Peli BioThermal, the global name in temperature controlled packaging, was announced as winner of the Bioprocessing Excellence in Passive Packaging Solutions in Korea at a leading Asia awards ceremony celebrating excellence within the biopharma industry. Peli BioThermal won the prestigious award after being acknowledged as biopharma “industry leaders and trend-setters” at the 9th Annual Biologics […]
IAG Cargo today announced its Q3 2020 results, reporting commercial revenues of €302m over the period from July 1 to September 30, 2020, an increase of 14.1% on the same period in 2019 at constant currency. Overall yields for the quarter were up 113.4% on the same time last year at constant currency, reflecting the […]
GECAS Cargo has inked an agreement with Kalitta Air for three 777-300ERSF aircraft. With this agreement, Kalitta will be the first operator of the new passenger-to-freighter type, adding to their already sizable all-cargo fleet when these aircraft deliver in 2023. Dubbed “The Big Twin,” the 777-300ERSF will be the largest ever twin-engine freighter. As announced […]
The captain of the container ship Maersk Launceston, which struck and badly damaged a Greek minesweeper off Piraeus early this week, now faces criminal charges in Greek court. At about 0730 hours Tuesday, the Maersk Launceston and the Hellenic Navy minesweeper Kallisto collided off Piraeus, injuring two of Kallisto’s crewmembers. Photos taken just after the […]
The global maritime charity Stella Maris is reporting a successful effort at repatriating seafarers who had found themselves stranded in Italy due to financial problems on their ships and the ongoing travel restrictions related to COVID-19. Stuck in Italy for nearly three months, the charity worked with local organizations to ensure the seafarers’ welfare while […]
MAN Energy Solutions has won the contract to supply complete propulsion packages to two OPV-45 offshore patrol vessels currently under construction at Israel Shipyards in Haifa. The contract covers two identical shipsets, each featuring 2 × MAN 16V175D-MM engines (2,960kW at 1900 rpm) and gearboxes, as well as ALPHA FPP propellers with struts and Alphatronic […]
Siem Offshore offered a bleak outlook for the offshore industry as it reported its current financial situations. Seven years into a downturn in the offshore sector, many of the companies continue to struggle forecasting that only a consolidation and reorganization of the industry will restore its performance. Confronted with the long-term collapse in oil prices compounded […]
The National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council (NOMEC Council), a group of federal agencies established to carry out the National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, is requesting your input on developing an Implementation Plan and setting strategic priorities for the effort to map the entire U.S. Exclusive […]
In a departure from her standard operating pattern, the U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star will spend the winter in the Arctic this year. The vessel is typically used for the McMurdo Station resupply mission to Antarctica each southern summer, then returns to shipyard at her home port of Seattle, Washington for repairs. However, […]
Around the cruise industry, there have been quiet efforts to recall some of the many crew members that had been repatriated in the spring and summer as the industry’s pause in operations was extended. In some cases, the rehiring is due to the planned restarts of a limited number of cruise ships while in other […]
Turkish firms Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence are partnering on the development of a new unmanned, armed surface platform for domestic use. The new “Ulaq” is a short-range vessel fitted with autonomous navigation, surveillance, jamming and electronic warfare capabilities. It will be armed with two laser-guided L-UMTAS antitank missiles and four laser-guided 70mm Cirit antitank […]
Despite the downturn in many segments that have led to increases in the numbers of ships sold for demolition, BIMCO reports, the VLCC crude oil tanker segment is in the midst of its second-longest streak without the sale of a single vessel for scrap. November 2 will mark 500 days since the last VLCC was […]
