Community leaders joined the workforce at Broward County’s Port Everglades today to commission three new Super Post-Panamax gantry cranes during a live-streamed ribbon cutting ceremony available to re-watch (ribbon-cutting ceremony starts at 31:36). The new cranes are the largest of their kind in the world at 175-feet (53 meters) and valued at $13.8 million each. […]
Another classic cruise ship from the 1990s, and the fourth vessel previously operated by the UK’s Cruise & Maritime Voyages, has departed for the scrapyards of India. Introduced in 1989 and having spent the last three years sailing for CMV before the pandemic, the ship which was last known as the Columbus was renamed Colus […]
Dutch dredging company Van Oord has signed a three-year agreement with ABB Turbocharging to provide fleetwide maintenance and optimization services. The agreement comes as two Van Oord vessels receive the first turbocharger upgrades of their kind in the dredger sector, saving thousands of tons in fuel and carbon emissions over the next decade. The service […]
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and Messe München have announced that the 2+2 event will be held September 21-24 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California. The joint event, possibly the first international gathering of industry professionals since COVID-19 ground everything to a halt, will bring together air cargo leaders and experts from […]
Caribbean Airlines is connecting North American with the Eastern Caribbean via Barbados. On April 1, 2021 Caribbean Airlines will launch non-stop service between Barbados and JFK operating as one-way sectors on Thursday out of Barbados and Saturday out of New York; facilitating seamless onward connections to Dominica, St. Vincent and Grenada. Go to Source Author: […]
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) is extending the relief package for the airport community for another two months to the end of May 2021, in view of the prolonged impact brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. The continuing waiver or reduction of various fees for the aviation industry from April to May 2021 include full waiver […]
Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. has announced the company will be providing Aviation Holdings III Investments, LLC, with three more B737-800SF freighter conversions. The total number of AEI B737-800SF freighter conversions ordered by Aviation Holdings now stands at eight. The first aircraft of this new order is scheduled to commence modification in April 2021. Modification touch labor […]
United operated its first flight carrying cargo without passengers on board. While the passenger cabin was empty, its cargo hold was completely full, carrying more than 29,000 pounds of commodities from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Frankfurt Airport. A year later, United Cargo has operated more than 11,000 cargo-only flights carrying more than 570 million pounds of […]
Throughout March, American Airlines is increasing its summer schedule by restarting 10 routes to the U.S. from airports across the UK and Europe including; Barcelona, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Madrid, Milan, Paris Charles de Gaulle, and Rome. In addition, as part of American’s alliance with Alaska Airlines, the carrier will launch new service from LHR […]
The expansion of Swissport’s cargo business at Vienna Airport is officially underway following the signing of a lease agreement for a brand-new air cargo facility. The new location will increase Swissport’s local warehousing capacity by nearly 50%. Swissport has signed a 7-year lease for two air cargo terminals nearby Vienna Airport. The adjacent 8,000 sq […]
International transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has opened a new location in Kalsdorf near Graz, Austria. The state-of-the-art terminal with a total area of around 70,000 sq m replaces the previous logistics facility in the Styrian capital. The logistics company has invested around €28 million in the new building, which was completed in less […]
New research into the viability of battery technologies for maritime operations will be used by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to inform its on-going assessment of future technologies. Benjamin Craig, a PhD researcher in Energy Storage and Applications at the University of Southampton (UoS) and Chartered Engineer with the IMechE, has recently completed a three-month placement with the MCA’s […]
