21 NOV 2020 A drone was recently used to perform the first ship-to-submarine delivery via small unmanned aircraft. During the historic flight, the long-endurance hybrid-electric Skyfront Perimeter Drone took off from a moving surface vessel and delivered supplies to the crew of the ballistic missile submarine. According to the US …
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20 NOV 2020 Singaporean maritime drone company F-drones has completed what it believes to be the first commercial drone delivery at night. The company flew a package out to the bulker Berge Sarstein, owned by Berge Bulk, marking a new milestone for drone operations at the Port of Singapore. In …
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19 NOV 2020 One of the most unique cargo ships set sail this week from France. Called Grain de Sail, the company is combining the production and sale of chocolates with the operation of an ecological cargo ship, primarily driven by sail power. The 72-foot long aluminum hull cargo ship …
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18 NOV 2020 SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters) – Global container shipping rates have surged to records on a spike in restocking demand in the United States and Europe, container scarcity at export hubs, and changes in freight flows because of the coronavirus pandemic, shipping sources said. The Freightos Baltic Global Container Index (FBX), a …
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17 NOV 2020 The organization responsible for setting global environmental standards for shipping approved rules designed to curb the industry’s carbon emissions, triggering criticism that its measures won’t do enough to help tackle climate change. About 90% of the world’s physical trade is moved by ship, and the sector spews about as much …
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16 NOV 2020 On Friday (13 Nov’2020), 14 crewmembers were kidnapped from a Chinese heavy-lift ship off the coast of Sao Tome. According to security consultancy Dryad Global, the heavy lift ship Zhen Hua 7 was boarded by pirates at a position about 80 nm to the northeast of Sao …
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14 NOV 2020 An estimated 400 seafarers and roughly 2 million tons of coal are stuck on ships off the northeast coast of China, as a spiraling diplomatic row with Australia threatens to turn into a humanitarian crisis. At least 21 bulk carriers are anchored off the Port of Jingtang, unable to …
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A general view shows the bulk carrier ship MV Wakashio, that ran aground on a reef, at Riviere des Creoles, Mauritius, in this handout image obtained by Reuters on August 10, 2020. By Dr Ryan Lloyd, Head Of Research And Development at Geollect – 10 NOV 2020 On Sunday 25th July …
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07 NOV 2020 Democrat Joe Biden captured the U.S. presidency on Saturday, several major television networks said, as voters narrowly rebuffed Republican incumbent Donald Trump’s tumultuous leadership and embraced Biden’s promise to fight the coronavirus pandemic and fix the economy in a divided nation. When the former vice president enters …
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12 NOV 2020 The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on the efforts to restore Syria’s oil production network, with the support of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The sanctions were announced against seven individuals and 10 entities, including companies tied to …
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