Much research and development is currently underway involving automation in the transportation industries and including in container freight movement. Automated cranes already load and off-load containers at several major international ports while development of automated operation of freight carrying trains and trucks is well underway. Introducing automated navigation and automated container transfer operations along inland […]
Supporting the drive to improve efficiency across all parts of the shipping industry, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) in conjunction with its nine member carriers published data and process standards for bill of lading preparation and issuance. The standards, which are aligned with the UN’s Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business model, are […]
Seafarers live out their working lives far from the public eye, and their days and nights rarely appear in art or popular culture. A new show organized by Royal Museums Greenwich – “Exposure: Lives at Sea” – gives six seafaring photographers a forum to put the mariner’s life on display. “The importance of seafarers has […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a series of sanctions targeting shipping companies that have been consistently transporting North Korean coal in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Six companies, including in China and Vietnam, along with four ships, were designated in today’s actions which the State Department […]
Gulf Oil International Ltd, part of the Hinduja group, is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to acquire the lubricant blending plant with wharf access, storage tank farm and terminal facility from Ocean Tankers (PTE) Ltd, located in the Tuas region of Singapore. The Facility will be acquired and continue to operate […]
A Dutch cargo ship sailing north along the Spanish coast on Sunday, December 6, requested a shelter port after reportedly suffering a water leak. Spanish authorities assisted the vessel to safely make port at Punta Langosteira, the outer port of A Coruña, in northwest Spain bordering the Bay of Biscay. The 13,000 DWT cargo ship […]
GTT has received an order from the Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the tank design of two LNGCs1 on behalf of a European ship-owner. Each vessel will offer a capacity of 174,000 m3. GTT will design the tanks of the vessels, which will be fitted with the Mark III Flex membrane containment system. […]
Members of the Japanese maritime industry are joining with other leading companies across Japan in the formation of the Japan Hydrogen Association to promote global cooperation in hydrogen-oriented activities as well as the establishment of a hydrogen supply chain. The effort is seen as a key step towards building Japan’s role in the development of […]
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Clement Blanc as managing director for its business in South Africa, one of the key markets for the logistics giant in the fast-growing region. Blanc reports to Amadou Diallo, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Middle East and Africa. With more than two decades of experience in the industry, Blanc spent more […]
Gebrüder Weiss USA, a global freight forwarder with a core business of overland transport, air, and sea freight and logistics, has pledged $25,000 to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to create the “Gebrüder Weiss Supply Chain Leadership Scholarship” in the Department of Information and Decision Sciences in the College of Business Administration. UIC Business was […]
Keyvan Aviation recently produced antimicrobial and antibacterial uniforms for the ‘Hygiene Team’ of Istanbul Airport, which is taking firm steps towards being a pioneer in the fight against coronavirus. With this cooperation, Istanbul Airport became the first airport in the world to choose these state-of-the-art uniforms. Within the scope of COVID-19 measures, İstanbul Airport has […]
The state of Lower Saxony is one of the first German federal states to commission DHL Supply Chain, market leader in contract logistics and part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group, to store and transport the new COVID-19 vaccines. DHL will store around 2.2 million vaccine doses and about 350 pallets of vaccination equipment for […]
