Bolloré Logistics India has received and delivered 3,600 oxygen concentrators destined for one of India’s leading multinational medical technology companies. The company fully chartered a Boeing 747-400 from Hangzhou Airport in China, taking charge of customs formalities, receipt at Delhi Airport and last-mile delivery to the customer’s warehouse. Several more shipments will follow in the […]
Cathay Pacific has announced the continuation of its recently relaunched flights between Dubai and its hub, Hong Kong, following its first flight which took off on May 21 2021. The first resumed flight departing Dubai International Airport at 16:25 on Friday May 21, passengers were welcomed on-board by a vaccinated cabin crew. The airline reported […]
dnata has partnered with Global Jet Technic (GJT) to provide line maintenance support to airlines in Dubai. The partnership will see dnata promote GJT’s services, offering its 150 customers a one-stop-shop of ground handling, cargo and technical services at Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC) airports. Steve Allen, executive vice President of dnata, […]
Old Man Winter added insult to injury when a blast of icy weather hit Texas and the Gulf Coast in February resulting in the shutdown, either controlled or forced, of several refineries and petrochemical plants that operate near many Gulf ports. That unexpected interruption, combined with the continuing pandemic, made for challenging times. Although there […]
The Royal Navy’s sole polar research vessel is testing out a pair of drones for the critical task of spotting leads in the ice. HMS Protector, an icebreaker built in 2000 as the ICE 05-class survey vessel Polarbjørn, was originally designed for commercial offshore work in the Arctic. Repurposed as a Royal Navy icebreaker for the […]
President Joe Biden signed into law the Alaska Tourism Restoration Act to permit foreign-flagged cruise ships to operate cruises to Alaska in 2021. Promoted as an important part of Alaska’s recovery from the pandemic and part of the state’s efforts to rebuild its tourism industry, the act is also the first modern waiver of U.S. […]
A court in Singapore has approved a prosecutor’s request to freeze the assets of Lim Oon Kuin (also known as O.K. Lim) and his family as litigation continues over the alleged financial fraud at Lim’s businesses. The freeze covers an astonishing $3.5 billion in holdings, and it opens a path to further loss recovery for the […]
Hong Kong officials are in negotiations with the cruise industry to restart limited cruise service for residents as part of their efforts to restart parts of the economy. Residents have largely been restricted to the city, which along with strict controls, permitted Hong Kong to nearly eliminate the COVID-19 virus. Hong Kong media is reporting […]
Plans are advancing for the development of a hydrogen hub and transshipment port in northern Scotland. The terms of a memorandum of understanding between the Port of Cromarty Firth, located near Inverness, Scotland and Norwegian firm Gen2 Energy establish the groundwork to call for a commercial pathway to import green hydrogen from Norway into the […]
The Port of Rotterdam announced that it is suspending the current tender process for the selection of unmanned transports to operate on a dedicated road connecting the container terminals and other operations in the Maasvlakte region of the port. The project had been billed as a major advancement and demonstration in improving port efficiency and […]
In a sign of potential supply challenges for the maritime industry, Japanese electrical utility JERA has launched a pilot project using one of shipping’s most promising future fuels in a shoreside powerplant. In collaboration with JERA and IHI Corporation, the Japanese government’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization is underwriting a four-year ammonia trial at […]
Plans were announced for Britain’s first captive wind farm to be located in overseas territorial waters. The HIP Atlantic Project would install 10GW of fixed and floating wind turbines in the North Atlantic near Iceland connected to the United Kingdom by long-length, high-capacity, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine power transmission cables. While located outside the […]
