Translogistics Solution SAC in Peru join Cargo Connections. Located in Lima, the company offer complete freight forwarding, transport and logistics solutions by all modes. Their experience and capabilities allow them to deliver industry-specific knowledge and services for various different sectors including automotive, construction, oil & gas, food & drink, electronics, mining, manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical and technology. […]
At Munich Airport, operations are going electric. EFM, the company for de-icing and aircraft towing at Munich Airport, is now using an aircraft tow tractor equipped with the latest 700 V lithium-ion battery technology, which can effortlessly tow passenger aircraft up to a take-off weight of 352 tons and also wide-body aircraft. The flagship of […]
At the moment, face-to-face networking seems a distant memory. Cargo Connections are trying to change just that by holding a ‘Meet our New Members’ video session. “We hope that the video session will help to accelerate business relations as ‘seeing’ who you are talking to allows for more engaging conversations than telephone calls or emails,” […]
Qatar Airways Cargo has announced Chapter 2 of its sustainability programme, WeQare: Rewild the Planet. As part of the plan, the cargo carrier has pledged it will transport wildlife and endangered animals ls back to their natural habitat free of charge. “We are concerned about the legacy we leave for the future generation. As the […]
On a months-long winter mission to project U.S. sovereignty and to conduct scientific research, the Coast Guard cutter Polar Star, the nation’s sole heavy icebreaker, is using its one-of-a-kind capability to navigate the dark polar wilderness. After departing Seattle, crossing the Gulf of Alaska and transiting the Bering Sea’s treacherous waters, where 20-foot swells mercilessly […]
“I’ve pretty much spent most of my life on the ocean. When I was twelve years old I found a surfboard in a garage of a house my family was renting and walked two blocks down the street and jumped into the ocean and never looked back. I went to Narragansett High School and then […]
Aeronautical hobbyists have built, tested and flown scale model airplanes that use multi-slat aeronautical main wings that provide higher lift at lower speed than conventional main wings. The aeronautical concept provides a basis by which to develop multi-slat hydrofoils capable of sailing passenger vessels at low speed through heavy seas with greatly reduced vessel pitching […]
On January 28, a seafarer who had spent 13 months aboard the asphalt tanker Sea Princess committed suicide, according to charity Human Rights at Sea (HRAS). The Indian-owned tanker had recently been sold to a scrapyard in Alang and was under way in the Gulf of Oman, HRAS reported. When the crewmember could not be located, […]
Drones could play a key role in tracking drug runners and smugglers after successful trials with the Navy’s newest class of ships in the Channel. HMS Tamar made extensive use of small Puma aircraft during trials with the Royal Marines and the Met Police as the ship practices for ‘constabulary duties’ when she deploys for […]
The U.S. Coast Guard was called on to provide medical assistance to a woman aboard the containership Matson Kodiak on Saturday morning. The 20,668 dwt containership had departed Tacoma, Washington on January 29 sailing to Anchorage, Alaska where it is scheduled to arrive on February 3. The Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound command center received […]
The U.S. Coast Guard announced the details of a formal hearing into the December 31, 2019 sinking of the fishing vessel Scandies Rose. The hearing, which will be live-streamed due to the pandemic, is the next step in the formal Maine Board of Investigation convened by the Coast Guard. The National Transportation Safety Board, which […]
The latest efforts to restart another cruise ship have run afoul of government regulations just days before the trips were scheduled to begin from New Zealand. A visa and immigration dispute has stranded Ponant’s cruise ship the Le Laperouse at sea, while each side is accusing the other of not following the proper protocols. New […]
