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HMM to deploy AI onboard to boost safety
HMM, South Korea’s flagship line, is installing Deep Eyes, an artificial intelligence video analysis solution on one of its biggest…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Burmester & Vogel
The history of Burmester & Vogel (B&V) began in Hamburg in 1983 when Wieland Burmester and Andreas Vogel were introduced…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Admaren
With Geneva Dry fast approaching, Admaren is looking to use the platform provided by the annual global dry bulk shipping…
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Aboutships: How AI-ready is your maritime business?
Commentators have been waxing lyrical about how AI is set to transform the maritime industry, and with good reason. Increasingly…
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UK makes more funding available for AI and smart shipping
UK Maritime Minister Lord Davies of Gower has announced an £8m ($9.85m) funding boost to kickstart feasibility studies for smart…
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Hot take on wifi cold spots
‘Is it ignorance, arrogance, a lack of empathy, perhaps all combined with a psychotic approach to profit maximisation?’ Steven Jones,…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Shipfix
What do corn, coffee, the Venezuelan bolívar, and shipping markets share? According to Alex Stuart-Grumbar, head of maritime data products…
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New report finds ‘alarming’ amount of global merchant fleet still has no internet access
As much as 13% of the global merchant fleet has no internet access, a new survey has found. Idwal, a…
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Japanese feeder operator goes hybrid with latest order
A Japanese feeder line has embarked on a zero-emission boxship project. Imoto Lines, together with compatriot tech firm Marindows, is…
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NYK unveils scraping robot
The Japanese are leading the charge to get robots working on ships at sea. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) with a…
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Three approaches to making shipping transactions more digital
Torgeir Willumsen, resident partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig in Singapore and founder of Assentiri, with some advice for shipping on…
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: AXSMarine
In two weeks’ today Geneva Dry, dry bulk’s annual get-together, will start with an entire afternoon dedicated to all things…
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Singapore to host digital ship identity trials
Singapore will serve as a testbed to trial and pilot the use of digital ship identity in maritime applications such…
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Seoul studies nuclear potential for ships
The state-run Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) is studying developing core technologies for small modular reactor…
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Seatrium looks into new energies and AI for offshore and marine sector
Singapore shipbuilder Seatrium has partnered up with the city-state’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to explore research opportunities…
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Maersk unveils novel way ships can deliver fresh water to parched ports
Three Maersk employees, all former seafarers, have come up with a system to deliver fresh water from vessels to ports. …
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German owners invest in ‘Google Search’ for shipping
Berlin-based Flagship Founders has spun off its fifth startup which is developing an AI-powered information retrieval and management platform for…
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Three reasons why shipping transactions have not yet been digitalised
Torgeir Willumsen, resident partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig in Singapore and founder of Assentiri, establishes the unique peculiarities of shipping…
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Containerised fuel cell power generator project presses ahead
Norway’s TECO 2030 has received an approval in principe (AIP) from DNV for a containerised fuel cell power generator (FCPG)…
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MOL unveils maintenance robot
Mitsui OSK Lines has unveiled a maintenance robot it has been developing with other Japanese companies including Sumitomo Heavy Industries. …
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