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Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 13, 2023 On February 11, a Russian unmanned Progress MS-22/83P cargo ship successfully docked to the Zvezda service module at the International Space Station (ISS), [...]

Jim Brown is the pilot of Federal Calliope, a 619-foot, 20,000-ton general cargo ship. He has been working on ships in the Great Lakes for almost 50 years. Pilots can earn up to six figures in a busy year, which makes the job difficult to get into.

UPDATE: 972+ reports that IHH denies plans for a flotilla. Thanks to commenter Dani ben Leb. 972+ has it. The exclusion of IHH, the Turkish charity with ties to Hamas, [...]

The air freight market in the United Kingdom is stagnant. So say shippers and federal authorities. According to the UK Civil Aviation Authority, air freight tonnage for the country fell [...]

BYLINE: Peter T. Leach The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said its members' container ships are nearly full on trade lanes from Asia to all U.S. coasts as the peak shipping season [...]

Remember the story of the Lady Bella, an 11,402-gross-ton cargo ship that was brought into Hawaiian waters several months after being abandoned at sea? After a lengthy legal battle it [...]

A recently released report by John Noble, a London-based salvage expert, on the feasibility of removing the remains of the New Carissa from a beach near Coos Bay, Ore., concludes [...]

UNDERLINING ITS COMMITMENT TO LATIN AMERICA, Emery Worldwide's expansion plans continue to enhance its air and ocean freight services in several key markets, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. "We're [...]

Last month we reported that there were some major problems surrounding the Joint Support Ship program to replace Canada's fleet of supply ships. Apparently, these were irreconcilable. Shortly after we [...]

Sgt. Major Gonzalo Rivera-Rivera has a favorite story about a Military Traffic Management Command mission in Thailand. Five of the seven ships chartered for the operation had inadequate tie-downs and [...]

Carriers sharing cargo ships with Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc. (Lykes) under ship-sharing agreements are concerned that foreign creditors may acquire the cargo ships that the company owns. Lykes filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code. The company cited foreign debt and changing federal maritime regulations as the major causes of its financial woes. Although Lykes is protected from US creditors, foreign creditors without any business ties to the US could seize the company's equipment.

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will reduce its fleet of breakbulk freighters by Jul. 1995 upon the expiration of their federal operating subsidies. The move will reduce the company's fleet to two breakbulk ships, two barges and several containerships. A spokesman from Lykes stated that the downsizing is a reflection of the company's commitment to de-emphasize government cargoes in favor of commercial operations.

Air China Cargo will convert three of its 747-400s into 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighters, Boeing announced. Work will be done at Taikoo Aircraft Engineering in Xiamen, which is partnered with [...]

The plans of Matson Navigation Co., to outsource vessel operations, are presented.

Hanjin Shipping Co. will soon use Portland as its gateway to move container cargoes from the United States to ports in Northern China. The marine carrier's new direct service between [...]

Feeder cargo services can not be counted on to always be successful since proper timing is needed to ensure the service will work out. According to a student of feeder services, the feeder service can be immensely time-consuming. Feeder cargo services, which contributed to the opening of US inland with coastal, river and canal trade, strive against railroads and interstate highways.

The newest and most costly addition to Matson Navigation Co.'s containership fleet is due to make its first of 26 yearly cargo calls to Hawaii this week. The 714-foot R.J. [...]

Railfreight opts for Ellesmere RAILFREIGHT Distribution (RfD) will be moving all Irish traffic via Ellesmere, Liverpool until it has decided on the future of the Holyhead route. RfD was forced [...]