A meeting between the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) and global trade association Interferry has agreed a common work programme to promote an environmentally sustainable future for the European ferry business through the provision and use of onshore power supply (OPS).

The Nautical Institute United States branches are proud to announce hosting Congressman John Garamendi (CA-03) at a ceremony last Friday to honour World War II Merchant Marine Veterans.

Aquaculture industry experts Trine Danielsen and Renate Larsen to join Board of Directors of Norwegian cod-farming venture as it prepares to migrate from the Euronext Growth market to the main list of the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Creation of 700 new jobs in Northern Italy
E-commerce-ready solution with exceptional flexibility
Capacity to process 375,000 parcels per day at peak capacity
Highly automated and fully carbon neutral 130,000sqm fulfilment centre in Mantova, Italy

Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM) has fired the starting gun on its most ambitious industry collaboration project yet, that will see ship owners, oil majors, classification societies, cargo interests and technology experts all working together to drive excellence into the Greek tanker owning sector.

THE beginning of May has seen a softening of the air freight market, with customers on long-term contracts paying more than the spot rate, reports London's Loadstar.
FOR the first time post-Covid crisis, the end of March capacity over the transatlantic is higher than pre-Covid crisis levels.

THE air cargo industry continues to be hindered by a range of issues that resulted in volume declines deepening in April, reports London's Air Cargo News.

VIETNAM's air cargo industry is pushing through the Covid crisis, with flights picking up and a new homegrown freight carrier, reports Tokyo's Nikkei Asia.

CHALLENGES from ongoing reduced air freight capacity and the Ukraine war have caused the Nordic air cargo market to continue to invest and innovate to meet new challenges, reports London's Air Cargo News.

In his statement to the Solomon Islands parliament on the draft security agreement between his country and Beijing, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare stridently but disingenuously denied ‘pitching into any geopolitical power struggle’.

Danish shipping firm Esvagt, which says it pioneered SOVs for wind farm service more than a decade ago, plans to start construction on what it is calling the world’s first green fuel vessel SOV. In an agreement with offshore wind farm developed Ørsted, the companies will start construction on the new vessel due to go into service by the end of 2024.

In their latest action targeting Russian oil and gas shipments, Greenpeace activists briefly delayed a product tanker carrying Russian diesel at the Port of Antwerp.

On Sunday, Russian state media claimed that the Russian military has attacked another civilian vessel near Ukrainian waters. The incident is at least the seventh Russian attack on merchant shipping reported since the start of the invasion in February.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 6, 2022 / (CSE:AMMP) (OTCQB:AMMPF) (FSE:601A) AmmPower Corp. (the "Company" or "AmmPower") is pleased to announce the completion of a successful business trip to Brazil, where senior management of the Company visited Porto Central, a new industrial port complex under development in Brazil, as well as several potential partners for the green ammonia facility at the site location of Porto Central.

With an estimated 100 merchant vessels under blockade in Ukrainian ports, it was time for reflection as INTERCARGO members, Executive Committee and Technical Committee met at the Association's spring semi-annual events, held in London last week.