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Japanese-backed freight platform launches
A Japanese backed, US-based digital freight platform has finally launched out of Stamford. Initially scheduled to launch last June, maruFreight’s…
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What blockchain can tell us about MSC Zoe and shipping practices
Shipping is still a black box – it is opaque. We know that folks are cutting corners, or just making…
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K Line makes sweeping digital reforms
In his final new year’s address as president and CEO of Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) Eizo Murakami has announced…
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Wallem boss Coles lashes maritime technology vendors
Frank Coles, the new CEO of Wallem Group, has lashed maritime vendors across the world for failing to properly make…
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300cubits eyes new blockchain product
300cubits, the Hong Kong startup behind the container crpto currency TEU, is exploring a new blockchain initiative. “We have been…
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Samskip behind autonomous, emissions free box shipping project
Scandinavian carrier Samskip is behind a new emissions free, autonomous box shipping project called Seashuttle, backed by funding from Norway.…
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Masterbulk trials Japanese battery solution on 54,810 dwt ship
As part of a joint project with Singapore owner Masterbulk, Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) announced today that an UltraBattery…
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In the era of platforms, what does good look like?
A carrier-agnostic approach needs to be taken to solve one of container shipping’s great riddles for 2019, argues Stefan Kukman,…
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Toyota invests in autonomous shipping
Japan’s largest car manufacturer has put money towards developing autonomous ships. Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced yesterday that it has…
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Revolutionary new multi-storey box storage system unveiled in Dubai
An intelligent multi-storey container park has been developed by terminal operator DP World and German engineering company SMS. The revolutionary…
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Green propulsion likened to a gold rush
The pursuit of cleaner propulsion solutions has created “a sort of gold rush atmosphere” among engine manufacturers, according to Germany’s…
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Laurin returns with new role in Gothenburg
A famous name in Swedish shipowning circles has found new employment, having sold his family firm to Team Tankers International…
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Study finds ports lag other industries when it comes to automation
Consultant McKinsey has issued an in-depth study on the future of automated ports, suggesting the sector is behind the curve…
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Saipem hit by Chennai cyber attack
Italian drilling operator Saipem’s servers were hit by a cyber attack originating in Chennai yesterday. The attack mainly hit the…
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Swap shop of shipping launches
The former head of United Arab Chemical Carriers (UACC) CEO Per Wistoft has returned to the industry with an exciting…
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MAN bets on hydrogen to drive shipping towards zero emissions
With critical UN climate change talks underway in Poland this week and Maersk making a significant total decarbonisation by 2050…
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CMA CGM berths with Freightos
Shippers securing guaranteed space on boxships via online booking systems looks to be a key battleground as 2019 hoves into…
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Hamburg signs up for Hyperloop
Hamburg has signed up to Hyperloop with the German port expected to shift boxes at high speed through steel tubes.…
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ABB becomes latest tech firm to demonstrate autonomous shipping progress
Like London buses, shipping has waited for autonomous ships for years and in the space of a week there’s news…
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Building a maritime legacy in the age of digital transformation
Andreas Sohmen-Pao, the head of the BW Group and chairman of the Singapore Maritime Foundation, shares his views on what…
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