(SHANGHAI) ABS and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI) have signed a Joint Development Project (JDP) to use 3D Models to streamline the class process. The JDP will develop a process for ingesting SDARI 3D models into Class supporting software to allow 3D Model-based Class reviews. “Together, ABS and SDARI are designing […]
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth almost £2 million to provide six Pacific 24 (P24) Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) to Austal, based in Australia. The RIBs, built and customised in BAE Systems’ Boats factory in Portsmouth, UK are being supplied to Austal to equip two Cape-class Patrol Boats they are building for the […]
Heathrow has donated a further 5,000 FFP3 face masks to NHS personnel at the local Hillingdon Hospital this week, taking the total donated to 16,000 since the outbreak of COVID-19. In addition to this, Heathrow has stepped up efforts to help local schools during the pandemic. A total of 70 laptops have now been delivered […]
The British International Freight Association (BIFA), the trade association that represents UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, says that it hopes the package of measures unveiled by HMRC recently to accelerate growth of the UK’s customs intermediary sector is successful. Director general, Robert Keen says: “Whilst we welcome the additional funding, as we did when […]
After a closure for over three months of Malta’s International Airport for commercial operations, Air Malta will commence its summer schedule on Wednesday, July 1, connecting Malta to 22 destinations within Europe. Air Malta flights to Rome, Lyon and Marseille will now join the previously announced flights to Catania, Munich, Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Vienna, Zurich, […]
COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains around the world. Grocery retailers, for example, have seen demand increases of up to 25%, spikes normally seen exclusively during the Christmas period. Supply chains are struggling to meet this demand simply because most countries are in quarantine and they’ve had no lead time to plan for this type of […]
In light of the growing demand for international pharmaceutical transportation to Latin America in the midst of COVID-19’s health crisis, LATAM Cargo has extended PHARMA coverage. This care option, which is CEIV Pharma-certified, is part of the company’s product portfolio and offers specialised transportation for these sensitive and delicate shipments. The pandemic—which is currently affecting […]
On Tuesday, a fire broke out on the top deck level of the cruise ship Asuka II at the port of Yokohama. According to the Japan Coast Guard, the crew reported a fire on board at about 1300 hours local time on Tuesday, and they launched their own firefighting response. The Yokohama City Fire Department and […]
An increasing number of cruise lines operating in International markets are announcing details for their resumption of service, while the lines operating from the United States continue to face uncertainty. Hurtigruten, the Norwegian cruise line, resumed cruise service today embarking passengers in Bergen for a cruise north Crossing the Arctic circle on the first of […]
[Brief] Police in Sitka, Alaska made an arrest Monday night after receiving reports of an armed, confrontational man aboard a vessel in Sitka’s Thomsen Harbor. At about 2015 hours Monday night, the Sitka Police Department received a call reporting that an intoxicated man was on board a vessel, brandishing a knife and making deadly threats […]
Australian authorities are continuing their enforcement efforts relate to the incident last month when the APL England lost approximately 50 containers overboard. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority issued a direction ordering the owner of APL England to search for missing containers that were lost from their vessel off the New South Wales coast. As part […]
On Tuesday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced a plan for a new seaport specifically for offshore wind in Salem County, South Jersey. The facility – part of the state’s bid to capture market share in the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry – would be the first of its kind in America and would provide a site […]
