Tech News Archive - Ship & Maritime Technology Updates

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Change will come, but not unless we make it happen

February 28th, 20181 Rashid Baba, chief commercial officer at Thuraya, writes for Splash on where shipping is today in terms of embracing digital technology. The consensus view on...

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PIL, PSA and IBM run blockchain cargo trial from Chongqing to Singapore

February 23rd, 20180 Singapore boxline PIL, terminal operator PSA International and IBM have successfully carried out a blockchain trial to track and trace cargo movement from Chongqing to...

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Blockchain bill of lading platform raises $7m in seven minutes

February 14th, 20180 CargoX, a startup developing a blockchain smart bill of lading platform, has managed to raise $7m in just over seven minutes in an initial coin offering of its...

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Bourbon to offload 41 older vessels as part of digital transformation

February 13th, 20180 French offshore giant Bourbon is accelerating its transformation plans, announcing a new strategic action plan called #BOURBONINMOTION, which it says will help it meet...

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Shipowner.io: Blockchain threat to traditional ship finance powerhouses

February 13th, 201849 The second of February could become known in the future as Black Friday for the traditional powerhouses in ship finance. It was 11 days ago that Shipowner.io was...

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Managing data and losing skills

February 13th, 20182 Panos Patsadas from DS Multibulk questions shipping’s digital transformation. There are a few prominent figures in shipping, who see the digital transformation as...

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Zhuhai to develop China’s first autonomous ship test ground

February 12th, 20180 China’s southern city of Zhuhai has commenced the construction of a test ground for autonomous ships as part of its plan to develop an industrial platform in the new...

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Agility in blockchain collaboration with Maersk and IBM

February 7th, 20180 Agility has become the first freight forwarder to collaborate on Maersk and IBM’s blockchain program to manage and track container shipments. Agility has agreed to...

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Hire a Chief Technology Officer, now!

February 7th, 20185 Yes, we can discuss the price of oil and its peregrinations. Or the pressing need for and surprising lack of moves to consolidate. Or even analyse to death the supply...

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Is there intelligent life in shipping?

February 5th, 201826 “Is there intelligent life on Earth?” read a graffito on the wall of the Old Schools Building, Downing Street, Cambridge, circa 1972. I walked past it on my way to...

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Boston Consulting report tells carriers to digitise or die

February 5th, 20180 The container shipping industry must join the digital revolution or face being sidelined, a new report from Boston Consulting Group posits . “Digital opens the door...

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Ship finance meets blockchain with launch of Shipowner.io

February 5th, 20182 Shipowner.io was launched Friday claiming to be the world’s first distributed ledger platform for participation in capital financing of assets and services in the...

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NileDutch to use algorithms to streamline empty container flows

February 2nd, 20180 NileDutch, the West Africa boxline specialist, believes it has taken a big step forward to resolve one of the one of the biggest headaches facing liners, namely empty...

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Rotterdam seeks to become smartest port in the world with IBM tie-up

February 1st, 20180 Europe’s largest port has staked a claim to become the world’s smartest too. The Port of Rotterdam Authority and IBM are to collaborate on a multi-year digitisation...

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The ship tech bubble debate

February 1st, 20183 Oddbjørn Slinning, a partner at Norwegian legal firm SANDS, joins our growing debate that has raged this week on the spectre of a bubble emerging in shipping...

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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

Shipping start-ups win prizes