ZeroAvia, the leading innovator in decarbonising commercial aviation, has completed the world first hydrogen fuel cell powered flight of a commercial-grade aircraft. The flight took place yesterday at the company’s R&D facility in Cranfield, England, with the Piper M-class six-seat plane completing taxi, takeoff, a full pattern circuit, and landing. ZeroAvia’s achievement is the first […]
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has operated a dedicated charter flight to assist Moria camp refugees in Greece, on the island of Lesbos. The flight was organized in cooperation with Chapman Freeborn Airmarketing GmbH from Vienna to Athens a week after the fire destroyed almost the whole camp and neighbouring territories. Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 landed in Athens with […]
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of the International Airline Group (IAG) uplifted 50 tonnes of cargo on a single flight on its long haul route from Mumbai to London operated by a B777-300ER aircraft in September – a record for IAG Cargo from India. The record cargo comprised of a mix of products including perishables […]
[By Khang Vu] On 9 September, the US embassy in Hanoi published on Facebook a map of Vietnam on a poster to commemorate the 25th anniversary of US-Vietnam diplomatic relations. At first the map did not attract much attention, given both countries had celebrated the occasion on 11 July, the official date of the anniversary. Yet several days later, […]
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has agreed to end his eight-month blockade on the oil terminal at Tobruk, allowing a tanker to enter the port and take on a load of crude oil. In talks brokered by the Russian government last week, Haftar negotiated a deal with Ahmed Maiteeg, the deputy prime minister of the internationally-recognized […]
Far from the world’s attention in the middle of the Bay of Bengal east of India, a health emergency is unfolding for seafarers in the Andaman Islands. According to reports from the UK charity Sailor’s Society as many as 300 seafarers may be ill with COVID-19, quarantined, and stranded without medical supplies. The danger of […]
Echoing Brexit warnings dating back to 2017, the UK government has issued a new “reasonable worst case scenario” for the transportation impact of completing the UK’s exit from Europe without a free trade agreement. The UK formally left the EU in January, but its trade is still covered by a status-quo transition period until December 31. After that point, if […]
Using World Maritime Day as the backdrop, United Nations agencies joined with leaders of the maritime industry in hosting a conference to again highlight the urgent need for action to address what they called a humanitarian crisis among seafarers. Convened by the UN Global Compact, the International Maritime Organization, and the International Labour Organization, in […]
In a new report based on discussions with maritime stakeholders, Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis E. Sola has catalogued the economic impact of COVID-19 on Florida’s cruise sector and its seaports. The effects of the cruise shutdown have been serious for cruise operators, but the collateral damage has also extended to port authorities and cities throughout […]
Adding its voice to the chorus of calls for action to address the challenges of crew change on this World Maritime Day, a federation of maritime unions called on the world’s port states to take a more active role in support of seafarers. The Nautilus Federation of 22 maritime unions issued a statement highlighting the […]
Researchers with the Pew Charitable Trusts have created a new tool for port states, fishing regulators and seafood buyers to determine where illegally-caught seafood is most likely to come ashore. By launching the tool on World Maritime Day, Pew hopes to draw attention to the problem of IUU fishing and the potential solutions. Illegal, unreported, […]
As ocean carriers and the shippers work to rebound from the economic effects of the pandemic, ports have been reporting steady, sometimes dramatic, increases in volumes in recent months. One of the downsides of the increases in traffic has also been reports of increased port congestion. Some of the congestion concerns have been due to operational […]
