August 9th, 20190The Port of Rotterdam is pushing other ports, agents and lines around the world to share data to improve efficiencies during port calls. Europe’s largest port has...
August 7th, 20190Four Japanese companies are joining forces to develop and promote the infrastructure necessary to drive the use of electrically powered vessels. Asahi Tanker, a...
August 7th, 20190Nagasaki-based Oshima Shipbuilding, best known for its range of bulk carriers, has delivered Japan’s first vessel to run solely on battery power. The ferry, , uses...
August 5th, 20190Ports of Auckland has signed a deal with Damen Shipyards to buy the world's first full-size fully electric tugboat. The six-metre tug will deliver in 2021. The Damen...
August 2nd, 20190The world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel was delivered from Ulstein Verft in Norway yesterday. The Color Hybrid joins Color Line’s fleet with a hull championing...
August 1st, 20190Shipping investment decisions are extraordinarily difficult today, according to the head of UK consultants, Maritime Strategies International (MSI). Unveiling a new...
July 30th, 20190Samsung Heavy Industries has developed a lithium-ion battery power system for ships. The system, jointly developed with local battery manufacturer Samsung SDI, has...
July 25th, 20191Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has formed a joint venture with Philippines-based conglomerate Transnational Diversified Group to launch an electronic money platform for...
July 24th, 20190Zhuhai Port Shipping, the shipowning unit of Zhuhai Port, has signed a strategic agrerment with Zhuhai-based startup company Cloudrift to jointly work on the development...
July 22nd, 20190China Cosco Shipping Corporation and China Mobile signed a strategic collaboration agreement in Beijing on Friday. Under the agreement, the two groups will start a...
July 18th, 20190US blockchain-based logistics service firm ShipChain has formed a partnership with GTX Corp, a tech company offering GPS and NFC tracking location-based services, for a...
July 17th, 20190Oceanis, a Hamburg-based start-up, is looking to reshape ship financing through digitisation. Having worked in both shipping and finance for several years, Maximilian...
July 17th, 20193A well known name in Greek ship finance has come onboard Dagfinn Lunde’s eShipfinance.com, a platform launched last year at Posidonia in Athens. XRTC Business...
July 12th, 20198A host of top carriers and port groups have signed up to a CargoSmart-led new association designed to come up with shared digital solutions for the shipping...
July 11th, 20190Hapag-Lloyd has been testing ship painting by robots on nine of its ships. In shipyards in Hamburg, Marseilles and most recently Singapore, Hapag-Lloyd tested the...
July 10th, 20190The US Coast Guard is urging vessels to update their cyber security systems after a recent malware attack on a merchant ship en route to the US. In February, a large...
July 4th, 20190In claiming the next generation of loss prevention has arrived, the Swedish Club has detailed a new pilot project whereby shipowners can now be offered real time...
