Calling 2021 an exceptional year, A.P. Moller – Maersk reported year-end results producing the expected records, including the largest profit by any shipping company and the largest ever profit for any Danish company.

After appeals from the U.S. and the EU, the government of Japan has agreed to direct any surplus LNG shipments to Europe, with the first cargoes arriving in March. The move is intended to help address fears that Russia might turn off the taps on Europe's natural gas supply in the event of an invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Navy has announced live-fire exercise areas for a wide swath of the Black Sea and the majority of the Sea of Azov, effectively constraining navigation to Ukraine's commercial seaports.

Shipbroker and commercial manager Hanse Bereederung has boosted its Sale & Purchase department by announcing the appointment of Nikos Diakomichalis to its team.

THE Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and US telecommunications firms Verizon, and AT&T have agreed on steps that will enable more passenger and freighter aircraft to safely use key airports while also enabling more towers to deploy 5G service, reports London's Air Cargo News.

AUCKLAND:  B&H Worldwide, the award-winning aerospace logistics specialist has helped the Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) in New Zealand get one of its Sikorsky S-76 rescue helicopters back in the air with an urgent AOG.

GLOBAL schedule reliability plunged from 63.9 per cent in 2020 to 35.8 per cent last year, according to a recent analysis from Sea-Intelligence.

An unknown insider has leaked a video of the crash of an F-35C stealth fighter jet aboard the carrier USS Carl Vinson last month, prompting the U.S. Navy to launch a search for the source. In a statement to Navy Times, a Naval Air Forces spokesperson did not dispute its authenticity and said that it was an "unauthorized release of video footage from flight deck cameras."

CONTAINER shipping lines are in for another bumper year of earnings as supply chain snarls show little sign of subsiding, to the misery of just about everyone else, reports London's Financial Times.

SHANGHAI-HEADQUARTERED China United Lines (CULines) has applied to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reports London's The Loadstar.

THE prospect of major changes to how the US regulates container shipping moved a step closer to reality last week after the Senate introduced legislation that would shift power away from carriers.

Quietly and without fanfare St Kitts & Nevis Ship Registry (SKANReg) has made a sea change in its fundamental operations.

The Third International Ship Autonomy and Sustainability Summit has confirmed it will take place at Nor-Shipping 2022 on 5 April.

The academy plays a key role in supplying the local and regional markets with qualified professionals, in addition to promoting the UAE’s position as one of the most significant maritime hubs globally

Enabling vessels to transit the Elbe with more cargo, the final stage of the fairway adjustment has been authorized since 24 January.