10/12/13: KSE launches silo filling unit; US$1tn deal boosts global trade; China and Ukraine collaborate on deep-water port

KSE Process Technology, based in the Netherlands, has launched a special system for filling storage silos automatically.

The ALFRA Silo Filling Unit (SFU) automatically fills a complete silo-deck using transport containers. Harnessing a movable shuttle, the ALFRA SFU moves from left to right and back to  front in order to position and discharge into the right silo.

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Ministers from 159 countries have reached a deal intended to boost global trade at a meeting in Bali, Indonesia, the World Trade Organisation announced on Saturday.

The deal, which could add about US$1tn to world trade, will give developing nations more scope to increase farm subsidies.

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Chinese investor Wang Jing, head of the Beijing Interoceanic Canal Investment Management Co., has announced plans to build a deep-water port, oil reserve and economic development zone on the
Crimean peninsula, Ukraine.

With an estimated cost of US$10 billion, the project will see the re-construction of the Sevastopol port as well as the construction of grain and crude oil reserves. 

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Satellite image of the Sevastopol area, Ukraine. Note the dense forest terrain situated on high ground and valleys to the east of the port. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)