Tech
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Rotterdam Port Fund bets on batteries
Investor Rotterdam Port Fund has taken an interest in EST‐Floattech, a Dutch technology company that develops and supplies energy storage…
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Internet blackout brings light to the wifi debate
For a moment yesterday my quaint French Pyrenean town resembled something of an early ‘90s zombie flick. Citizens shuffled around,…
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Chinese autonomous truck manufacturers proliferate
TuSimple, a Chinese self-driving truck start-up backed by graphic chip manufacturer Nvidia, is in talks with 10 ports in China…
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Kongsberg and Wilhelmsen form the world’s first autonomous shipping line
Norwegian maritime groups Kongsberg and Wilhelmsen have jointly announced the establishment of Massterly, an autonomous shipping joint venture that will…
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Shipping seen as the softest of hacker targets
Shocking statistics published yesterday show just what a soft target shipping is for for hackers. A survey of nearly 6,000…
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Splash TV: Shipping and offshore stuck in the 1990s
Watch as a leading name in the OSV sector hits out at shipping and offshore’s mid-1990s mindset when it comes…
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Star Bulk and Eco Marine Power collaborate on renewable energy study
Greek dry bulk giant Star Bulk has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) to jointly…
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BunkerEx claims pricing breakthrough
BunkerEx, the new online marketplace for bunker purchases, claims it is now capable of offering the lowest bunker prices for…
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Maersk hit by another cyber attack
Maersk has been hit by another cyber attack. Investigators are looking into how hackers managed to get into towage subsidiary…
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Wärtsilä acquires Transas for $258m
Technology group Wärtsilä is buying navigation solutions specialist Transas for EUR210m ($258m). The move will speed Wärtsilä along its path…
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Liner blockchain breakthroughs proliferate
Hong Kong company 300cubits has announced the completion of the first trial shipment in its smart contract deployed on the…
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Maritime CEO Forum: Shipping anywhere from 30 to 500 years behind the technology curve
Shipping has been warned it’s nearer to Kodak than Uber in its slow adoption of technology. Delegates attending this week’s…
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IMO defends its position on cyber
Discussion at yesterday’s Asia Pacific Maritime (APM) exhibition in Singapore that the International Maritime Organization could lose its legitimacy if…
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‘Normal means nothing is normal. Normal means change’: ABS boss
Christopher Wiernicki, the chairman of American class society ABS, has once again impressed upon the shipping industry the need to…
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Call for regulatory sandbox to help shipping and IMO navigate digitalisation
Technology is outpacing the regulatory environment, which could put the future of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) at risk, one…
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Singapore’s innovation drive
The Lion Republic is at the forefront of digital trials set to transform maritime as delegates attending today’s Asia Pacific…
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Bureau Veritas unveils cyber security notations
France’s society Bureau Veritas has become the first class society to develop a cyber security notation that covers the exchange…
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Singapore company launches procurement platform claiming to be the maritime Amazon
Singapore-based Moscord today unveils a new procurement platform which connects buyers and suppliers in an online community, providing simplified purchasing…
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Shipping’s digitalisation path must embrace disruption
Mark T. Vassel reports from last week’s Vancouver conference organised by Transas. Shipping lines looking to harness the full power…
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Frank Coles savages shipping institutions holding back tech change
Mark T. Vassel reports this week from Transas’s annual global conference in Vancouver. The shipping industry must undergo a wholesale…
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