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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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MOL launches study of birds-eye view monitoring system
Japanese shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has teamed up with Oki Electric Industry to start a joint study on…
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Awake.AI joins ONE SEA Autonomous Ship Alliance
ONE SEA, the industry alliance bringing together leading exponents of autonomous ship technology, has added Finnish maritime technology start-up Awake.AI…
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America’s Cup victory sparks roro innovation
France is proving to be a leader in the adoption of wind propulsion for merchant shipping, with the latest innovation…
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K Line working to take AI in shipping to the next level
Japan’s shipping majors are at the forefront of deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in shipping. With Mitsui OSK Lines recently showing…
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Why it often pays to be second
We’ve had some interesting debate from shipowners of late on the benefits – or lack thereof – from being a…
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’Constant change is the new normal’
Our sector has long held a mindset that change happens in slow intervals over long periods of time. That’s no…
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First standards for smart container data exchange published
Marseille-based smart container developer Traxens has created the first standards for smart container data exchange published by the United Nations…
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