DHL Express’ Miami air hub meets the moment for peak season

MIAMI – DHL Express’ parcel volumes during the peak season are expected to grow 1% year over year in the U.S. and 4% to 5% in Latin America, according to company officials. That growth wouldn’t be possible without the delivery company’s strategic air hub at Miami International Airport (MIA), which connects Central and South America, as well as the eastern Caribbean, to the rest of DHL’s global network.

DHL operates 14 daily flights from Miami with its Panama-based cargo airline DHL Aero Expreso...

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Avianca Cargo, AeroUnion launch fleet upgrade with A330 freighter

Avianca Cargo recently received its first Airbus A330 converted freighter and placed it with Mexican affiliate AeroUnion to cover routes in Colombia, Mexico and the United States as part of a fleet modernization plan.

The cargo division of Colombian flag carrier Avianca operates six factory-built A330-200 cargo jets and agreed in May 2022 to lease two A330-200 and two A330-300 from CDB Aviation, the Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank. The first passenger-to-freighter conversion is an...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Green Paranagua – Chinese 77,000DWT bulker to support South America wood pulp trade

The 77,000DWT wood pulp carrier Green Paranagua

China’s Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB), through its shipowning arm SPDB Financial Leasing, has taken delivery of a new bulk carrier designed and built by local shipyard COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry. Named in honour of the city in Brazil’s Parana state, Green Paranagua is the fifth unit in...

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VESSEL REFIT | FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias – Processing platform to be deployed in Brazil’s Mero oil field

FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias, which will be deployed in Brazil's Mero field

Chinese shipyard CIMC Raffles has completed conversion work on a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) for Malaysian shipowner MISC. The vessel, which has been renamed FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias, will operate in Brazil’s offshore waters under charter with state-owned oil company Petrobras. CIMC Raffles said this is the first FPSO conversion project […]

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COLUMN | The demise of Diamond Offshore: Lessons for the future [Offshore Accounts]

Last week saw Noble Corporation cement its place as the great consolidator in the offshore drilling industry recovery. Seven days ago, Noble announced that it was buying Diamond Offshore Drilling in a stock plus cash transaction valuing the company at around US$1.6 billion, a deal unanimously...

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Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | June 14 – Norwegian Coast Guard patrol vessel, Brazilian and Indonesian frigates and more

The Norwegian Coast Guard christens the newest addition to its patrol fleet as construction is underway on frigates for the Brazilian and Indonesian Navies and a new class of US Army landing craft. A Turkish firm secures a contract for the build and delivery of surface combatants to the Royal...

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FAO report shows global fisheries and aquaculture production reaches new record high

Fish farm at an undisclosed location

World fisheries and aquaculture production has hit a new high, with aquaculture production of aquatic animals surpassing capture fisheries for the first time, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) released earlier this month. The 2024...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/fishing/aquaculture/fao-report-shows-global-fisheries-and-aquaculture-production-reaches-new-record-high/

Petrobras orders FPSO pair from Singapore yard

Signing of the contract between Petrobras and Seatrium for the construction of two new FPSOs

Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has awarded Singapore-based shipbuilder Seatrium a contract for the construction of two new floating production storage and offloading units (FPSOs). The FPSOs, which will be named P-84 and P-85, will be deployed in the Atapu and Sépia fields, located in...

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