Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates airline operated several additional cargo flights from Kerala this Onam season even as the state celebrated a low-profile Onam this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emirates SkyCargo operated several additional cargo flights from Kerala, carrying fruits, vegetables and flowers, giving expats a slice of their home as […]
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to extend a drilling moratorium for Florida’s Gulf Coast. The order also expands the moratorium’s coverage to include previously unprotected waters off the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. At a campaign rally in Florida Tuesday afternoon, Trump told supporters that the E&P moratorium […]
Norwegian prosecutors have dropped the case against two cruise ship crewmembers who shot and killed a polar bear on the island of Phippsøya, Svalbard in 2018. Charges against their employer, Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, have also been dropped. On July 28, 2018, a 14-member party from the cruise ship Bremen – including four polar bear guards, an […]
Capacity utilization and lack of transparency are major challenges for ocean carriers and truckers alike, and that comes at a cost to both consumers and the environment. New transparent marketplaces powered by advanced technology from the capital markets could pave the way for greater efficiency and much needed digital transformation. When it comes to ocean […]
The International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Kitack Lim took the opportunity of the upcoming General Assembly of the United Nations to repeat his calls for governments to take swift action to resolve the crew change crisis. The UN is due to begin its 75th annual General Assembly on September 15 with a special event reaffirming the […]
The Panama Maritime Authority (AMP) issued the first statement of details on the grounding of the bulk carrier Wakashio in Mauritius in late July. While saying that its team in Mauritius is still in the data collection phase, AMP as the flag state for the ship confirmed many of the issues that had been speculated […]
[Brief] On September 7, a major explosion tore open the port side of the product tanker Trung Thao 36-BLC at the port of Dung Quat, just north of Quang Ngai. Divers have located the body of one crewmember. According to Vietnamese authorities, the Trung Thao 36-BLC was anchored at Quang Ngai on Monday with 12 […]
Firefighting efforts by the combined teams from India and Sri Lanka, along with the support of the salvage team, appear to be gaining the upper hand on the fire aboard the VLCC New Diamond drifting in the ocean near Sri Lanka. The relentless pumping of water on the vessel to control the fire however appears to […]
Federal charges against the master of the duck boat that sank on Table Rock Lake, Missouri in 2018 may have to be dropped, a federal district court recommended Friday. Capt. Kenneth Scott McKee, an 18-year veteran of the Ride the Ducks tour boat operation in Branson, Missouri, faces charges of negligent operation of a vessel […]
On 4th September, Damen Shipyards Group delivered a Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2710 to Rederij Groen. This, the first delivery of the new FCS vessel in the Netherlands, took place in Scheveningen. The vessel has been named Green Waves. It has been less than 6 th months from contract signing to vessel handover. The speed […]
Demand for faster and cheaper connectivity at sea is set to increase as sailing is recognised as a safer place to work, travel and holiday during the Covid-19 pandemic says satcom specialist IEC Telecom, which is experiencing an increase in enquiries from vessel operators in the maritime leisure sector. With ‘lockdowns’ and restrictions easing in […]
Analysts with TankerTrackers.com have tentatively identified a new round of Iranian gasoline shipments to Venezuela. According to the firm, the product tankers Forest, Faxon and Fortune appear to have taken on about 825,000 barrels of gasoline at Port Shahid Rajaee, then turned off their AIS transponders. None have broadcast an AIS position since the end […]
