Leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, has opened its doors in Montreal, Quebec, complementing its established Canadian operation in Toronto, and becoming the company’s 36th office globally. Gary Hopkins, CEO of ACS Canada, commented: “We have been serving the whole of Canada from our Toronto office since opening there 15 years ago, but we’ve […]
[By: Avikus] Avikus, a leader in autonomous navigation solutions and a subsidiary of HD Hyundai, has joined the newly established MIT Maritime Consortium. Launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on March 18, 2025, the consortium brings together prominent maritime organizations to drive innovation and set international standards in autonomous navigation and maritime decarbonization. […]
Airstrikes have been reported for another night in Sanaa, Yemen, as U.S. forces continue to hit the Houthi rebel militia. Earlier in the day, the group launched two more ballistic missiles at targets in Israel, demonstrating that it retains the capacity for long-range attacks. Local reports indicate that the latest American airstrikes hit the […]
The shipping industry faces its worst shortage of crewmembers in nearly two decades, and could be 90,000 people short by next year. The Global Maritime Forum’s “All Aboard” consortium has conducted extensive research on methods to improve life at sea and boost retention, and it has just released a report on real-world changes that […]
Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers, a subsidiary of NYK and Knutsen Group reports it is moving forward in the development of its concepts for the transport and storage of carbon as part of the emerging CCUS (Carbon capture, utilization, and storage) sector. The company obtained Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for the design of […]
A new project launched by a consortium of Dutch companies and supported by the government is focusing on what they are calling the world’s first zero-emission general cargo ship powered by liquid hydrogen. According to the project organizers, this initiative is a key pillar of the Maritime Masterplan, setting a new standard for decarbonizing European […]
After an extended pressure campaign from the United States and activist groups such as UANI (United Against Nuclear Iran) the Panama Maritime Authority is poised to purge its registry of sanctioned tankers. Bloomberg is citing comments by the General Director of Merchant Maine for PMA, Ramon Franco made during a conference in Singapore. According to […]
It is time to get serious about hacking — and engaging the hacker community — as a pathway to a stronger maritime environment. All of us in the maritime industry appreciate our respective nation’s reliance upon the maritime transportation system (MTS) for our very way of life. We all know the numbers: In the […]
Activists from the group Greenpeace staged two demonstrations today, March 27, temporarily blocking gas carriers arriving from the U.S. and Russia. It was done as part of a campaign by the well-known group against fossil fuels and the EU’s lack of progress on ending Russian and other gas imports. The campaigners are urging Europe to […]
On Thursday, six tourists were killed when a recreational submarine went down near Hurghada, a resort town on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. The viewing sub had 45 passengers and five crewmembers aboard at the time of the casualty, according to Red Sea Governorate’s Maj. Gen. Amr Hanafy. The tourists included Swedish, Norwegian, Indian and Russian […]
Korean officials report they organized the rescue of the crew from a Russian-flagged cargo ship which caught fire shortly after it departed Busan on March 26. Initial reports said three crewmembers were injured but it was later revised to a total of six, with two badly burned and the other four with more minor […]
Air Astana will continue relying on Jettainer’s expertise in Unit Load Device (ULD) management. This longstanding partnership between the global leader in ULD management services and Kazakhstan’s national airline, headquartered in Almaty, that began in 2007, has been renewed again on a long-term basis. Air Astana’s ULD needs will change in the coming years due […]
