The Bombay High Court has given special permission for an arrested cruise ship to leave Mumbai temporarily in order to get out of the way of Cyclone Nisarga. The vessel, the Karnika (ex name Pacific Jewel), is India’s first premium cruise ship. She made her first domestic voyage in April 2019 and homeported in Dubai […]
Ports and the shipping industry are all increasing joining the drive to achieve digitization within the shipping industry. The need to achieve this long-discussed goal was further highlighted as ports and shippers sought to continue uninterrupted operations as COVID-19 spread around the globe. “The COVID-19 crisis has painfully demonstrated the heterogeneous landscape that currently exists […]
The locations of twelve ships as reported by their Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) were thousands of miles in error. Most were displayed as circling an area northwest of San Francisco according to the environmental non-profit SkyTruth. The circling phenomena has been previously observed in GPS-based reporting systems for fitness trackers in China and Iran, and […]
Maress will enable Aker BP to get a detailed insight into the fuel consumption and emissions from the fleet of advanced offshore vessels operating on the Norwegian Shelf. The Maress software provides a foundation for making informed and data-driven decisions on how to decarbonize operations. “Aker BP is actively pursuing initiatives to optimize energy consumption […]
The number of flights on offer from Munich Airport will be expanded again over the coming weeks following the drastic reduction due to the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past few months, international air travel in particular had come to a virtual standstill on account of the numerous travel restrictions. Now, many airlines are starting to […]
Qatar Airways will be resuming services to Venice, Italy starting from July 15. The popular tourist destination and major arts and cultural centre will become the airline’s third destination in Italy to resume flights, marking a significant step in the resumption of global travel. The national carrier of the State of Qatar will also increase […]
Virgin Atlantic will increase its cargo-only flights by 35% to nearly 600 in June with the launch of new routes including Beijing and Brussels following the success of its May programme. June will see a total of 601 flights – 597 cargo-only services and 4 repatriation flights for the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). […]
Following the recent adoption of new guidelines on air transport safety by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Nicolas Jouan, aerospace and defense analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view. He says: “As a UN agency, the ICAO is expected to play a leading role in the recovery of the […]
LATAM Cargo Brazil maintains its cargo operation and is working its logistics to deliver essential goods to Brazilian states. Last Friday, May 29, and Saturday May 30, in partnership with VTC LOG, the company transported 50 tonnes of essential hospital goods to combat COVID-19 in Roraima, in addition to respirators that will be sent to […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanction violations against four companies and identified four vessels as blocked property due to their operations with Venezuela’s oil industry. In announcing the actions, the official statement said, “The United States reiterates that the exploitation of Venezuela’s oil assets for the benefit of […]
[By Greg Mapson] For the better part of 50 years, NATO has maintained a standing force of mine countermeasure vessels at the ready to respond to a mining incident in the English Channel and approaches.The force originally consisted of seven to nine mine countermeasure vessels from the Royal Navy, German Navy, Royal Netherlands Navy and […]
On Monday, offshore rig operator Seadrill said that it would voluntarily delist from the New York Stock Exchange due to its too-low stock valuation and market cap. On Tuesday it flagged a ‘going concern” warning for investors, citing the fundamental market imbalance between rig supply and demand. Seadrill said that months of talks with its […]
