Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has today announced the start of construction on Phase II of dnata City East, a 11,000 sq m extension of its landmark air cargo facility located immediately to the south of Heathrow Airport. The building will be operated by dnata, the largest independent cargo-handler serving […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) reports it has completed two Boeing 747 charter flights from Europe to Kuwait, Western Asia delivering 355 heifers and 10 bulls to their new home. The flights, which were organised from Liege and Leipzig to Kuwait City have been masterminded by ABC’s European AVI team in cooperation with Air Cargo Consultants and […]
IAG Cargo has celebrated the two-year anniversary of its pharmaceutical centre in Madrid, which is dedicated to its Constant Climate product for transporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products. The Centre has played a key role in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and recently dispatched its 30th COVID-19 vaccine shipment. Since opening in 2019, the IAG Cargo pharmaceutical centre in Madrid […]
As the COVID-19 vaccination process gets underway around the world, the issue of logistics has become crucial. According to IATA director general and CEO Alexandre de Juniac, “Safely delivering COVID-19 vaccines will be the mission of the century for the global air cargo industry”. In light of the importance and magnitude of the challenge for […]
Frank Mena, currently head of the North America region of Swissport, serves as new head of the Americas with immediate effect. He will also assumes responsibility for Latin America. Frank takes over the LATAM markets from José Canales, who is leaving the company. “As Head of Swissport in North America, Frank has proven his ability […]
Menzies Aviation has announced its trial of the Vestergaard Elephant e-BETA, a new electrically operated de-icing unit, at Oslo Airport. This is the first trial of its kind in Europe, and the second globally, marking a significant step forward in ground handling sustainability, with initial tests indicating that using the electrically driven Vestergaard Elephant e-BETA will […]
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced today that remote vessel and voyage management platform Smart Ship© Hub is now a KVH Watch® Solution Partner and will offer KVH Watch services as part of its wide range of remote technical and operational management solutions. The Smart Ship Hub platform provides performance advisory and predictive diagnostics for […]
Russia, a major hub for seafarers, has now recognised seafarers as keyworkers and begun giving them Covid-19 vaccinations as a priority group – a move welcomed by Danica Crewing Services, a leading supplier Russian seafarers. Danica Managing Director Henrik Jensen reports that Danica crew members are among the first to receive the vaccination in Saint […]
New analysis from SEA-LNG, the coalition for accelerating LNG as a marine fuel, has determined that for every 10% of bio-LNG dropped in and blended with LNG as a marine fuel, a vessel can achieve two extra years’ compliance with the Annual Efficiency Ratio (AER) curve used to secure preferable funding under the Poseidon Principles. This […]
With the demand for container shipping continuing to rise, long-term contract rates are climbing to unprecedented highs according to new data from ocean freight market intelligence firm Xeneta. They report that all key shipping corridors registered steep increases since the beginning of the year, driven by continuing surging demand, lack of equipment supply, and spot […]
In a new study, a team of environmental chemists from the University of Oldenburg examined microplastics in the North Sea and found indications that ships may be leaving behind a trail of plastic particles in their wake. “Our hypothesis is that ships leave a kind of ‘skid mark’ in the water which is of similar […]
Zeetug30, the world’s first zero-emission all-electric tugboat, was commissioned in early 2020, and the initial operational results are looking particularly promising for Turkish owner, G?SA? Gemi Sanayi A.?. However, turning the project for the Port of Istanbul into reality required some ‘out of the box’ thinking by NAVTEK Naval Technologies. Alper Akan, Local Sales Channel […]
