The countdown to the industry’s most anticipated event, the World Air Cargo Awards 2025, has just been extended! Due to overwhelming demand and to ensure everyone has a chance to participate, the nomination deadline has been extended to Friday, 20th December 2024, at 18:00 UK time. This extension provides companies with an additional opportunity to […]
China Airlines (CI), the leading Taiwanese carrier, has successfully implemented IBS Software’s iCargo solution into its strategic air cargo management infrastructure. By implementing the industry leading digital technology solution into its framework, China Airlines has taken a huge leap in its digital transformation journey, paving the way as one of the top 15 air cargo […]
BlueBox Systems has further developed its BlueBoxCargo tracking platform. The new features include the tracking of CO₂ emissions for sea freight, simplified shipment registration for smaller customers and extended analysis options that further optimise decision-making for customers. READ: Wiremind Cargo and TAP Air Cargo connect Cargospot and SKYPALLET This includes, for example, a new routing […]
WestJet Cargo is strengthening its relationship with Canadian Blood Services (CBS) through the launch of a national campaign to raise awareness about the life-saving importance of blood donations. This initiative underscores WestJet Cargo’s commitment to community health while demonstrating its operational agility and expertise in the safe and efficient transport of urgent medical supplies across […]
After two days of firefighting, a cargo fire in the holds of a freighter at a port in the Canary Islands has finally been brought under control, and first responders have covered the bulk cargo with foam to prevent a reflash. At about 1630 hours local time on Monday, a fire broke out aboard […]
[Brief] A Dutch cargo ship has gone aground in the shallow waters of the Odense Fjord, at the north end of the island of Funen, and work is under way to refloat it. In the early hours of Monday morning, the freighter Amadeus Gold was under way on a voyage from Rotterdam to Odense when […]
Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS), one of the largest shipping companies and recognized as an innovator, is expanding its use of wind-assisted propulsion to one of the company’s newbuilds, the first time it has used the technology on a new construction vessel. It follows the growing adoption of wind-assisted propulsion aboard increasing segments of the […]
Overnight Monday, the U.S. Navy blocked an attack on three U.S.-flagged ships off the coast of Yemen, continuing the service’s run of success in thwarting Houthi aggression against American (not foreign-flag) vessels. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed Tuesday that the terrorist group attacked three American “supply ships” after they departed Djibouti, and asserted that these […]
Overnight Monday, Israeli forces struck Syrian Navy vessels at Latakia and Tartus, destroying the majority of the country’s fleet. In a statement, the Israeli Defense Forces took responsibility for the attack and said that it had targeted Syrian assets afloat and ashore “to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorist elements.” Syria’s […]
Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group (NZPG) recently completed the first demonstration in China of shore power for a containership utilizing a self-contained Lift-on/Lift-off operation. The novel approach to providing shore power helps to address situations where cabling and the other necessary equipment is not available but the vessel and port […]
The UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the beneficiary as activist environmental group Greenpeace and oil major Shell agreed to settle a multi-million-dollar lawsuit brought after protestors boarded and occupied an FPSO while it was being transported in Europe. Shell had sued in 2023 seeking damages it incurred during a 13-day protest where […]
Satellite imagery taken on December 9 suggests that for the second time this week, the Russian Mediterranean Flotilla has left its home base at Tartus. On this occasion, the departure may be permanent. As previously reported, the ships of the flotilla left Tartus on December 2, ostensibly to conduct a live firing exercise at […]
