Lasting effects of COVID-19 will force Airbus to take more production cuts and lay-offs, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData. Nicolas Jouan, aerospace and defence analyst at GlobalData, says: “Airbus is planning to extend production cuts of its main commercial platforms by 40% overall for two years. These cuts will further extend previously announced […]
The UK government’s plans for 14 days self-quarantining of arrivals, will spell disaster for many workers in Britain’s beleaguered aviation industry, says GMB, the union for aviation staff. It has warned the UK government that its plans to introduce 14 day self-quarantine for UK arrivals ‘threatens thousands of jobs’. From today (Monday June 8) arrivals […]
The government of Malta has decided to allow about 420 migrants to disembark chartered quarantine vessels after a group of them threatened to harm the crew. According to prime minister Robert Abela, Maltese authorities received a phone call from a crewmember, who reported imminent danger. DW reports that some migrants aboard the chartered harbor cruise […]
Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar have agreed their borders in the Bay of Bengal, but neither fish nor fishers are bound by the lines on the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) map. The fish do not know. In the hope of a better catch, fishers cross boundaries, knowingly or unknowingly. As more boats chase fewer fish, clashes […]
Dedicated bridge chairs can do more than ease long hours standing on the bridge. They can help to define roles too, particularly as bridge resource management techniques and increasing automation make the captain’s role more of an overseer. Traditionally, the captain would stand at the front of the bridge and give orders. The rest of […]
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will remove fishing restrictions in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, drawing praise from fishermens’ groups and criticism from environmentalists. The reserve was designated by President Barack Obama in late 2016, and it is the first marine national monument in the Atlantic. According to […]
Carnival Corporation’s German-market brand, AIDA Cruises, has announced the cancellation of all U.S. and Canadian port calls for the entirety of 2020. “As a result of the continuing effects of the coronavirus, the conditions for international travel to the USA and Canada are not yet in place,” AIDA said in a statement. The line noted […]
[By Hannah Cloke] On May 18, a massive tropical cyclone with sustained winds of nearly 150 miles per hour was barrelling across the Bay of Bengal towards the low-lying coasts of East India and Bangladesh. This supercyclonic storm Amphan (from the Thai word meaning “sky” and pronounced “um-pun”) was the biggest in the Bay of […]
On Friday morning, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a crewmember from the boxship Laura Maersk at a position about 275 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. The vessel suffered an engine room explosion, resulting in one injury and loss of power. Aircrews aboard an MH-60 helicopter and an HC-130 out of […]
[By Vivian Davis, daughter of Edmund Priestly, and William H. Thiesen, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Historian] Edmund Lowry Priestley, known to all as “Eddy,” was born in Scotland on June 13, 1916, and raised in the English Lake District. He spent his early life in Chester as a telephone engineer. He was called up for […]
The fire aboard the car carrier Hoegh Xiamen is now contained and under control, the Jacksonville Fire Department reported Sunday. The successful containment effort is due in large part to cooling provided by the department’s fire boats, officials said. The fire continues to burn in the ship’s upper decks, and it may continue for days, […]
[By Mohammed Ayoob] Many local factors have contributed to the face-off between Indian and Chinese forces in Ladakh. Western Ladakh borders Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit and Baltistan, where China has invested hugely its economic corridor project with Pakistan under the Belt and Road Initiative. China’s apprehension about Indian designs on the territory has been accentuated by […]
