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Seafrigo expands in Nordics with new state-of-the-art warehouse in Sweden

Seafrigo, the cold chain logistics expert, specialising in food logistics has officially inaugurated its fifth warehouse in Sweden, marking a significant expansion of its operations in the Nordic region. The new 10,000-square-metre facility, located in Katrineholm, southwest of Stockholm, boasts 30,000 pallet positions and will enable Seafrigo to further enhance a range of its services […]

DHL delivers the world’s first mobile heart clinic to Burundi

DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, ocean, and road freight services, has successfully transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. This milestone logistics initiative will help bridge a critical healthcare gap in the region. In partnership with the German NGO Kinderherzen, the mobile clinic will provide life-saving cardiovascular […]

Trans Global Projects expands UK Presence with New Head Office

Trans Global Projects (TGP) is pleased to announce the opening of its new head office in the greater London area, marking a significant milestone in the company’s ongoing expansion plans. Colin Charnock, Group Chief Executive Officer, Trans Global Projects, stated, “Our new UK base will play an important role as we continue to expand our […]

Air Samarkand to open direct flights between Samarkand-Tel Aviv

Fast developing Uzbek carrier Air Samarkand is to launch its latest international scheduled service to the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv, starting on May 4th.   The new once weekly service will operate every Sunday on the Samarkand-Tel Aviv route with a modern Air Samarkand Airbus A321 aircraft. The 5.5-hour flights will depart from Samarkand in […]

Cargo iQ adopts new tiered implementation programme

Cargo iQ’s membership is rolling out a new tiered certification program which will articulate clear quality expectations for its members. The tiered certification program will help members, old and new, to develop staggered implementation plans as the tiers reflect the level at which a member has implemented Cargo iQ’s operational milestones, allowing them to use […]

Grimaldi Orders Nine Methanol-Ready Ropaxes for Med and Baltic Routes

  Italy’s short-sea transportation company Grimaldi Group is accelerating investments in a younger and more efficient fleet of eco-friendly ro-pax carriers, committing $1.3 billion for nine newbuilds at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai). The company says that the nine pioneering vessels, which are part of its fleet expansion and renewal program, will be equipped with […]

Austal USA’s Josh Trippi Recognized as Naval Architect of the Year

[By: Austal USA] Austal USA’s Josh Trippi, an Alabama licensed professional engineer, was presented with the Architect of the Year award by the Mobile Area Council of Engineers (MACE) at the organization’s annual banquet recently.  MACE recognizes engineers in the community for their achievements and leadership, a tradition that has been in place since 1967. With over […]

Saildrone Announces European Expansion Based in Copenhagen

[By: Saildrone] Saildrone, the global leader in maritime autonomy, today announced it is establishing a European subsidiary in Denmark, to address the urgent need for maritime domain awareness in European waters. Announced at the Maritime Industry Symposium at the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC, Saildrone Denmark will be a European entity, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. […]

Cargo Pumped Off of Damaged Tanker Stena Immaculate

  The transfer of jet fuel cargo from the damaged tanker Stena Immaculate has been completed, according to HM Coastguard, and salvors are now preparing to bring the vessel into a port of refuge in the UK.  On March 10, the Portuguese-flagged feeder Solong was on a routine coastal voyage off Hull, UK, making 16 […]

Op-Ed: We Don’t Know What Deep Sea Mining Would Do to the Midwater Zone

  [By Alexus Cazares-Nuesser] Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters) below the ocean surface and sustains life across our planet. It includes the twilight zone and […]

Trump Signs Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Shipbuilding

  On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order containing new measures to support U.S. shipbuilding, centered on a new “Maritime Action Plan.” The order was prepared primarily by the National Security Council staff and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, a White House aide said at the event. A copy of the final order was […]

IRGC Seizes a Third Tanker for Fuel Smuggling

  Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Navy (Nedsa) has seized another small tanker suspected of smuggling fuel within the Gulf, Nedsa reported on April 8. The vessel was not identified, but would have been a small tanker, as it had a crew of six and was carrying 100,000 liters of fuel.  The ship was apprehended […]

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