Charity

Transportation companies mobilize to support LA Fire relief efforts

Wildfires in Los Angeles have left devastation in their paths, displacing thousands of residents, destroying homes and putting immense pressure on first responders. The transportation sector is now stepping up to provide critical aid. 

Warp, a logistics company specializing in middle-mile transportation, told FreightWaves in an email it is leveraging its capacity to support relief efforts. 

The company has partnered with the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/transportation-companies-mobilize-to-support-la-fire-relief-efforts

229 Team Full Foarce – World’s Toughest Row 2024 Pacific

The race of a lifetime

Four adventurous women are preparing for the World’s Toughest Row 2024. They will row from Monterey, California, to Hawaii. That takes at least thirty-five days. Listen to my conversation with Cassidy Hurd and Elaina Loveless, how it all came about, how they prepare, and their goal. 

Mission:“To be a competitive, energetic, and uplifting team who forms lifelong friendships, embraces the journey and emerges as champions. We strive to ignite a passion in young women,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/229-team-full-foarce-worlds-toughest-row-2024-pacific/

Shipping for good: new corporate citizen policies and help for charities by ocean shipping companies

Credit: Cytonn Photography via Unsplash.

Ocean shipping companies around the world are continuously developing good corporate citizen policies and are helping charities. Here, below, are just a few recent initiatives.

CMA CGM has entered into a strategic partnerships with the WWF (France) to develop more sustainable shipping, to protect biodiversity, to fight against the illegal trade in protected species, and to decarbonise maritime transport and logistics.

CMA CGM has also adopted a variety of...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/shipping-for-good-new-corporate-citizen-policies-and-help-for-charities-by-ocean-shipping-companies/

In challenging times crew comms are critical for all ships, large or small

Nabil Ben Soussia, Group CCO, President Asia, Middle East and CIS, for IEC Telecom

Crew communications are widely accepted as an important element of seafarer welfare provision and vessel operators are now prioritising onboard systems to enable crew to keep in touch with home. The crisis in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic have highlighted the vital need for internet access and contact with home, while seafarer surveys regularly identify connectivity as a key factor in onboard happiness,...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/20/in-challenging-times-crew-comms-are-critical-for-all-ships-large-or-small/

Leading maritime charity set to deliver 8,000 SIM cards to Ukrainian seafarers

Thousands of Ukrainian seafarers visiting UK ports will be able to contact loved ones back home thanks to a national connectivity initiative the Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) has signed up to.

The Southampton-based charity made an application to Vodafone, through its charities.connected scheme, for 8,000 free SIM cards – which has now been approved. It comes as there are still no signs of Russia ending its attack on Ukraine.

Each Pay as You Go SIM card contains 20GB data with unlimited texts...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/13/leading-maritime-charity-set-to-deliver-8000-sim-cards-to-ukrainian-seafarers/

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