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When Should an Airport Stop for Lightning?
Xweather Protect combines real-time lightning detection, lightning forecasts, configurable alert zones and automated notifications to help airports manage severe weather across their operations.
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Protecting fleet reliability through predictive insight and specialised expertise
Advanced cylinder liner monitoring detects wear early, improving vessel performance and protecting shipping operators' profits.
Air Cargo
Large reliability gains from small handling habits: A lubricant storage guide
With tightening profit margins in the aviation industry, robust maintenance strategies are essential for survival.
Air Cargo
Converting oils and fluids while you fly: The new frontier in aviation efficiency
Standardising oils and hydraulic fluids across a passenger aircraft fleet requires time and money, but operators gain substantial benefits.
Ports
European ports: The need to avoid the great divide
By Thanos Pallis European ports have recently been at the centre of attention. Serving 3.4 billion tonnes of goods and 395 million passengers per year, they handle around 74% of Europe’s external trade via…
Ports
Florence maritime regulation conference: PortEconomics members shape maritime regulation
PortEconomics members Thanos Pallis, Jason Monios, and Theo Notteboom, along with the 1st Florence Maritime Regulation Conference, held on 17 July 2026 in Florence, Italy, concluded successfully, marking the launch of a new forum…
Ports
New edition: Developing ports as business ecosystems
PortEconomics member Peter de Langen’s new book edition is now available: Description Developing Ports as Business Ecosystems provides professionals in freight transport and maritime logistics, and specifically the ports industry, with a better conceptual…
Ports
Maritime and port strategies as state policies: an introductory approach
By Ricardo Sánchez (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Kühne Professorial Chair in Logistics, School of Management) and Martín Sánchez-Salvá (Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Core concepts and distinctions A national maritime…
Tech
Global semiconductors hiring slows after Q1 surge: What this means for your sector
Track semiconductor hiring trends by AI jobs, cloud computing, top employers, in-demand skills, and key markets.
Ports
Global port integrity platform: A data-driven Assessment of Port Integrity Worldwide
What is the relevance of port integrity to fighting corruption in ports and shipping? What is the current situation of port integrity? Corruption in ports remains one of the most persistent and least visible…
Air Cargo
Industry 4.0: putting a spotlight on the connector technology shaping the future
Industry 4.0, IoT and intelligent automation are accelerating the industrial internet, from defence and drones to space connectivity automation
Ports
European Ports: Reflection on policies and strategies for the energy transition
The transformation of European ports is becoming a central issue in the global energy transition. As highlighted in the presentation of PortEconomics member Gordon Wilmsmeier, ports are no longer simple nodes of transport but…
Tech
Understanding STCW regulations and how they impact crew certification
This story was originally published by Ship Technology. Read the full story at Ship Technology →
Ports
IAPH World Ports Tracker 2026 reveals state of global port sustainability
Feedback from global ports handling more than 8.6 billion tons of maritime cargo gives a clear picture of a sector committed to steady sustainability attainment but wary of growing security threats Despite regulatory uncertainty…
Tech
Moving beyond snap-back in deepwater lifting systems
This story was originally published by Ship Technology. Read the full story at Ship Technology →
Logistics
Jumia is bridging the logistics gap across Northern Nigeria
Jumia scales operations in Sokoto, Katsina, Kebbi, and Damaturu to enhance last-mile delivery efficiency
Air Cargo
Helping to enable efficiencies in aviation through smarter fluids
The aviation industry must operate on tight margins, with a new report highlighting the efficiencies possible from the smart fluids and oils.
Tech
Full speed ahead: Why two-stroke engine monitoring is essential in deep-sea vessels
Advances in technology and innovation, such as continuous monitoring, are providing fleets with the competitive edge. Learn more here:
Tech
Beyond the Loadicator: SecureLoad’s Plan to Modernize Loading, Stability, and Execution
Interview with Ship Technology Excellence Awards Winner SecureLoad Systems' CEO Nikhil Mathew and CTO Binoy Pilakkat.
Air Cargo
Thales to upgrade Panama AAC air traffic control centre
Thales is set to upgrade Panama’s Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) air traffic control centre, working alongside local partner
Air Cargo
Joby Aviation and Metropolis to establish 25 vertiports in US
Joby Aviation and Metropolis Technologies have announced plans to jointly develop 25 vertiports for electric air taxis across the US.
Tech
Corvus Energy to supply batteries for seven new CMAL electric ferries
Corvus Energy has secured an order from Remontowa Shipbuilding in Poland to supply battery systems for seven fully electric ferries commissioned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), a public body owned by the Scottish…
Air Cargo
US issues first national strategy for advanced air mobility sector
The US DOT has launched the National Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Strategy and related action plan to support the development of advanced air mobility operations.
Tech
Union Maritime selects Anemoi Rotor Sails for new chemical tankers
Union Maritime is set to install two of its new-build chemical tankers with Rotor Sails manufactured by Anemoi Marine Technologies.
Air Cargo
AAR to acquire Aircraft Reconfig Technologies
AAR has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Aircraft Reconfig Technologies from ZIM Aircraft Cabin Solutions in an
