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Menzies Aviation announces contract win with new carrier Flyr

Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, has won the ground-handling contract to serve new airline Flyr at its home base of Oslo Airport. Menzies will also serve the airline at Nice Côte d’Azur Airport. Flyr is headquartered in Norway and commences passenger flight operations on 30 June 2021. The airline will offer domestic flights […]

CEVA Logistics enters Leaders Quadrant in Gartner 2021 Magic Quadrant

CEVA Logistics, a world leader in third-party logistics, announced today that it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of the 2021 Magic Quadrant Third-Party logistics, Worldwide report. This marks the first time for the company to be recognised as a “Leader” after eight years in the Challenger quadrant. Gartner Magic Quadrant evaluates […]

GEODIS opens a new warehouse in Morocco

GEODIS continues to develop its logistics activities in Morocco and today inaugurated a new warehouse located north of Casablanca.  This will serve one of the leaders in household appliances and telephony. With a well-established presence in Casablanca, GEODIS has chosen the city of Mohammedia to further expand its activities. The new 11,000 sqm ultra-secure warehouse […]

Gebrüder Weiss wins gold at the Austrian Export Prizes 2021

Gebrüder Weiss was awarded the Gold Export Prize for the category of Transport and Traffic by the Austrian Economic Chambers (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKO) on June 29. The company was presented with this prestigious award during the Exporters’ Nite held at Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier. According to the jury, this logistics company managed to successfully expand its international […]

AST Launches Iridium Certus 200 Service With Usage Alert Capabilities

Applied Satellite Technology (AST) Ltd, today announced the official launch of its unique Iridium Certus 200 service offering, with real-time alerting capabilities ensuring customers’ stay fully in control of MB allowances. AST’s exclusive real-time data alerting software, INTEGRA Control Lite, allows users to monitor usage and be alerted as defined thresholds are crossed accurately and […]

Global Deal on Harmful Fishing Subsidies Could Be in Reach

[By Fermin Koop] The world cannot afford to further delay action to protect the ocean, governments and conservationists agreed this month at a series of UN conferences. They called for “transformative” and actionable solutions following delays and cancellations caused by the pandemic last year. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) lists targets to reduce pollution, […]

U.S. Funds Indonesian Maritime Training Center Near Strait of Malacca

The United States is funding a new training center for the Indonesian Coast Guard (Bakamla) on Batam Island, near the intersection of the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Singapore. U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Sung Y. Kim presided over a groundbreaking ceremony for the new installation on Friday, according to the embassy in Jakarta. “As […]

Proman Expands to Six Order for Methanol-Fueled Tankers

Even before the first of the company’s new methanol-powered tankers has been launched, Proman announced the expansion of the project with the order for two additional tankers to be built in China for the global trade. The new orders are for sister ships to the tankers that Proman plans to operate as well as vessels […]

China Christens its First Luxury Cruise Ship 

China recently christened its first luxury cruise ship, which will operate for the domestic cruise market. While China has begun to develop its domestic cruise industry acquiring older secondhand tonnage and converted ferries, the new joint venture between China Merchants Shekou and Viking Cruises is designed to bring a new level of luxury to the […]

Report: Capsized Dredger Routinely Operated With Decks Awash

The Danish Maritime Accident Investigation Board (DMAIB) has completed its inquiry into the capsizing of the bucket dredger Margrethe Fighter, concluding that the vessel was vulnerable to flooding and loss of stability because she was sailing heavily laden with full ballast tanks. The crew was in the habit of loading and trimming the ship in […]

New Delay for Korea’s Mega Shipyard Merger Raises Doubts

Faced with its latest deadline to proceed with the proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Hyundai Heavy Industries announced in a regulatory filing today that it has further extended its agreement with the Korea Development Bank, DSME’s largest shareholder. The fourth extension of the deadlines comes as the companies continue to wait […]

Cadeler Spends $651M for Two of the Largest Wind Installation Vessels

The growing number of offshore wind power projects and an increase in the size of the projects and the turbines is building demand for a new generation of larger and more powerful installation vessels. Denmark’s Cadeler, an installation and services company backed by the BW Group, announced plans to invest $651 million to build two […]

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