[By: Vestdavit] The reliability of davits used to launch rapid-response craft from a naval vessel can mean the difference between success and failure of a military or humanitarian mission. The clock is ticking. Timing is critical. As is the covert Nato mission in the dead of night to intercept suspected armed pirates en route to attack […]
The Great Lakes Towing Company named two new tugs, the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, at the Cleveland, Ohio, facility of its sister company Great Lakes Shipyard. The new tugs are the fourth and fifth vessels in a series of ten Damen Stan Tug 1907 ICE harbour tugs that Great Lakes Shipyard is building for The Great […]
The Port of Long Beach, California ended 2020 with a string of records despite the challenges of a year impacted by the global pandemic. The port not only recouped the declines from the beginning of the year, but ended 2020 with the busiest month in its history, the most active quarter, and a record container […]
A third former cruise ship that sailed for the UK’s Cruise and Maritime Voyages is heading to the scrap yard. The Magellan, built in 1985 for Carnival Cruise Lines, departed the anchorage near Oman in the Persian Gulf today under the names Mages heading east to India, where she is expected to arrive at the […]
The Trump administration has decided to place sanctions on the Russian pipelay barge Fortuna, which is under charter for the completion of the last few miles of Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In December 2019, the U.S. Congress passed language that would penalize any shipowner involved in providing pipelay services to the project. The U.S. […]
On 16 January 2021, at 20:20 Moscow time (17:20 GMT), SCF’s LNG carrier Christophe De Margerie, reached Cape Dezhnev in Russia’s Far East, completing her eastbound voyage carrying a cargo of LNG along the Northern Sea Route (“NSR”), for Yamal LNG, from the Port of Sabetta in the Russian Arctic to the Asia Pacific market. […]
After setting carbon reduction objectives on its direct emissions in 2018, Bolloré Logistics has pledged a commitment to cutting direct emissions by 30% by 2030 (relative to 2019). “Bolloré Logistics has for several years supported its customers in their growth by providing ecoresponsible solutions. Focused initially on key account customers, Bolloré Logistics’ sustainable supplychain offering […]
Gama Aviation Plc today announced the strategic acquisition of Jet East Aviation Corporation, LLC (“Jet East”) from East Coast Aviation, LLC which will significantly expand its existing US aircraft maintenance operations. Jet East is a full-service business aviation aircraft maintenance provider. The acquisition of Jet East has been transacted by the Group’s wholly owned US […]
In 2020, the German air navigation service provider DFS logged fewer reports of interference caused by drones at airports in Germany than in previous years. More than half of these occurrences, however, led to traffic disruptions. In total, 92 drone-related occurrences were reported in German airspace in 2020, which was lower than in previous years. […]
Dominic Gaida has been appointed the new branch manager at Gebrüder Weiss in Esslingen, southern Germany. Gaida, who has been working for Gebrüder Weiss since 2007 and was previously employed in Esslingen as the Division Manager for land transport, succeeds Jochen Gonser. Gonser will in future assume responsibility for managing sales for the economically strong […]
UPS announced today an expansion of healthcare capabilities at its Polar Speed subsidiary, with a new 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art healthcare logistics facility in Birmingham, United Kingdom. UPS Healthcare is leveraging Polar Speed’s comprehensive healthcare expertise to help address the increasing need for last-mile COVID-19 vaccine delivery and other healthcare logistics support. “Polar Speed is […]
The Emirates Group today started to roll out a COVID-19 vaccination programme for its substantial UAE based workforce in coordination with the Dubai Health Authority and the Ministry of Health and Prevention. The inoculation drive began this morning, with priority being placed on its frontline aviation workforce, including Cabin Crew, Flight Deck and other operationally […]
