Time is running out to cast your vote for the World Air Cargo Awards 2021! Vote before March 26 by clicking here. This year’s awards will be held online on Tuesday May 4 at 17:30, after transport logistics air cargo Europe. air cargo Europe is scheduled as follows: 13:00 Air freight capacity constraints and rate […]
The international transport and logistics company, Gebrüder Weiss posted net sales of €1.77 billion in its 2020 financial year. This represents a year-on-year increase of 3.7% (2019: €1.71 billion). As such, the company continues to drive the growth it has been generating in previous years. “Key to our positive development was the fact that we […]
To increase links with the European vaccine production hub, Cathay Pacific Cargo has announced it is adding additional capacity to operate on the Pharma Corridor between the Belgian capital and Hong Kong. The extra cargo flights are planned until June and the schedule will be adapted to market demand and the latest developments. The airline […]
Dimerco has announced the roll out of phase two of its radical restructure, aimed at driving quicker response, greater flexibility, and business resilience in the face of increasingly challenging and disruptive supply chains. Dimerco initiated its planned organisation restructure in 2019 and reports that the company is already seeing positive impact resulting from the changes […]
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the safety and hygiene concepts for air traffic, that have already been successfully introduced since the beginning of 2020, the Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) is expanding its business partnerships. With the new section “Health Care,” the association creates an additional opportunity for the more than […]
Fairbanks International Airport has announced new and increased service on Delta Air Lines as part of the carrier’s significant expansion in the state this summer season. Delta will offer a new daily nonstop flight to/from Salt Lake City beginning May 5. The new service to Salt Lake City and the previously summer-seasonal service to Minneapolis/St. […]
A year ago today, Emirates flight EK 2503 took off from Dubai to Kuwait. Although operated on a Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft, EK 2503 carried no passengers but about 34 tonnes of bellyhold cargo that was urgently required in Kuwait. It was the first time in the history of its operations that Emirates had operated […]
One of the world’s largest commodities trading houses says that it was defrauded by a shipper who sent 300 containers of painted paving stones instead of a promised $36 million consignment of copper ingots. Last year, Swiss trading company Mercuria reached a deal with a Turkish supplier for a shipment of 10,000 tonnes of blister […]
As it moves forward with plans for an IPO, offshore wind services firm Edda Wind has ordered two commissioning service operation vessels (CSOVs), adding to a series of four which are already under construction. The hybrid-powered ships are intended to accept later installation of hydrogen-fueled power sources, giving the operator a measure of future-proof security. […]
The use of carbon offsetting is increasingly catching on in segments of the maritime and fuel industries as companies look to enhance their environmental positioning. A recent shipment of 650,000 barrels of condensate is being billed as the world’s first delivery using carbon offset and is the first step in a new partnership between Australia’s […]
Ardmore Shipping Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent with Element 1 and Maritime Partners to establish a joint venture to launch a unique methanol-to-hydrogen technology to the marine sector. The unique technology, developed by Element 1 produces hydrogen on demand at the point of consumption, eliminating the logistical challenges and costs inherent in distributing […]
Two people have been injured in a lifeboat accident aboard the new polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough, the vessel’s operator has confirmed. In a statement to the BBC, the British Antarctic Survey said that on March 4, “a lifeboat failed to deploy correctly during testing.” Two people received minor injuries in the incident. […]
