As of today, Brussels Airport, Air Cargo Belgium, and the entire BRUcargo community will be taking a giant leap in the further digitisation of cargo processes. On June 1 the Digital Green Lane for digitising the landside pick-up and delivery process will be fully implemented by 12 ground handling agents and freight forwarders, that combined […]
Cargoflash Infotech has announced that its next-generation revenue accounting software, nGen CRA (Cargo Revenue Accounting) system is now compliant with PASS (Postal Accounts Settlement System) developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). PASS provides a platform to enable the use of common standards and automate the large volumes of airlines’ postal billings and settlements […]
The Royal Navy is using artificial intelligence for the first time at sea in a bid to defeat missile attacks. Leading-edge software is being tested at sea against live missiles during the largest exercise of its type off the coasts of Scotland and Norway. Involving more than 3,000 military personnel, exercise Formidable Shield tests the ability […]
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a UK based charity and largely volunteer run organization, recently provided support in the rescue of two children on Sunday morning. At about 1045 hours, Yaramouth’s Severn-class all weather lifeboat was called to action by HM Coastguard to medevac two children with head injuries. The volunteer crew quickly headed […]
[By Han Qing] The Changdao archipelago marks the threshold between the Bohai and Yellow seas. It is already home to nine national protected areas, including marine parks, geoparks and reserves for birds and marine mammals. Late last year, Shandong announced its intention to create a marine national park at Changdao. If successful, it would be […]
The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Active returned to Port Angeles, Washington after a successful 58-day counter-smuggling patrol in the Eastern Pacific. The 55-year-old cutter and crew patrolled international waters off Central America and Mexico as part of the long-running U.S. effort to suppress cocaine smuggling. With the assistance of a helicopter-borne HITRON sharpshooter […]
[By Nancy Bazilchuk] The microscopic, free-floating algae called phytoplankton — and the tiny zooplankton that eat them — are notoriously difficult to count. Researchers need to know how a warming climate will affect them both. A new kind of smart, lightweight autonomous underwater vehicle (LAUV) can help. Marine phytoplankton, or plant plankton, are incredibly important […]
China’s shipbuilders have experienced an exceptional start to the year, with new orders up by more than 180 percent for the first four months of 2021. China’s output during the first four months was about 12.8 million dwt, seeing a 16.6 percent rise. According to figures issued by the China Association of the National Shipbuilding […]
UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES: Cooking With Gas In a sign of the times, propane has overtaken diesel as the U.S.’s leading petrochemical export. The transition to natural gas, in all its forms, is gaining steam. By Jack O’Connell In March, the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) reported that exports of propane rose 13 percent last year […]
A feeder vessel transporting containers along the coast of Spain capsized in the port of Castellón, Spain. Three crew members were injured and a search is ongoing for two people that remain missing. The port has been closed for the search and rescue operation. The Nazmiye Ana, a Panama-flagged 2,085 dwt containership, was conducting cargo […]
A new study commissioned by Seas At Risk, an association of environmental organizations from across Europe, shows that microplastics in the marine environment come from numerous sources and economic sectors, and have widespread environmental impacts, including climate implications. Released in advance of the upcoming European Commission’s EU Green Week 2021. The study carried out by […]
ORPC, a recognized leader in marine energy technology innovation and operational excellence, has engaged Sustainable Marine’s Swift Anchors division to provide its novel rock anchoring system for ORPC’s Advanced TidGen Project set to launch in Maine later this year. With this project, Swift Anchors will be among a number of subsystems which ORPC will develop, […]
