Kelvin Hughes, a world leader in radar systems for maritime navigation and other security and surveillance applications, is pleased to announce that two ports in Indonesia have selected variants of the company’s SBS-800 Upmast X-Band SharpEye™ range to ensure the safe entry and exit, management and monitoring of vessels.

Fifth AFLAS Green Award in six years

Award in the Global Champion category

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), grew 12.7% in May 2017 compared to the year-earlier period. This was up from the 8.7% annual growth recorded in April 2017 and is more than three times higher than the five year average growth rate of 3.8%.

Trans.Al Logistic GmbH, German member of the Pangea Logistics Network, has been appointed for handling 1600 tonnes of steel and glass components for the construction of the Façade of the new Grand Egyptian Museum, that will be one of the biggest museums in the world, housing more than 100,000 artifacts from all pharaonic periods.

Quote of the week:
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) - American novelist, short story writer, and journalist..

BGS Group has announced the dates for the 3^rd International LNG Congress – it is October 16-17, 2017.

A new electronic fallback system will prevent a meltdown in the UK’s vitally important air cargo industry, in the event of a prolonged outage of HMRC’s vital CHIEF (Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight) system. Having received formal Customs approval, the system is now ready for use.

RINA Services has verified that the entire fleet of the d’Amico Group has met the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification of CO2 emissions Regulation (MRV) requirements according to EU 2015/757 Regulation. The fleet comprises 36 vessels which are managed by d’Amico Società di Navigazione and 35 vessels managed by its subsidiary Ishima Pte. Ltd.

Rail is continually picking up speed in container transport to and from China. This trend has now been apparent for some years.

As Maersk moves into its second day of its IT systems being crippled by a cyber attack, its 2M alliance partner MSC has said it has so far been unaffected and has offered “its full support to Maersk”.

Major container ports could be facing an investment crisis that will dwarf the problems seen in liner shipping over the last few years.

Anticipating further growth in maritime cargo transport by rail, experts from the rail and port sector are going for digitalization and automation.

Moscow - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the Russian Federation to implement global standards and best practices, in order to maximize the economic and social benefits generated by its growing air transport sector.

Norway is the first nation in the world to implement maritime broadband communication on ships and planes in public service. The system enables exchange of information that can be crucial in limiting damage when accidents occur.