HMM, the South Korean shipping company, announced on September 13, that it completed the commissioning of its twelfth and final giant boxship, the 24,000 TEU HMM St. Petersburg. The aggressive expansion program, supported by the South Korean government, saw the dozen ships which are billed as the world’s largest super-class ships enter service between May […]
Fast growing offshore windfarms expect low carbon service operations by support vessels, but supplying and handling biofuels is a challenge and the development of ammonia and hydrogen powered vessels still has a long way to go, explains leading ship fuel broker and trader LQM Petroleum Services. The global offshore wind industry continues to balloon, adding […]
Two of the leading Maltese maritime training and contingency management training organisations will be offering a new set of integrated courses from 2021 after agreeing a memorandum of understanding earlier this month. The Mediterranean Maritime Research and Training Centre (MaritimeMT) and the International Safety Training College (ISTC ) will be creating a new set of […]
Bolloré Logistics and Antonov Airlines teamed up once again to safely transport Airbus Defence and Space’s new ANASIS-II satellite to its SpaceX launch pad in Florida’s Cape Canaveral. The feat marked the end of an era, as this is set to be the last Airbus Defence and Space satellite to be launched. The valuable cargo […]
IATA has warned of devastating impacts if a rescue plan for the UK aviation industry is not implemented immediately. Without immediate action the Association predicts the UK will face an ‘imminent unemployment catastrophe,’ which threatens to put more than 820,000 people out of work across the entire UK economy and could result in the UK […]
DHL has stepped up to meet demand in the technology, manufacturing and life science sectors as it launches a charter service from Asia Pacific to Europe and the USA. Managed by Star Broker, DHL Global Forwarding’s in-house charter team, the twice-weekly charter originates from Chongqing, China and flies to Amsterdam, Netherlands to Chicago, United States […]
As of 1st October 2020, Marty St George will assume the role of Chief Commercial Officer at LATAM Airlines Group. St. George has more than thirty years experience in the aviation industry. After graduating from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a degree in Civil Engineering, Marty went on to hold prominent positions in airlines […]
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo has been awarded “Cargo Airline of the Year” by ACW and the World Air Cargo Awards for the second consecutive year. Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo has made every effort to maintain a global airfreight network and throughout the pandemic has helped keep vital supply chains moving. Adriaan den Heijer, EVP of […]
On Monday, less than three weeks after Hurricane Laura struck communities on the Texas/Louisiana border, Tropical Storm Sally is expected to strengthen and make landfall in Louisiana as a Category 1-2 hurricane. Current projections indicate that the storm’s center will arrive just east of Port Fourchon at about 2300 hours local time on Monday night. […]
[By Yu Yani] Here on the Bohai Sea, Tianjin’s central fishing harbour is welcoming tourists again after being quiet for months due to the coronavirus. Liu Cuibo waves off one group and his phone rings again and again with others arranging boat trips. “Everyone’s sick of being cooped up,” he says, his mood bright. Liu, […]
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Bertholf offloaded more than 11 tons of cocaine in San Diego on Thursday. The drugs, worth nearly $400 million, were seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific. The shipment represents the results of 13 drug smuggling vessel interdictions off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America […]
Several studies undertaken internationally into the effects of changing world climate have focused on the warming Arctic region along with melting northern glaciers located across Northern Canada, Northern Russia and Greenland. While some studies suggest that world sea levels could rise by between 1.3 and 3-feet by 2100, other more alarming studies suggest that sea […]
