[Dubai has launched a new metro construction project] Recently, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, personally announced the official launch of the Dubai Metro Blue Line construction plan. According to this latest disclosure, the Dubai Metro Blue Line, the total length of the line design is 30 kilometers, connecting Dubai's operating metro lines in the Red and Green lines, extending to the southeast inland areas of Dubai that are not yet covered by the metro line. The project is planned to have 14 stations, including three interchange stations: Dubai's The Creek, Centrepoint and International City 1. Among them, the International City underground station, with a planned area of 44,000 square meters, will become the largest underground station in Dubai Metro. According to the project design, nearly half of the line is an underground tunnel, the underground excavation depth of up to 70 meters, mainly covering the Mirdif area (Mirdif), International City (International City), Dubai Silicon Valley (DSO), Dubai Academic City (Academic City) and other areas. At the same time, this is the first time that the Dubai Metro crosses the Dubai Creek, and the length of the bridge across the river is 1.3 kilometers. The total investment in the Blue Line project is about AED 18 billion, or about US $5 billion. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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• 2024.10.09 10:18
• [Qiongzhou Strait transportation new energy vehicle ship successfully docked]
• On the afternoon of October 8th, under the on-site escort of the Guangdong Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau's "Haixun 0927" ship, the first flatbed cargo ship dedicated to the transportation of new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait, the "Green Source No. 1" ship, slowly entered the Xuwen Hai'an New Port, marking the successful trial operation of the ship's roll on/roll off transport route in the Qiongzhou Strait. It is reported that the deck cargo ship "Green Source No.1" has a total tonnage of 6731, a net tonnage of 3769, a length of 125.8 meters, and a width of 28 meters. The ship adopts a single-layer deck design, which can carry more than 160 new energy vehicles on a single voyage under full load conditions. The parking capacity is about 60% higher than that of existing passenger and roll on/roll off transport ships. The ship is planned to be deployed on the route from Hai'an New Port in Zhanjiang to Xiuying Port in Haikou. After being put into operation, it will add a new mode of sea transportation for new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait and effectively alleviate the tense situation of insufficient capacity for new energy vehicle transportation during the peak period of cross sea vehicle transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait. Editor/Zhou Yingwen

• 2024.10.09 10:15
• [Malaysia's energy transition has made progress]
• On October 9, 2024, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadhila stated that Malaysia has made progress in improving energy efficiency and that "energy conservation" has become the key to energy transition. Meanwhile, Malaysia will promote the ASEAN power grid as a key topic of discussion at the ASEAN Energy Ministers' Meeting. At the 2024 Asia Power and Energy Exhibition, which opened on the 8th, Fadhila revealed that as of June, Malaysia has saved 8769 gigawatt hours of electricity, worth over 2.2 billion ringgit, and plans to reduce 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. In addition, the Malaysian government has approved the establishment of an energy exchange aimed at selling green electricity to neighboring countries. As the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2025, Malaysia will promote the construction of the ASEAN power grid to promote the promotion of renewable energy and enhance the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in ASEAN member countries. Editor/Zhou Yingwen