Deutsche Aircraft, Energi i Nord (North Energy Cluster) and BLU (Green Artic Aviation Development) successfully hosted the third annual e-SAF Conference, a premier event in Northern Norway’s aviation hub, Bodø. This conference is dedicated to advancing the development and adoption of e-fuels in aviation and this year’s gathering united aircraft manufacturers, airlines, SAF producers, policymakers, […]
The slowdown in global tonnage that began in the latter half of March accelerated in week 14 (March 31 – April 6), according to the latest weekly figures from WorldACD Market Data. Following a -1% decline the previous week, worldwide air cargo tonnages fell by -7%, week on week (WoW). About half of this was […]
[By Blaine Worthington] The United States has a shipping problem and everybody knows it. From combatant commands to congress and maritime security outlets to the White House, everyone is talking about America’s lack of maritime capacity. America, it seems, is waking up to its maritime problem and is ready to roll up its sleeves and […]
After recent reports of Russian vessels planting subsea listening devices in waters near the UK, Russia’s ambassador to London told BBC that there was no reason for concern – though he did not deny that the Russian military has been at work on Britain’s seabed. “I am not going to deny it, but I wonder whether we […]
On Friday, the Estonian Navy boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker in the Baltic for allegedly flying a false flag. The vessel was flying the flag of Djibouti, but the Djiboutian register of shipping said that the tanker – the 18-year-old Kiwala – had already been deregistered. International databases suggest that Kiwala’s Djiboutian flag […]
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned a Dubai shipowner with a fleet of nearly 30 tankers for allegedly carrying Iranian oil to market. The Trump administration has reinstituted a campaign of “maximum pressure” on Iranian oil exports in an attempt to convince Tehran to halt its nuclear program and cease financing destabilizing activities in the […]
The U.S. Navy has deployed another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to patrol waters around the U.S. southern border, the third announced in a month. The previously-deployed destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) will return to port. USS Stockdale, a veteran of the Red Sea maritime security campaign, departed San Diego on Friday to perform duties in […]
Defending the US facility on Diego Garcia never used to present much of a challenge. The base was far out of range of regional actors who might want to threaten it, so there was no need for the surveillance and air defense resources needed to protect US bases within the Middle East region, such […]
President Trump’s strategy of cajoling Iran into negotiations appears to have gotten off the ground. A successful initial meeting has been held between US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Muscat on April 12, with the prospect nurtured by the Omanis that this will lead to a continuing […]
bound4blue is announcing the completion of the installation of the world’s largest suction sails, with four 26-meter high eSAILs® fitted to the MV Atlantic Orchard. Chartered by Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and owned by Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden (Wisby Tankers), the specialized juice carrier had the sails fitted in a single stop already planned […]
[By: MAN Energy Solutions] At a recent ceremony in China, MAN Energy Solutions signed a framework agreement with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (CHI) regarding their future cooperation on decarbonisation retrofit projects. Michael Petersen – Senior Vice President, Head of PrimeServ Denmark – signed the agreement on behalf of MAN Energy Solutions, with Guo Zhiqiang […]
On Friday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Boston Police Department rescued three fishermen from a scallop boat that went aground near Green Island, a rocky islet near the entrance to Boston Harbor. Pollution control efforts are under way to reduce the impact of a spill. At about 0745 on Friday, Coast Guard […]
