The African air cargo industry is steadily expanding its capability by gathering more investments to improve its effectiveness. This sector has undergone significant changes since Magma Aviation, the innovative air cargo solutions company, started operating on this continent over a decade ago. This year, as the company’s 15th anniversary approaches, the CEO of Magma Aviation, […]
Menzies Aviation has announced it has successfully reached its goal of 25 percent of women in senior leadership roles, in line with the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) 25by2025 campaign. READ: Milwaukee Airport begins work on new cargo hub to boost Midwest trade The announcement, made ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day (8 March), […]
Poor weather has repeatedly delayed the pollution-abatement operation for the wreck of the New Zealand naval survey ship HMNZS Manawanui, which grounded and sank off Samoa in October 2024, and New Zealand’s representatives have declined to update local media on the amount of fuel left in her tanks. After the sinking, New Zealand’s defense […]
The Philippine government is used to provocative statements from China’s state-owned media empire, but has expressed alarm at a new theory circulating on tightly-monitored Chinese social media: the newly-created concept that Palawan, one of the Philippines’ home islands, is actually part of China. To date, all of China’s expansionist claims in the South China Sea […]
Work officially began with the next milestone on the fifth and final vessel in the Maritime Administration’s program to provide state-of-the-art training ships to the state-run maritime academies. The grand block for the fifth vessel, which has been assigned to the California State University Maritime Academy, was placed into the dry dock to begin assembly […]
The Pentagon’s “startup” program, the Defense Innovation Unit, has awarded a contract to a San Francisco tech company to turn modern AI into useful military planning and wargaming tools, which could help theater-level commanders decide how to deploy warships, aircraft and troops. If operationalized, the “Thunderforge” software initiative could have a profound effect on how […]
The U.S. Treasury has imposed new counterterrorism sanctions on seven Houthi leaders who worked to secure weaponry from the Russian government and supply Yemeni fighters for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. No Russian officials were sanctioned in the announcement. The Houthis repeatedly attacked merchant shipping in the Red Sea from late 2023 through the end of […]
[By All American Marine] All American Marine (AAM) has successfully delivered a 78’ x 26.7’ semi-displacement aluminum catamaran to Cal Poly Humboldt. This cutting-edge research vessel will serve as a state-of-the-art scientific exploration platform and support faculty research along the Northern California and Oregon coasts. Designed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design, the RV […]
The UK Government awarded a £55 million ($71 million) grant to Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth to drive the next phase of expansion which will be used to support planned float offshore wind farms. The grant is the first of two announced under a program launched by the government in 2023 to support the development […]
In a surprise move that was also seen as a vote of confidence for the lagging dry bulk sector, the Saverys family announced they are paying nearly $1.2 billion to become investors in Golden Ocean. The company describes itself as one of the world’s leading dry bulk shipping companies currently with a fleet of 91 […]
A group of migrants was rescued after spending four days on a Mediterranean gas platform. One of the NGOs active in the region, the Berlin-based Sea-Watch, finally intervened and with permission from Italy landed 32 survivors and one deceased individual. It was the second incident with the same platform in the past three years. The drama […]
Construction is underway at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport on a modern air cargo terminal that local officials say will make it easier for Wisconsin businesses to move goods domestically and internationally, but ultimate success still hinges on attracting one or more cargo airlines that can provide airlift. The speculative project will redevelop a significant portion […]
