FreightWaves Flashback
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FreightWaves Flashback: Advance on the new Silk Road
2006: Istanbul-based freight forwarder Advance International has made use of international agency plans to re-establish reliable landbridge routes between the two continents.
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FreightWaves Flashback: US yards watching plans for floating electric generating vessels
1981: Plans to use offshore vessels for the generation of electricity by use of ocean water temperature differences could develop into a “good market” for…
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FreightWaves Flashback: Vessel accidents raise issues
2004: The capsizing of two vessels rocks the project cargo industry.
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FreightWaves Flashback: ‘Dry canal’ across Nicaragua
1997: “Comparing our project to the Panama Canal is to confuse an apple with an orange,” New York lawyer Don M. Bosco said. “Our competition…
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FreightWaves Flashback: Deborah Dempsey charts a course as pioneering female mariner
As part of Women’s History Month, FreightWaves spotlights the first American woman to make it to the top at sea.
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FreightWaves Flashback: Lessons from the Puerto Rico oil spill
1994: Those involved in response to the 600,000-gallon spill reflect on their efforts.
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FreightWaves Flashback: Maersk launches first 6,000-TEU ship
1996: At 1,044 feet (318.2 meters) long, the new Maersk ships are longer than the Eiffel tower, but they are still capable of a high…
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FreightWaves Flashback: JFK changing with the times
2002: “It’s a myth that we are out of land,” said Jim Larson of the NY/NJ Port Authority, discussing the airport’s cargo possibilities.
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FreightWaves Flashback: A380 takes airplane competition to next level
2005: Airbus is ready to break Boeing’s 30-year monopoly on making large passenger aircraft.
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FreightWaves Flashback: UPS picks MD-11, sets financial course
2000: UPS Airlines has signed an agreement with Boeing Co. to take delivery of 13 MD-11 widebody freighters over the next four years.
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