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Maersk asks customers to remove cargo before potential strike at US ports
Date: December 31, 2024
(Reuters) - Shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has urged customers to pick up their laden containers and return the empty ones at the U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports before Jan. 15 to mitigate potential...
Russia’s first ice-class LNG carrier enters sea trials, data shows
Date: December 27, 2024
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The first Russian-built ice-class liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has entered sea trials, LSEG data showed on Friday, as part of Russia’s efforts to raise global LNG market share despite U.S. sanctions. The tanker, named Alexey Kosygin after a Soviet statesman, was built at the Zvezda shipyard and is due to join...
American airlines resumes flights after brief grounding ahead of busy christmas travel
Date: December 24, 2024
By Utkarsh Shetti, Abhijith Ganapavaram and David Shepardson (Reuters) -American Airlines said on Tuesday its flights had resumed after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop, disrupting travel for thousands on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest periods of the year. A vendor technology issue briefly affected its ability to...
Schiphol airport cancels hundreds of flights due to storm darragh
Date: December 6, 2024
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ Schiphol airport cancelled more than a hundred flights on Friday due to heavy winds caused by storm Darragh, the airport, one of Europe’s main hubs, said in a statement. Other flights have been delayed, some up to an hour. “Due to strong winds caused by storm Darragh, fewer flights are...
Russian railways to cut spending by around 40% in 2025, says finance chief
Date: December 6, 2024
(Reuters) – Russian Railways, a key cog in Russia’s industrial machine, may substantially cut its spending next year by around 40% compared to 2024, the Interfax news agency quoted the company’s finance chief Tatiana Orlova as saying on Thursday. Russian Railways is one of several firms struggling with Russia’s high interest rate burden. The company...
Dutch airline KLM urges government to rethink schiphol flight cap
Date: December 5, 2024
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch airline KLM on Thursday urged the government to rethink its approach to tackling noise pollution at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, one of Europe’s main hubs, saying it should promote quieter planes rather than cutting flights. The government is expected to announce a new flight cap for Schiphol this month,...