SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized construction workers on Tuesday called upon the government to come up with measures to resolve the urea water solution crisis, claiming the shortage of the material essential to diesel vehicles threatens their livelihoods. The Korean Construction Workers’ Union urged the government to promptly resolve the lack of urea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it plans to import 200 tons of urea from Vietnam next week in the latest move to help ease a supply shortage of urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions. The amount is part of 10,000 tons of urea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A shortage of urea water solution resulting from Chinese export restrictions is expected to expedite the process of introducing electric cargo trucks in the logistics and retail industry. Hanjin Transportation Co., the logistics arm of Hanjin Group, has been testing electric/hybrid delivery vehicles on Jeju Island since December of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Cargo trucks are being modified illegally to be driven without urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, given the current shortages brought on by a Chinese ban on exports of urea. An online forum of cargo truck drivers is increasingly talking about ‘vasectomies’ [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is considering using the military reserve of urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, to help address supply shortages in the civilian sector, sources said Monday. The defense ministry and other relevant ministries are in talks over the idea of temporarily [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Sunday it plans to import urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, from Australia this week in a bid to ease its supply shortage that has caused soaring prices. The government has decided to mobilize military aircraft to bring 20,000 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae has launched a task force to tackle supply shortages of urea water solution (UWS), a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, an official said Friday. “We will establish a comprehensive response system like we have for material, components and equipment [...]