Saudia Cargo has announced the signing of cargo agreement with one of the leading IT and logistics operator, Cainiao Network, to support e-Commerce operations between China and Europe. Five weekly flights from Hong Kong to Liege with Riyadh city as a connection point will be operated per week. These flights will form a sky bridge […]
The Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Mersey recently tracked the movements of a surfaced Russian attack submarine as it transited past the United Kingdom. The offshore patrol vessel was tasked to accompany the Kilo-class diesel attack submarine RFS Rostov Na Donu as it made a surfaced passage through the North Sea and the English Channel, […]
After an inspection at the port of Piraeus, Israel has cleared the Greek tanker Minerva Helen of any connection to the disastrous spill off its Mediterranean coast. The Minerva Helen was drifting and awaiting orders in the Eastern Mediterranean from February 4-11, about the time frame that the spill is believed to have occurred. Her […]
Of the hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste we produce each year, it’s estimated that around ten million tonnes enters the ocean. Roughly half of the plastics produced are less dense than water, and so they float. But scientists estimate that there are only about 0.3 million tonnes of plastic floating at the […]
[Brief] The master of the self-discharging bulker Tertnes died during a voyage from Gulen, Norway to the Port of Dover, and a post-mortem coronavirus test returned a positive result. On February 24, as Tertnes was under way in international waters en route to Dover, she made a distress call to Norway’s Main Rescue Center and […]
[By Marcus Hellyer] Media reports this week have claimed that Prime Minister Scott Morrison has commissioned a Defence Department review into potential alternatives to the Attack-class submarine. That’s prompted a flurry of speculation about whether the government is walking away from France’s Naval Group as its partner in the future submarine program, despite the sunk costs approaching […]
A great deal of academic literature exists on the Western Pacific’s “Coral Triangle,” detailing coral species diversity and distribution as well as bleaching effects caused by warm waters and climate change. The region – which includes the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands – has earned the moniker of […]
The international community is on the spot for slow action against the rising menace of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which has become the most dangerous environment for commercial maritime operations in the world. In its 2021 annual report, British security intelligence firm Dryad Global suggests that large international organizations such as the United […]
CMA CGM Group announced that it plans to deploy the first LNG-powered large containerships on its Pacific routes starting later this year. The move is part of the company’s efforts to move to carbon neutrality by deploying a large fleet of LNG-powered vessels. The first of these new vessels will be delivered in October 2021, […]
Citing the strength of the company’s order book and success at returning to full production levels during the fourth quarter, Fincantieri’s CEO Giuseppe Bono forecast a strong return for the business in 2021 including profitability and improved operations. Due to the strains placed on the shipbuilder’s global operations due to the pandemic and the cruise […]
Responding to the growing outcry over the increasing security risks for mariners in West Africa and the repeated reports of Nigerian pirates being at the center of the activity, the Nigerian government is reportedly taking actions to enhance security. The transport minister is speaking out saying his country will increase its efforts to improve security in […]
Israel has banned the sale of all domestic Mediterranean-sourced seafood in response to the severe petroleum spill that has affected its western coastline over the past week. The prohibition covers the distribution or marketing of any Mediterranean seafood from waters off Israel, effective immediately. “While so far no evidence has shown any danger arising from […]
