The two-headed floating wind turbine prototype known as Nezzy² has completed a two-month testing period in the Bay of Greifswald off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. The 18-meter, 1:10 scale model consists of two wind turbines on a floating platform. The test was run jointly by the north German wind technology company Aerondyn Energiesysteme and the […]
In this episode of the In the Know podcast, Wärtsilä Shaft Line Solutions sales director Panu Sorvisto spoke with The Maritime Executive about Wärtsilä Airguard, a VGP-compliant alternative to using environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) in an oil-lubricated bearing. Airguard allows the operator to continue to use petroleum-based lubricants because it eliminates the oil-to-sea interface. According […]
Swissport International has relocated its ground services and cargo business from Berlin Tegel and Berlin Schönefeld to the German capital’s new Berlin Brandenburg Airport and will be fully operational on October 31 2020. With the move the company is also expanding its total cargo warehouse space in Berlin by some 60% to now 2,100 sq […]
September was the fifth consecutive month of gradual air cargo market improvements and Air France KLM Martinair’s Cargo activity continued to strongly perform with a unit revenue at constant currency up 107.6% in Q3 2020. The cargo capacity of the group has been down 33.3%, primarily driven by the reduction in belly capacity of passenger […]
Aeroflot has announced its its financial results for the third quarter (Q3) and nine months (9M) ending September 30 2020 in accordance with Russian Accounting Standards (RAS). RAS results are presented on a non-consolidated basis. Andrey Chikhanchin, Aeroflot deputy CEO for commerce and finance, said: “In Q3 2020 Aeroflot Group carried 10.1 million passengers, 3.8 […]
The transport logistic exhibitions, the transport logistic and the air cargo cluster of Messe München, is launching a new purely digital and global platform. At Global Webinar Day 2020 on November 12 2020, international industry representatives will have the opportunity to use the global network of the various trade fairs of the transport logistic exhibitions […]
The Air Charter Association has issued a press statement on the lockdown starting in England on Thursday. “It was inevitable that Governments around the world would be forced to act to reduce the spread of Covid-19 as the winter arrived. The complete lockdown that we are again seeing in the United Kingdom, where the majority […]
A new study published Friday in the journal Science Advances estimates that the United States may be one of the world’s largest contributors to ocean plastic pollution – not just because of littering, but because of improper handling in other nations where the U.S. has historically shipped plastic scrap for recycling. In the study, a […]
13 people aboard the Ponant cruise ship Le Jacques Cartier have tested positive for COVID-19, and the vessel has suspended her planned itinerary in order to return to port at Marseille. The outbreak began on October 26 when the vessel arrived at the port of Syracuse, Sicily. Two crewmembers were diagnosed with COVID-19, and the […]
Taiwan has a rapidly developing offshore wind energy sector supported by the government’s goal of growing renewable energy sources. The development of Taiwan’s offshore wind industry is seen as a model for other Asian countries and includes efforts to develop locally-sources components that can also be marketed globally. The Taiwanese government is following a policy […]
A decommissioned FSO that was sold to a Bangladeshi breaker for scrap is now anchored off Mumbai, awaiting news on her final resting place. The Radiant, ex name Jesslyn Natuna, is a 1983-built FSO previously flagged and operated in Indonesia. In 2018, ater she ceased her term of commercial service at the Natuna offshore field, […]
With the setting of the sun and the onset of polar darkness, the Arctic Ocean would normally be crusted with sea ice along the Siberian coast by now. But this year, the water is still open. I’ve watched the region’s transformations since the 1980s as an Arctic climate scientist and, since 2008, as director of the […]
