President-elect Donald Trump has joined with the leadership of the International Longshoremen’s Association in support of the union’s fight against automation in U.S. ports. The incoming president issued a statement backing union leadership in its contract negotiations with the international shipping lines and terminal operators and the current stalemate over automation. With a month […]
For a long time, the waters of the Gulf of Oman have been used by arms and drugs smugglers. These smugglers tend to stay in international waters, outside the 12-mile territorial zone where they can be legitimately stopped and searched by the Omani Coastguard. On occasions, smugglers can dip into territorial waters when the Coastguard […]
The Poseidon Principles for Financial Institutions, a framework for measuring the alignment of financial institutions’ ship financing with climate goals, released its fifth annual report showing what the organizers highlighted as slow progress. Shipping remains behind the trajectory required to meet the IMO’s goals for reducing emissions, but the report shows progress and wider […]
Lightering operations have begun aboard the grounded laker Tim S. Dool, which has been stranded off Morrisburg, Ontario for three weeks. On November 23, the Tim S. Dool was under way in the St. Lawrence Seaway with a load of wheat when it grounded in U.S. waters southwest of the Eisenhower Lock, near Massena, New […]
[Brief] A video is making the rounds on social media and drawing wide attention as a large yacht named Aurora made contact with the docked cruise ship Allure of the Seas. One of the largest cruise ships in the world, the Royal Caribbean ship was on a short cruise to the Bahamas and was tied […]
Panama’s flag registry reports that the tanker Nestos (IMO 9417464) recently played a role in a migrant vessel search and rescue mission coordinated by the Greek Coast Guard. Late last month, the Greek Coast Guard reported that a wooden boat with 73 foreign nationals had been spotted at sea about 33 nautical miles southwest of […]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is resetting its plans to develop the offshore wind energy sector in the Gulf of Mexico after determining there is competitive interest from at least two companies. Earlier this year, a planned offshore wind lease auction for the Gulf of Mexico was canceled. While the efforts to auction leases […]
[By Saildrone] Saildrone has been selected by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to map Florida’s coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative (FSMI), a multiyear effort to provide statewide stakeholders with accessible, high-quality, and high-resolution seafloor data of Florida’s coastal waters within the continental shelf. Updated […]
ABM Aviation, part of facilities solutions provider ABM UK & Ireland, has promoted Ian Mitchell to Vice President of Operations for Aviation and Transport, following a significant year for the business. READ: Delta Cargo and cargo.one enter into a long-term agreement With decades worth of expertise in the broader transport sector as well as aviation, Ian […]
Menzies Aviation, the leading service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, has announced it has been awarded IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Batteries (CEIV Li-batt) certification for its cargo operations at Macau International Airport (MFM). READ: Delta Cargo and cargo.one enter into a long-term agreement Awarded by the International Air Transport Association […]
Hitachi ZeroCarbon, a leading provider of end-to-end solutions for decarbonising fleet vehicles, has announced a strategic partnership with COBUS Industries, a global leader in airport mobility solutions. READ: Delta Cargo and cargo.one enter into a long-term agreement The collaboration will see Hitachi equip 100 e.COBUS Extended Range (ER) buses worldwide, with its ZeroCarbon BatteryManager solution by […]
Qatar Airways Cargo becomes the first air cargo carrier to offer online bookings with instant confirmations to interline partners through its innovative Digital Lounge portal. READ: Delta Cargo and cargo.one enter into a long-term agreement Interline partners can now manage online bookings seamlessly, eliminating the need to contact local station staff and significantly reducing […]
