The seafarers’ charity Human Rights at Sea announced Monday that it is working with Dominica’s flag registry to repatriate 22 Indian seafarers aboard the tanker Gulf Sky (ex name Nautic). The vessel is anchored off Port Khor Fakkan in the UAE, and the master has reported that the crew has not been paid in months. According […]
The U.S. Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident during which at least 20 shipping containers fell into the ocean near Hilo, Hawaii. Pictures and accounts of the incident issued on the personal Facebook page of Hawaiian State Senator Kaiali’i Kahele showed numerous containers had fallen over on the barge. […]
The destroyer USS Nitze recently conducted a freedom of navigation operation in waters claimed by Venezuela, according to U.S. Southern Command. The transit would be routine under normal circumstances, but it occurred in roughly the same timeframe that a series of fuel and food shipments was arriving in Venezuela from Iran – a commercial arrangement […]
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, has entered into a commercial agreement with DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada (DSV), the Canadian arm of the global transport and logistics company DSV Panalpina, to deploy DDC’s drone delivery platform, with the intent for DSV to deliver healthcare-related cargo from […]
DHL has named Justin Baird as the head of its Asia Pacific Innovation Center (APIC) in Singapore. The first dedicated centre for innovative logistics services in Asia Pacific and one of three DHL innovation centers globally, APIC is a test bed for emerging logistics-related technologies and a showcase of the latest innovations to reinvent supply […]
On July 1, 2020, Gebrüder Weiss, the globally active transport and logistics company, will be represented in the Southern hemisphere for the first time with the opening of national subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand. The future air and sea locations are situated in the Australian major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, as well as […]
Workers suffering serious mental health issues over prospect of job cuts says GMB Union. British Airway’s behaviour as it pulls out of Gatwick Airport amounts to ‘throwing us on the scrapheap, says GMB members. Britain’s flagship carrier announced they are pulling out of Gatwick with threats of hundreds of redundancies and transferring staff to one of its sister companies, Gatwick Ground Services (GGS). […]
“Remember that deeds not words will get the ships through.” That was the message from Christopher J. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and CEO as the Distinguished Industry Speaker for 210 graduating cadets at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s first semi-virtual graduation ceremony, which was closed to the public but livestreamed. “I realize this is not the graduation […]
An evening run turned into a lifesaving event on June 9 for Lt. John Miller of Navy Warfare Development Command at Naval Station Norfolk. At 1800 hours that evening, Miller was running along the Elizabeth River Trail when he rounded a corner and saw a man with a child in a wheelchair on the edge […]
Sea-Fire Marine introduces the first US Coast Guard-approved 3M™ Novec™ 1230 engineered fire suppression system available at 725 psi (50 bar). The new fully customizable MN-Series provides greater flexibility when designing or retrofitting a vessel’s fire suppression system and is ideal for commercial or recreational vessels up to 300′. The primary benefit of the Sea-Fire […]
The strike at General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works shipyard is well under way, with well-staffed picket lines outside – but not blocking – its main gates. According to the union’s leaders, turnout exceeded 1,000 members, about a quarter of the membership and a larger number than expected. The strike began after a failed contract negotiation […]
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest ship the USS Kansas City, an Independence-variant littoral combat ship in a unique ceremony on June 20, 2020. The vessel was commissioned via naval message, due to public health safety and restrictions of large public gatherings related to the coronavirus pandemic. Vice Adm. Richard A. Brown, Commander, Naval Surface […]
