Antonov Airlines has delivered urgent cargoes from Ostend in Belgium, to Istanbul, Turkey, on its AN-22 freighter.
The equipment was required to repair a subsea pipeline between Turkey and Cyprus. The consignment included a special container with winch for specialised subsea work, which weighed 30 tonnes.
The flight – which was chartered by SkyAir Aviation Services – departed less than 24 hours after confirmation of the charter.
Much has been written about Saudi Arabia’s suite of gigaprojects and the potential on offer for the project logistics community. However, there have been nagging doubts that the sheer scale of development, and the costs involved, could see the scope reined in somewhat.
UK-based cargo airline One Air has commenced its Boeing 747 freighter operations at East Midlands Airport.
Antonov Airlines has deployed one of its AN-124 aircraft to transport a racing yacht for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup on behalf of GAC Pindar and Solent Freight Services.
Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of Great Abidjan, the fourth G5-class multipurpose ro-ro vessel in a six-vessel order from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Ulsan, South Korea.
Container shipping group MSC, through its subsidiary SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sàrl, has proposed a NOK7.64 billion (USD700 million) takeover of Norwegian ro-ro tonnage provider Gram Car Carriers (GCC).
Ro-ro carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) have signed a 20-year terminal agreement consolidating the company’s port and logistics operations at the port of Brunswick.
