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Maersk customers to pay for $2bn-a-year fuel hike

Bloomberg The cost of delivering world trade is about to go up. A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container shipping line, said that customers using its giant box ships will have to pay separately for fuel from 2020, when prices are expected to surge because of tougher environmental standards. The regulations are designed to cut down emissions of sulfur, a ...

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Saudi’s sovereign wealth fund raises $11 billion loan

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund raised an $11 billion loan, marking its first-ever borrowing. The loan was larger than initially planned due to strong interest from banks and establishes a core banking group for the Public Investment Fund to work with on future deals, the fund said. “This is the first step in incorporating loans and debt instruments into ...

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New Jersey edges towards wind farms off its ‘shores’

Bloomberg New Jersey is taking a step closer to erecting wind turbines off the coast of some of its most storied beaches. State regulators are about to consider Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed solicitation for 1.1 gigawatts of offshore-wind farms. The process was expected to begin on September 17, subject to approval by the state’s Board of Public Utilities, Murphy said ...

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