Seas Of Solutions B.V is delighted to announce that it has acquired Orolia’s Maritime Safety Business, excluding Fleet Management solutions, and is the new owner of the world’s most trusted names in Emergency Readiness and Response. The major marine technology brands of Netwave, McMurdo and Kannad Marine and their award-winning EPIRBs, Personal Location Beacons and […]
Dutch shipbuilding Royal IHC is working with the Dutch Government to develop coastal shipping projects that both meet the needs of maintaining the Dutch coastline while also contributing to the goal of reducing and eliminated CO2 emission. Royal’s efforts to develop new ship designs were acknowledged by the classification society Bureau Veritas which has awarded […]
On April Fool’s Day, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a reminder to vessel operators of the risk of basic human error. According to NTSB, a “lack of procedural compliance and complacency” were key factors in several of the marine casualty investigations it has completed over the course of the year to date. Manual flooding […]
The Italian government is moving forward with its efforts to take advantage of the current pause in the cruise operations to enforce a permanent ban on large cruise ships from docking at the historic city of Venice. Previous efforts at restricting cruise ships from the Venice lagoon have not been successful despite complaints that the […]
The owner of the boxship Ever Given has filed suit against operator Evergreen in connection with the vessel’s grounding in the Suez Canal on March 23, according to UK outlet The Lawyer. The details of the filing are not public, but the defendants include Evergreen and all other parties who may claim damages in connection […]
Like many centenarians, Wallenborn had planned a great party to mark the milestone. Unfortunately in 2020 a virus had other ideas. But that hasn’t stopped the company marking 100 years in road transport. There is a certain irony in that in 1920 when Metty Wallenborn launched his eponymous company the world was getting over […]
In the run up to World Health Day (7 April), Emirates SkyCargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported more than 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on its flights. The carrier has also transported more than 100 tonnes of syringes across the world to support the delivery of […]
Latvian freight forwarder Danir 19 recently organised the charter of a fully loaded IL-76 aircraft. Valds Stunzha at Danir 19 comments;: “Adapting to new market conditions during the pandemic is an important aspect of the situation in which logistics companies have to work now. In an unpredictable situation when the borders for land transport may […]
MNG Airlines has entered into a contract with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), joint venture of ST Engineering and Airbus, for the Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion of two Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The first A330 aircraft was inducted for conversion on April 1, while conversion for the second aircraft will commence in 2022. Conversions will be carried out at […]
Air Charter Service has appointed the experienced Ben Dinsdale as the company’s Global Director for Humanitarian and Government Services, a new role designed to develop further ACS’s already proud history in the field. Air Charter Service has played a part in almost every humanitarian aid effort requiring airlift since the company’s inception in 1990, from […]
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) uplifted 53,793 kgs of cargo on a cargo-only flight from Nairobi, Kenya to London-Heathrow operated by a British Airways B777-300 aircraft in March – a record for Kenya. The record cargo-only flight comprised of a mix of products including perishables, such as tropical fruits and […]
A derelict barge moored in Chernofski Harbor (SW Unalaska), Alaska had become unstable as the stern rested on the shoreline with mooring lines connected to deteriorating pilings. Resolve Marine surveyed the desolate barge grown over with tundra and the shoreline location determining that no suitable mooring locations existed within 0.5 miles. The barge appeared seaworthy enabling teams […]
