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The Captain’s Table final to be televised live
The finals of the Captain’s Table – shipping’s very own Dragon’s Den – will be broadcast live from Hong Kong…
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Gaming app launched to cut shipboard deficiencies
Hong Kong shipmanagement giant Anglo-Eastern has debuted an educational gaming app aimed at reducing shipboard deficiencies. Launched during Hong Kong…
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RORO.com launches aiming to make shipping large assets easier
Orlando-based Roll On Roll Off (RORO) Company, a digital freight forwarder, has launched its new platform, RORO.com, to accelerate global…
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Smart ports and supply chain along the digital Silk Road
There has been much debate around the need for a level of digital integration within logistics and supply chain systems.…
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Digitalisation, globalisation and monopolisation: lines create trinity
Dutch lawyer August J. Braakman writes for Splash on how the liner trades are changing. During the past decade the…
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Maersk invests in logistics platform ZigZag Global
Maersk has made an investment into logistics software provider ZigZag Global through its corporate venture arm Maersk Growth. ZigZag offers…
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British scientists to track down sulphur cap cheats by peering into the clouds
British researchers have developed a method to track down ships flouting the sulphur cap next year by watching clouds. The…
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Maersk calls on battery makers for help
Maersk has put out a call to battery makers around the world, suggesting this could be one of the other…
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James Fisher and Sons hit by cyber attack
UK marine services provide James Fisher and Sons has announced the it has been affected by a cyber security incident…
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CargoSmart details landmark trade finance step
Hong Kong may well have given shipping a glimpse of the future of payments with news from OOCL’s tech company…
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Plymouth to host maritime cyber security research facility
A new research facility designed to address the key cyber security challenges facing the shipping industry is being established at…
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Splash Extra: Conservative mindset seen as a barrier to innovation
Shipping’s conservative mindset – especially among its largest players – is a barrier to innovation, the lead story on the…
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Bourbon signs smart shipping partnership with Total in Angola
France’s Bourbon and its local joint venture company Sonasurf have sign a three-year technological partnership for the deployment of smart…
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SSY teams with Ioannis Martinos to offer new dry bulk platform
UK broker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) is partnering with Ioannis Martinos’s Signal Ocean to give rival brokers a run for…
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Bangladesh looks at flying boxes to alleviate congestion
Bangladesh is looking at getting containers to fly in order to alleviate crippling truck congestion at its top port. Chicago-based…
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Seattle launches maritime startup accelerator in bid to attract younger generations to shipping
The Port of Seattle has teamed up with a famous American IT name to try and develop maritime innovation among…
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FSB raids Transas office in St Petersburg
Security services raided the St Petersburg office of Transas yesterday, seeking access to the company’s Transas Navigator databases. The Federal…
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Singapore waves the flag for blockchain registries
The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has detailed work it is carrying out with with the world’s largest business organisation, the…
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Freight tech is about more than just volume
Sydney-based Tim Routh writes exclusively for Splash today giving insight on how to develop and sell shipping tech innovations. My…
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Talking up technology and fetishising the future
The industry’s obsession with digitalisation risks undervaluing the human factor, writes Julie Lithgow from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, in…
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