Top Stories of the Week: September 13-17
A roundup of this week's top stories:
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Inside Sea Machines' thousand-mile autonomous odyssey
Boston-based maritime tech company Sea Machine Robotics is set to break new ground for autonomous shipping by setting out on a 1,000 nautical mile remotely controlled journey around Denmark later this year...
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Von der Leyen puts focus firmly on China in State of the Union address
In her annual State of the Union address, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced EU plans for international infrastructure spending and proposed legislation that looks to position the bloc as a counterbalance to China's...
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Wabtec unveils world's first battery-electric freight train
Pittsburgh-based freight company Wabtec has unveiled what it claims is the world's first 100% battery-electric freight train at an event in Pennsylvania, with the company recently having made its first sale...
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Coal unseats wind as Germany's primary energy source
Official statistics released earlier this week showed that coal replaced wind power as the primary source of energy in Germany for the first half of 2021, despite efforts to boost the contribution made by renewables...
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Philip Morris International completes acquisition of Vectura
Tobacco group Phillip Morris International (PMI) has secured its takeover of inhaler company Vectura for £1.1 billion following months of controversy...
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US officials weigh probe into Chinese industrial subsidies
Officials in the US are reportedly considering opening an investigation into the use of industrial subsidies by the Chinese government, in a move that has the potential to further escalate trade tensions between Washington and Beijing...
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Fortescue and Aboriginal group form mining pact
Australian iron ore group Fortescue Metals Group has reached a deal with the Wintawari Guruma Aboriginal Corporation (WGAC) for a co-management framework to oversee the development of new mines at the miner's Solomon Hub operations in Western...