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The maritime start-up map
Tabitha Logan, co-founder of the maritime start-up competition, The Captain’s Table, writes for Splash today, taking a look at the…
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600,000 containers set to be online soon
Container shipping has reached a point of no return in terms of connectivity with analysts at Sea-Intelligence suggesting the majority…
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TankerTrackers.com: Making sense of what’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz
In the last five weeks of conjecture, confusion and calamity for maritime oil transport along the Strait of Hormuz, there…
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Sensory deprivation trouble
Old fashioned engineering is boring. Computer engineering works. Computer-aided design eliminated the drudgery of creating hardcopy drawings and cross-checking design…
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Open-loop scrubbers, science and the Japan report
Greg Atkinson from Japan’s Eco Marine Power takes issue with the Japanese government’s approval of open-loop scrubbers. “For a successful…
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DFDS and Volvo trial autonomous trucking solution to Gothenburg port
Ferry operator DFDS is taking autonomous transport shoreside. The Danish company has entered into a collaboration with Volvo Trucks concerning…
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Chinese digital logistics platform YunQuNa secures $70m cash injection
Digital logistics platform YunQuNa has secured a new round of $70m financing from Sequoia Capital China, New York-based technology hedge…
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NYK joins One Sea Autonomous Ship Alliance
Japan’s NYK Group has announced that its research subsidiary Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI) has joined One Sea Autonomous Ship Alliance,…
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Fjord crossing another landmark en route to autonomous shipping
The path towards autonomous shipping has cruised passed another landmark moment this week during the Nor-Shipping exhibition near Oslo. Classification…
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K Line swoops for Seawing’s kite system
Announced on Thursday at Nor-Shipping, Japanese shipping giant Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has decided to install a giant kite…
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Nor-Shipping delegates get a glimpse of Wilhelmsen’s autonomous shipping plans
Wilhelmsen Ship Management used the Nor-Shipping platform yesterday to give its take on the future of the sector, positioning the…
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Wärtsilä starts selling world’s first auto-docking system
Ships docking by themselves is now a reality with Finnish technology firm Wärtsilä securing its first order for SmartDock, a…
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EU to fund autonomous ship development
Acknowledging how Asia has stolen Europe’s shipbuilding business, the European Commission yesterday vowed to fund two autonomous shipping projects. Dubbed…
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Blockchain-based Bills of Lading gain traction
Describing bills of lading as an “anachronism” a top Scandinavian shipping line and a Belgian shipper have joined the blockchain…
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Splash Extra: Satellite technology to be deployed to publish ship emissions data
The May issue of Splash Extra launches today with exclusive news of Google-backed firms and their plans to track and…
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US Coast Guard warns on renewed cyber attacks aimed at shipping
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has warned of renewed phishing and malware attacks targeting shipping. In a safety bulletin issued…
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MSC and CMA CGM sign up to TradeLens
P3, the mooted alliance between the world’s top three carriers, which regulators scuppered in 2014, has been revived digitally with…
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StormGeo appoints Carsten Mortensen as chairman
Norwegian weather intelligence specialist StormGeo has appointed Carsten Mortensen as non-executive chairman to its board of directors. Mortensen was most…
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Maersk joins CMA CGM and MSC with Traxens investment
Maersk has decided to invest in Marseille-based smart container creator Traxens meaning the world’s three largest containerlines are now onboard…
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CMA CGM buys trackers for 50,000 of its containers
French liner CMA CGM has ordered 50,000 Traxens trackers to monitor a portion of its containers. CMA CGM was the…
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