Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) has honoured its top-performing airline customers of 2020 for their growth and agility in responding to industry disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In keeping with its annual tradition, FCS awarded each airline with a handmade Apfelwein-Bembel cider cup to knowledge their success in the Frankfurt air cargo market over the […]
Like airports around the globe, Helsinki Airport has recorded huge drops in numbers of passengers this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, a total of 5 million passengers travelled from Helsinki Airport, of which 4 million on international routes. This was down 77% from the previous year, when 21.9 million passengers travelled from […]
[Brief] A small boat team with U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West took on a special mission on Wednesday: tracking down and recovering a stolen floating tiki hut. A boat operated by a sport fishing charter company encountered the stolen tiki hut and reported it to the Coast Guard. Posted by FishMonster Key West […]
With growing calls from manufacturers, retailers and trade associations for governments to increase their oversight and regulations of the global shipping industry, the World Shipping Council issued an analysis in defense of carriers. Citing the unparalleled disruptions to the global supply chain from the pandemic, the trade association for the international shipping industry is calling […]
Value Maritime intends to accelerate the installation of clean exhaust filters on ships. With the innovative Filtree System, ships emit less CO2 and zero particulate matter and sulfur. YARD ENERGY will assist VALUE MARITIME in speeding up growth, with capital and specialist knowledge in financing sustainable capital goods. Value Maritime‘s patented Filtree System reduces sulfur, […]
Ceres Terminals Incorporated is excited to announce the appointment of Alana Grimaud as Manager of its newly created Communications and Branding Department. Ms. Grimaud’s extensive background as a public speaker, publicist and business leadership expert, will add a whole new dimension to how the Ceres brand is perceived in the marketplace. She will be based […]
The Port of Oakland today said December imports grew 11 percent compared to December 2019. Containerized export volume was up 0.9 percent during the same period. Total TEUs for December were 208,341 which is up 7.4 percent compared to the same time last year. The Port said it expected the increase in December’s imports when […]
Southampton-UK based hovercraft manufacturer Griffon Hoverwork has delivered two of its new 995ED craft to clients in Hong Kong and Estonia (see film). The deals have seen two eight-metre-long 995EDs made for the Hong Kong Marine Police and one for Estonian Border Guard. In total seven 995ED hovercraft have been built and sold since the […]
Q-LNG Transport (“Q-LNG”) and Shell Trading (US) Company (“Shell”) today announced that the first offshore liquified natural gas (“LNG”) bunkering articulated tug and barge (“ATB”) in the United States, the Q-LNG 4000 is now ready for operations. Designed to provide ship-to-ship transfers of LNG to vessels utilizing LNG and ship-to-shore transfers to small scale marine […]
Odjfell, the Norwegian tanker operator, successfully completed the shipping industry’s first sustainability-linked bond offering. The innovative financing structure, which so far has only been used by a few pioneering companies, rewards or penalizes the company for its ability to achieve documented results on preselected targets for its sustainability efforts. Odjfell’s offering was linked to its efforts […]
Maritec Pte Ltd, the fuel and oil testing services company acquired by leading certification company Centre Testing International Group (CTI), is now fully integrated into the group’s marine division, leveraging CTI’s world-class R&D capabilities to create the world’s only purely maritime-focused independent testing services company. The June 2020 acquisition forms part of CTI’s strategy to […]
TECO 2030 ASA (OSE-Ticker: TECO) is pleased to announce the TECO 2030 EPOS System powered by AVL. The Engine Performance Optimization System (EPOS) for combustion engines will be offered to shipowners worldwide, the system secures the owners with preventive engine damage measures and reduces fuel consumption and environmental impact of approximately 3%. For a vessel […]
