MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply individual MAN B&W ME-LGIP (Liquid Gas Injection Propane) dual-fuel engines to 3 × 5,000-m3 LPG tankers currently under construction by CIMC-SOE (CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd.) in Shanghai for Hartmann Gas Carrier, the German shipping company. Each newbuilding will receive a propulsion package featuring 1 […]
Caribbean Airlines utilised one of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft for a cargo only charter service, on Friday 8 May 2020, for the first time in the airline’s history. This flight was part of the airline’s recently launched charter service, and was used to move essential supplies from Guyana to Cuba. The new service was […]
United continues to keep supply chains moving and to meet the demand for critical shipments around the globe. Recently, United received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry cargo in approved storage areas in the passenger cabin. The airline’s inaugural cargo-in-cabin flight flew from London (LHR) to Chicago (ORD) carrying over 4,200 pounds […]
From June 1, the British International Freight Association (BIFA) is taking its comprehensive industry training programme online, utilising web-based video conferencing. Director general, Robert Keen explains: “Once lockdown measures started, BIFA’s face-to-face training, which has received really positive feedback for its interactive nature, came to a halt. The question for us, was: How could we […]
Emirates SkyCargo has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinations across six continents. Through its wider reach, Emirates SkyCargo is able to transport essential commodities and other urgently needed cargo more rapidly across the world, allowing exporters and importers across markets to benefit from direct access to widebody cargo capacity. Some […]
In response to claims that the freight forwarding sector is in the midst of extinction, international freight forwarder Chadd Blunt has urged professionals to put a stop to scaremongering tactics and to focus instead on helping the industry navigate the current Coronavirus crisis. Chadd, managing director of Birmingham-based Millennium Cargo, has criticised logistics experts for […]
Qatar Airways Cargo transported 56 SkyCell containers with vaccines from one of the largest vaccine manufacturers worldwide on its scheduled freighter and belly-hold cargo flights for its customer, CEVA Logistics. The 54-tonne shipment consisting of pneumococcal and varicella vaccines were flown from Brussels to Mumbai via the carrier’s hub in Doha on two separate flights. […]
With backing from the French government, CMA CGM has landed a loan facility worth $1.1 billion, giving it more cash on hand as it struggles with the global decline in containerized cargo due to COVID-19. The loan was provided by BNP Paribas, HSBC, and Société Générale, with a guarantee provided through the French government’s COVID-19 […]
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) year will commemorate National Maritime Day during the work week of May 18-22, and to mark the occasion, which annually recognizes the mariners, the maritime industry, ports and their workforces, vessels in harbors and at berth throughout the hemisphere are being encouraged to sound their horns or whistles […]
The port of Antwerp has established a consortium dedicated to the sustainable production of methanol, an essential raw material used by industry in the port. The consortium includes ENGIE, Fluxys, Indaver, INOVYN, Oiltanking and the Vlaamse Milieuholding (VMH). Construction of a demonstration factory on the INOVYN site on Scheldelaan is set to begin by 2022. […]
Shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk cautioned that it expects that the global market growth in demand for containers to contract in 2020 due to COVID-19. They said that there was no doubt that the lockdowns in most of the world has already led and will continue to lead to significantly lower demand. Speaking to […]
The Western Australian McGowan Government is leading a push to establish an LNG bunkering hub for bulkers visiting the Pilbara region. Building on the Pilbara’s strength as a global LNG production hub, the Government will offer a 50 percent discount in port dues to bulk vessels bunkering with LNG at Pilbara ports – saving each […]
