Flexport yesterday announced the appointment of Paul Rombeek as the new senior director of network trade lane management, EMEA. Responsible for driving Flexport’s consolidated air and ocean service offerings, Rombeek will help Flexport Europe to grow and develop its air services, with a focus on the Far East Westbound. He brings 22 years of experience […]
Peli BioThermal was announced as winner of the Best Temperature Control Packaging Provider – Passive category at the annual Asia-Pacific Bioprocessing Excellence Awards 2021. For the third year running Peli BioThermal successfully scooped an accolade at the prestigious awards event, which celebrates industry leaders and trend-setters in the biopharma sector. The company won the award […]
An Iraqi national was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Savannah on charges related to an attempt to smuggle firearms through the Port of Savannah to Iraq. The suspect, Nihad Al Jaberi, is facing 10 years in prison on charges of smuggling, failure to notify a common carrier, and submitting false or misleading export information. “The […]
The race is on to build the infrastructure necessary to support the shipping industry’s conversion to alternative fuel sources. The latest announcement is a plan to build a facility that will produce green hydrogen from renewable electricity that can then be converted into ammonia that can be used as a marine fuel. Aquamarine Investment Partners, […]
Under the Ballast Water Management Convention sponsored by the IMO, over the next three and half years, all ships will be required to meet the more stringent standard with full compliance in September 2024. In 2020, despite the pandemic, COTECMAR delivered engineering for a BWTS´s installation, an Alfa Laval PureBallast 3.1 with a capacity of […]
The research arm of Swiss investment bank UBS predicts that the return of cruising in North America will happen a bit later than expected, but that the industry’s recovery will be strong once it begins. “We believe that a U.S. restart is now more likely in late Q3 from Q2 previously,” wrote UBS analysts Robin […]
The U.S. Navy cruiser USS Vella Gulf has had to put into Norfolk for repairs twice in the span of three weeks due to a leaking fuel tank, according to U.S 2nd Fleet. The Vella Gulf headed out to sea on February 19 on deployment with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, but […]
New companies are emerging to seek out opportunities in the developing offshore wind sector. One of the promising technologies that they are seeking to deploy is floating applications which expands the deployment opportunities within the sector. Energy services company TechnipFMC has entered into an agreement with Magnora, a renewable energy company based in Norway, to […]
Africa is becoming one of the new concentration markets for the liner industry. Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd announced that it will be continuing the consolidation of the container shipping segment with the acquisition of one of the leading carriers to the region. This comes as other lines have announced plans to consolidate and expand their service to […]
To expand its position in the emerging alternative fuel sector, Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea’s Doosan Fuel Cell Company, which is developing stationary fuel cells for the Korean power industry. The two companies will work together on the research and development of a solid oxide fuel […]
The U.S. Coast Guard is overseeing a diesel spill cleanup after a 100-foot yacht caught fire near the Marquesas Keys, a designated wildlife refuge about 20 miles to the west of Key West, Florida. On Tuesday, the vessel’s captain radioed Coast Guard Sector Key West on Channel 16 to report a fire on board. All […]
The Philippines government announced that it is getting involved to help secure the release of the kidnapped seafarers that were taken a week ago from De Poli’s chemical tanker MT Davide B approximately 220 nautical miles south of Lagos, Nigeria. The government’s efforts came as the shipowner announced that they had made contact with the […]
