Month: April 2021

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has been executing various projects with an estimated cost of around US $ 26 billion to harness cheap hydel electricity potential besides ensuring water security. Few of these projects included Diamer Basha Dam, Mohmand Dam and Dasu, official sources told APP. These projects, scheduled to be completed one by one from 2022 to 2028-29, would cumulatively add 11 million acre feet to gross water storage capacity, mitigate floods, irrigate 1.6 million acres of land and generate 9000 megawatt of hydel electricity, they said. They…

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The World Bank has a new report out this week on decarbonising maritime transport in which it specifically recommends countries pull back from investing in further LNG bunkering infrastructure. The World Bank has concluded that green ammonia closely followed by green hydrogen strike the advantageous balance of favourable features among a range of different candidate bunker fuels for ships. These features relate to the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions, broader environmental factors, the scalability, the economics, and the technical and safety implications of each fuel. Ammonia or hydrogen also have the…

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According to shipbroker Gibson, the current orderbook for LNG-fuelled vessels stands at over 130 ships, including 40 containerships. “Of these, Hapag-Lloyd has six 23,000 teu vessels under construction at DSME, CMA CGM has four 22,000 teu vessels on order, along with nine 15,000 teu vessels at HHI, while Eastern Pacific Shipping has 10 14,800 teu ships on order from HHI,” reported Gibson. However, there is little appetite for ordering smaller LNG-fuelled container vessels, due to the size of bunker tanks required. Moreover, the hefty price tag for conversion to LNG…

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Chinese encroachment into Tibet has finally yielded a trump card, and it’s one India can seemingly do little about. In July 2020, India and China fought a bloody skirmish in the Himalayas that left 20 Indian soldiers dead, according to unconfirmed reports. Relations between the two countries have been strained in recent years, particularly after a standoff in 2017 involving the strategic Doklam plateau, control of which is necessary to cut off India from millions of citizens living in the country’s northeast.  The latest flashpoint to arise in the Himalayas is…

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COAS was given a detailed brief on ongoing and future projects of Fauji Foundation and a review of various set-ups working under it. General Bajwa appreciated the performance and commitment of Fauji Foundation towards the provision of quality services and assured them of his full support in all future endeavors. During the visit, COAS also inaugurated a 100-bed Hospital and Foundation University Institute (FUI) School of Nursing. Earlier on arrival, COAS was received by Waqar Ahmed Malik, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Fauji Foundation.

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