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Liner blockchain breakthroughs proliferate

March 19th, 20187 Hong Kong company 300cubits has announced the completion of the first trial shipment in its smart contract deployed on the Ethereum blockchain, a landmark moment for...

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Maritime CEO Forum: Shipping anywhere from 30 to 500 years behind the technology curve

March 16th, 201836 Shipping has been warned it’s nearer to Kodak than Uber in its slow adoption of technology. Delegates attending this week’s digital session at the Maritime CEO Forum...

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IMO defends its position on cyber

March 15th, 20180 Discussion at yesterday’s Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) exhibition in Singapore that the International Maritime Organization could lose its legitimacy if it fails to...

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‘Normal means nothing is normal. Normal means change’: ABS boss

March 14th, 20180 Christopher Wiernicki, the chairman of American class society ABS, has once again impressed upon the shipping industry the need to embrace change amid dramatic...

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Call for regulatory sandbox to help shipping and IMO navigate digitalisation

March 14th, 20180 Technology is outpacing the regulatory environment, which could put the future of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at risk, one of the world’s most famous...

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Singapore’s innovation drive

March 14th, 20180 The Lion Republic is at the forefront of digital trials set to transform maritime as delegates attending today’s Asia Pacific Maritime exhibition at Marina Bay Sands...

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Bureau Veritas unveils cyber security notations

March 14th, 20180 France’s society Bureau Veritas has become the first class society to develop a cyber security notation that covers the exchange of data between ship and shore....

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Singapore company launches procurement platform claiming to be the maritime Amazon

March 12th, 20180 Singapore-based Moscord today unveils a new procurement platform which connects buyers and suppliers in an online community, providing simplified purchasing and...

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Shipping’s digitalisation path must embrace disruption

March 12th, 20180 Mark T. Vassel reports from last week’s Vancouver conference organised by Transas. Shipping lines looking to harness the full power of digitalisation have to be...

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Frank Coles savages shipping institutions holding back tech change

March 8th, 20180 Mark T. Vassel reports this week from Transas’s annual global conference in Vancouver. The shipping industry must undergo a wholesale cultural shift to manage the...

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SHIP happens (twice)

March 8th, 20180 Lars Jensen from Seaintelligence Consulting rifles through all the sudden raft of initial coin offerings. Last year saw an explosion in the amount of money raised...

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Hapag-Lloyd launches digital rate distribution

March 6th, 20180 CargoSphere, the cloud-based rate management platform, has announced a direct data feed of ocean rates and tariffs for the global trade lanes from German boxline...

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Real-time team collaboration in dry bulk shipping

March 6th, 20180 Jenna Brown from Shipamax on how modern workplaces are evolving. With a historic role in the growth of modern economies, dry bulk shipping today continues to...

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World’s largest shipbuilder unveils robots to construct vessels

March 5th, 20188 Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has showcased the future of shipbuilding, revealing on Sunday new robots that will be used in the construction of vessels at its Ulsan...

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First Nordic shipping ICO announced

March 5th, 20180 Danish company Blockshipping, the creators of the Global Shared Container Platform (GSCP), has announced an initial coin offering, joining the rush of shipping ICOs...

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LNG not shipping’s green panacea, as IEA warns of ‘huge disruption’ over looming 2020 sulphur cap
A report out this week suggests LNG is not the panacea for shipping’s fuel concerns now that... Apr 19th, 2018 inEnvironment
Sinokor to take over 30 feeder boxships from Vroon
South Korean owner Sinokor Merchant Marine is taking over a fleet of 30 feeder containerships from... Apr 19th, 2018 inContainers
Weekly Broker: En bloc deals dominate
Activities in the secondhand bulker sale and purchase market kept up a steady trend this week after... Apr 19th, 2018 inOperations
Grindrod completes historic sale of its bunker division
South African transport giant Grindrod has sold its bunker subsidiary, Unicorn Bunker Services, for... Apr 19th, 2018 inBunkering
Lessons for effective and sustainable safety communications in the logistics industry
Des McGowan from Insync ponders whether we should focus on safety compliance or safety... Apr 19th, 2018 inContributions
International Transport Forum calls for greater, more harmonised use of port-based incentives
Port-based financial incentives to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions currently remain... Apr 18th, 2018 inEnvironment

Oldendorff halts Guyana business because of US sanctions on Russian aluminum firm

New Italian line launched

CMA CGM takes 25% stake in CEVA Logistics

RINA Services CEO Michele Francioni resigns

Mexico slaps 30-month ban on Odebrecht because of corrupt dealings with Pemex

Oldendorff halts Guyana business because of US sanctions on Russian aluminum firm

Ben Ognibene returns with new tanker platform Concord Maritime

Rowan Companies awarded contracts for drillship and jackup pair

Egypt to keep ports open 24 hours a day

S’hail Shipping secures $19.2m loan from Qatar Development Bank

Gulf Marine Services secures long-term vessel contract

Bahrain reveals its biggest oil find

Vinalines continues to offload vessels

Sinokor to take over 30 feeder boxships from Vroon

EMAS Offshore gets Oslo Børs reprieve

Explosion rocks offshore survey vessel off Malaysia, one missing

Court to auction Hanjin stake in Chinese yard

Key Noble shareholder attacks top management

Chinese owner thrives on Germ growth

China to lift foreign ownership restrictions for shipbuilding

Wärtsilä acquires Transas for $258m