The anticipated second wave of the coronavirus is not sparing the maritime industry as both Australia and New Zealand find themselves dealing with cases of the virus aboard ships arriving in their ports. Australia has two ships in Fremantle currently with the virus and this comes after Western Australia had just cleared the second of […]
Mexico’s former secretary of defense has been arrested in Los Angeles and charged with using his official post to assist the little-known H-2 Cartel with smuggling, including acting as a maritime shipping agent for narcotics. The defendant, Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, was Mexico’s defense secretary from 2012-2018. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New […]
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has partnered with CSafe Global, the innovation leader in active, passive parcel and cell and gene temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, to introduce its latest high-performing container, the CSafe RAP, across its global fleet of wide-body and freighter aircraft. […]
The opportunity for criminals to take advantage of COVID-19 face covering requirements presents a security challenge for commercial premises in the supply chain and airfreight handling sector. The Face Recognition Company (FRC) is addressing that challenge with the addition of a new “unmasking” capability to its multi-camera face recognition security system. Designed for a wide […]
Aeroflot strengthened its position among leading global airline groups, ranking in the top three by passenger traffic growth (9%) and in the top five for RPK growth (9.2%). Pobeda, the Group’s low-cost carrier and a key growth driver for the Group, had the second highest passenger load factor anywhere in the world (94%), according to […]
To increase its competitiveness in the ACMI market post Covid-19, Air Atlanta Icelandic is taking steps towards establishing an AOC in Malta. This strategic move will strengthen the Company´s position in the ACMI and Charter market with improved market reach and access. The new airline will be named Air Atlanta Europe and is set to […]
ATRAN Airlines (ATRAN), an express cargo carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has accomplished a complex multi-modal delivery of spare parts for Porus Burner Unit. The delivery was organised in partnership with SIS Logistik from Frankfurt (Germany) to Perm (Russia) and included various transportation modes. Once trucked from Frankfurt to Kцln, the equipment was loaded onto ATRAN’s […]
[By Marissa Parrott, Carolyn Hogg, Cassandra Brooks, Justine Shaw and Melissa Cristina Márquez] Antarctica, the world’s last true wilderness, has been protected by an international treaty for the last 60 years. But the same isn’t true for most of the ocean surrounding it. Just five percent of the Southern Ocean is protected, leaving biodiversity hotspots exposed to threats from human activity. The Western […]
Last week, the crew of the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill rescued a disabled Iranian dhow in the Arabian Sea. While she was on patrol in the region under the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) maritime security initiative, Churchill encountered encountered a drifting Iranian-flagged dhow. The down signaled to Churchill via flashing light that […]
[By Pavel Toropov] A researcher at Hong Kong University has developed a technique that makes it possible to identify many species from a single scoop of water draining out of wet markets. It could help authorities detect trade in endangered marine species. Hong Kong is well known as a major hub for the global trade […]
Last week, Turkish rescue divers saved a crewmember of a fishing vessel who was trapped in an air pocket when the boat capsized off Samatya, Istanbul. Istanbul’s local government reported that the fishing vessel Kumsal-55 capsized about one mile off Samatya Beach, Istanbul at about 0430 hours on October 10. According to a survivor, Abdullah […]
[By Chris Bassler and Steve Benson] On October 6 2020, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper debuted Battle Force 2045. As foundational elements of U.S. naval force design, Secretary Esper emphasized the importance of very long-range precision fires in volume, while also ensuring naval forces continue to operate at the forward edge of American interests. The […]
