromising the environment it has set out on a mission to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the next generation. It has committed to a range

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of targets which are in line with Singapore’s climate ambitions. A crucial step towards these initiatives came in a recent partnership between PSA Singapore and the Pacific International Lines (PIL). As announced this month, the two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop sustainable solutions to cut carbon emissions and optimise maritime efficiency. This includes the development of a set of low-carbon emission routes for containers shipped by both companies.

PIL is the largest home-grown carrier in southeast Asia with strong shipping links in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and Oceania. As leaders in their respective industries, the partnership signifies a crucial move towards sustainability throughout the shipping industry. Mr Nelson Quek, Regional CEO of Southeast Asia for PSA International discusses the partnership between its flagship Singapore division and PIL in the company’s recent

press release, stating that “PSA is pleased to partner with PIL as we take the bold and essential step towards decarbonising the global supply chains that power our economy. We remain committed to working hand-in-hand with likeminded stakeholders as we spur concerted action towards our transition to a cleaner and sustainable future beyond the areas served by our ports”.

Therefore, this crucial partnership is set to drive change across the industry and allow each company to meet the common goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. It is these joint ventures with other respected stakeholders within the shipping and cargo industry, that have allowed PSA Singapore to develop its operations and establish itself as a crucial hub for these industries on a global scale. Through strategic partnerships, PSA Singapore continues to deliver productivity and efficient terminal services.

Overall, PSA Singapore has worked tirelessly over the last 50 years to move from a regulatory board into the world-leading ports and terminal group, which has continued to expand across the globe.

PSA Singapore plays a crucial role in an international network of port and container handling services both under PSA International, but also in the shipping industry as a whole. Consequently, through this work to develop its facilities and through strategic partnerships with significant stakeholders across the industry, PSA Singapore continues to foster a leading supply chain which is powered by its innovation, technology, and sustainable practices.