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NYK displays its vision of a decarbonised car carrier

November 15th, 20180 Japan’s Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) has unveiled a concept car carrier in its ongoing bid to decarbonise its fleet. The emission-free vessel — dubbed the NYK Super...

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Robot hold cleaner trialled

November 14th, 20180 Danish shipowner Norden is trialling a new belt-driven robot (pictured) which can be operated remotely to go up and down along the sides of the holds while pressure...

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CargoX debuts its blockchain solution for shipping

November 14th, 20180 Tech firm CargoX today launches its much trailed shipping blockchain platform. The system stores documents and data securely encrypted on a public globally accessible...

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Regulation call for maritime digital solutions

November 14th, 20182 As the digital transformation in the maritime industry accelerates, there has been a groundswell of calls to set up relevant standards for maritime digital solutions,...

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V.Group claims it is transforming the crewing industry with its digitial investments

November 14th, 20180 London-based V.Group, a major marine support services provider, claims it is leading the transformation of the seafaring industry with its crew management digitalisation...

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China Navigation moves towards low carbon ships

November 13th, 20180 China Navigation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fiji’s University of the South Pacific (USP) to conduct feasibility studies for a new generation of...

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Scrutinising the entire ecosystem central for full vessel optimisation

November 13th, 20180 Kim Skaarup, the CEO of e-procurement platform ShipServ, writes exclusively for Splash today. The proposal for an experience building phase (EBP) put forward by a...

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Rio Tinto and Cargill behind landmark blockchain iron ore shipment

November 9th, 20180 BNP Paribas and HSBC Singapore have successfully completed Singapore’s first fully digitised end-to-end letter of credit transaction between two different companies...

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Something has to change in shipping’s platform quest

November 9th, 20181 Stefan Kukman, founder and CEO of CargoX, looks at the past, present and future of maritime’s efforts to conduct business online. The shipping industry has a thing...

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As cranes continue to tumble, ports are urged to install laser sensor technology

November 8th, 20181 With quay cranes tumbling around the world in recent months insurer TT Club has urged port operators to install laser sensor technology to avoid costly...

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Cosco engineers blockchain coup to rival Maersk’s TradeLens

November 7th, 20180 Cosco has engineered a massive blockchain coup, sideswiping rival Maersk in the process. Yesterday in China many of the world’s top carriers and port operators...

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Fugro to develop autonomous survey vessels

November 7th, 20180 Dutch offshore services firm Fugro has signed a development agreement with autonomous vessel technology specialist L3 ASV to jointly create...

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Wilhelmsen Ship Management takes the lead on autonomous shipping

November 6th, 20180 Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has entered into two agreements that it claims will set the tone for the operational and regulatory framework in autonomous shipping....

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Important next step taken in the development of hydrogen fuel cells for ships

November 6th, 20180 Swiss manufacturer ABB and Norwegian research outfit SINTEF Ocean have provided an update on groundbreaking research to test the viability of fuel cells as an energy...

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Maersk instant booking tool takes flight

November 1st, 20180 Maersk claims today a new instant booking confirmation tool it is launching is a first for the container shipping industry and will make booking a box as easy as buying...

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DSIC and China Merchants test landmark sail propulsion system on VLCC

October 30th, 20180 Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC) and China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) have completed a test run of a sail propulsion system on CMES’s newbuild...

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Bunge, Cargill, ADM and Louis Dreyfus join forces to digitise agrishipping

October 26th, 20181 Four of the largest grain traders in the world are partnering to seek ways to digitise shipping transactions. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and Louis...

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UK, Panama, US and Marshall Islands accused of seeking to halt reforms at the IMO
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HMM losses increase as line vows to spend more on big boxships
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Taylor Maritime handysize snapped up by Narval Shipping

Diana Shipping fixes panamax to Hudson

Yasa sells aframax to Soechi

PGS to sell survey vessel to JOGMEC

Evan Cohen joins CIT

Solstad Offshore gets more work in Brazil

Algoma adds product tanker

Foremost secures Taiwanese financing for newbuild bulker pair

Afghanistan to form shipping line

Reach Subsea and MMT charter CSV from Topaz

DP World takes China Merchants to court

Sunken Iranian tanker features on US sanctions list

Yasa sells aframax to Soechi

PGS to sell survey vessel to JOGMEC

World’s largest liners launch new container shipping association

HMM losses increase as line vows to spend more on big boxships

Taylor Maritime handysize snapped up by Narval Shipping

Shandong Shipping orders ten capesize bulkers at Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding

Taylor Maritime: Handy timing

Berge Bulk closes in on ICBC capesize quartet

World’s largest liners launch new container shipping association