AEGEAN and Mondial Airline Services GmbH Join Forces to Enhance Cargo Operations in Germany

Global GSA Group is proud to announce that its subsidiary, Mondial Airline Services GmbH, has been appointed by AEGEAN as the General Sales Agent for the airline’s cargo operations throughout Germany. 

The agreement, signed by AEGEAN and Mondial Airline Services GmbH, became effective on February 19, 2025. Under this new partnership, Mondial Airline Services GmbH will oversee cargo sales across AEGEAN’s extensive network connecting Germany to Greece and beyond. The agreement covers 80 weekly...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/17/aegean-and-mondial-airline-services-gmbh-join-forces-to-enhance-cargo-operations-in-germany/

Nor-Shipping 2025 to welcome Emirates as Lounge Partner

Terje Grue, Emirates Country Manager for Norway and Iceland

Nor-Shipping 2025, taking place 2-6 June in Oslo and Lillestrøm, has announced a major partnership with Emirates. The leading airline has signed as Lounge Partner, taking charge of the luxurious Emirates Lounge at the exhibition centre, while also offering Nor-Shipping participants and visitors exclusive fares.

– Emirates is a global brand known for quality and service, and we are proud to have them as our Lounge Partner in 2025....

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/10/nor-shipping-2025-to-welcome-emirates-as-lounge-partner/

Of Nuts and Bolts*

by John Faraclas

The best ever global social event of its kind over the last 40 years in the British capital – the administrative capital of Shipping, was by far, the 30th Anniversary Ball of HESGB at the iconic West End venue JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Park Lane, adjacent to Hyde Park.

842: the pin number unlocking success!

Breaking all previous records with 842 members, friends and guests from just over 40 nations:

  • a warm welcome and registration from twelve young volunteers supervised by...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/03/03/of-nuts-and-bolts/

SEA GUARDIAN Threat & Risk Assessment 05 Feb – 13 Feb 2025

Brief Update No 25/05 Date: 13 Feb 2025

​​ STATEMENT

This document has been approved for distribution by Sea Guardian S.G. Ltd / Operations Department. The provided Intel and information derive from open sources, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) and United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) respective WebPages and products. All rights reserved. No part of this Risk Assessment may be reproduced in any form: electronic, mechanical, or...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2025/02/14/sea-guardian-threat-risk-assessment-05-feb-13-feb-2025/

Air cargo market heads toward 2nd best year despite softening

An airport tug pulls a large cargo pallet in front of an American Airlines jet.

Air cargo business is slowing amid global macroeconomic pressures but 2022 is still shaping up as one of the industry’s strongest years ever with cargo revenues nearly double those before the pandemic, the International Air Transport Association said Monday. The cargo forecast was part of an upgraded outlook showing that the industry is inching closer to profitability in 2023 as passenger demand finally kicks into full gear.

The largest airline trade association said it expects cargo to continue...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/air-cargo-market-heads-toward-2nd-best-year-despite-softening

Topsoe supports new production of sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel in Ontario, Canada

  • Refuel Energy chooses Topsoe solution for renewable fuel facility.
  • The facility will be built in Ontario, Canada, and will have a capacity of 3000 barrels per day.    
  • The produced fuel will supply aviation and terrestrial fuel needs and reduce CO2 emissions for the end users by up to 80%.

Refuel Energy Inc. (Refuel) has announced its plans for the construction of a 3000 barrels per day renewable fuel plant in Southern Ontario, Canada.

The proposed project, called Refuel YYZ, would supply the...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/20/topsoe-supports-new-production-of-sustainable-aviation-fuel-and-renewable-diesel-in-ontario-canada/

Fresh turbulence ahead for airlines as travel chaos continues

Susannah Streeter

6 April 2022 – Since the start of 2021 airline shares have fallen back amid ongoing disruption:

  • Wizz Air down 40%,
    Ryanair down 17%,
    International Consolidated Airlines Group down 14%
    American Airlines down 10%,
    Quantas down 2%.

Brent crude hovers around $101 a barrel and is up 27% since the start of 2021

Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown
 
‘’Flight chaos is spreading around the world, as the school holiday rush intensifies, amid severe...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/08/fresh-turbulence-ahead-for-airlines-as-travel-chaos-continues/

Oil price creeps up, Tesla shows resilience, but Covid causes fresh woes for airlines

Susannah Streeter

4 April 2022 – Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:

‘’As the uneasy stalemate continues between Russia and European nations about energy supplies, the price of oil has crept up again today to above $105 a barrel, as worries remain about the much tighter supply of crude on world markets. The unprecedented release of US oil reserves in a drip drip daily strategy over the coming months, had lowered prices, and the two-month truce in Yemen...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/04/oil-price-creeps-up-tesla-shows-resilience-but-covid-causes-fresh-woes-for-airlines/

Experience & local knowledge ease refugee aid effort

Monaco
Good Morning Monaco

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Experience and local knowledge ease refugee aid effort
Monaco resident Arthur Reynolds has had one foot in Hungary for 30 years, having bought tracts of farmland in the east of the country to plant apple trees. Usually, at this time of year…

Monaco performers come together in support of Ukraine
The Principality’s cultural icons are showing practical support for Ukraine with a series of events from which all proceeds will go to the Monaco Red Cross…

Ru...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/26/experience-local-knowledge-ease-refugee-aid-effort/

Saudi Arabia reopens visa on arrival for US, UK and Schengen visa holders

Tourists in AlUla Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia reopens visa on arrival for US, UK and Schengen visa holders

  • Returns Saudi to pre-pandemic levels of openness
  • Visa-on-arrival available for citizens of countries eligible for e-visa
  • No proof of vaccination or PCR test required for entry
  • Quarantine requirement eliminated

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Saudi Arabian government has reopened the visa-on-arrival program for holders of valid visas for the US, UK and Schengen area,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/03/25/saudi-arabia-reopens-visa-on-arrival-for-us-uk-and-schengen-visa-holders/