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Blockchain bill of lading platform raises $7m in seven minutes
CargoX, a startup developing a blockchain smart bill of lading platform, has managed to raise $7m in just over seven…
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Bourbon to offload 41 older vessels as part of digital transformation
French offshore giant Bourbon is accelerating its transformation plans, announcing a new strategic action plan called #BOURBONINMOTION, which it says…
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Shipowner.io: Blockchain threat to traditional ship finance powerhouses
The second of February could become known in the future as Black Friday for the traditional powerhouses in ship finance.…
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Managing data and losing skills
Panos Patsadas from DS Multibulk questions shipping’s digital transformation. There are a few prominent figures in shipping, who see the…
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Zhuhai to develop China’s first autonomous ship test ground
China’s southern city of Zhuhai has commenced the construction of a test ground for autonomous ships as part of its…
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Agility in blockchain collaboration with Maersk and IBM
Agility has become the first freight forwarder to collaborate on Maersk and IBM’s blockchain program to manage and track container…
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Hire a Chief Technology Officer, now!
Yes, we can discuss the price of oil and its peregrinations. Or the pressing need for and surprising lack of…
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Is there intelligent life in shipping?
“Is there intelligent life on Earth?” read a graffito on the wall of the Old Schools Building, Downing Street, Cambridge,…
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Boston Consulting report tells carriers to digitise or die
The container shipping industry must join the digital revolution or face being sidelined, a new report from Boston Consulting Group…
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Ship finance meets blockchain with launch of Shipowner.io
Shipowner.io was launched Friday claiming to be the world’s first distributed ledger platform for participation in capital financing of assets…
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NileDutch to use algorithms to streamline empty container flows
NileDutch, the West Africa boxline specialist, believes it has taken a big step forward to resolve one of the one…
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Rotterdam seeks to become smartest port in the world with IBM tie-up
Europe’s largest port has staked a claim to become the world’s smartest too. The Port of Rotterdam Authority and IBM…
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The ship tech bubble debate
Oddbjørn Slinning, a partner at Norwegian legal firm SANDS, joins our growing debate that has raged this week on the…
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CMA CGM debuts startup incubator Ze Box
French liner giant CMA CGM has formed Ze Box, its first international startup incubator, based in Marseilles. Located in Le…
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Shipping tech bubble talk emerges
The rapid roll out of myriad maritime tech firms in recent months and their soaring valuations has put some analysts…
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Dynamic positioning inventor dies
Russell Hodge from Pirie Smith pays tribute to Howard Shatto, the father of dynamic positioning, who died earlier this month…
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Entrenched attitudes versus technology adoption
Chief correspondent Jason Jiang asks whether the mindset of those working within maritime is holding the industry back from becoming…
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Rival to VesselsValue hoves into view
Maritime Strategies International is set to give online pricing portal VesselsValue a run for its money with significant upgrades to…
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RightShip’s Warwick Norman given Australia Day honour
Warwick Norman, the CEO and founder of online vetting portal RightShip, has been awarded the Order of Australia today for…
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Bitcoin used in landmark freight deal
The Prime Shipping Foundation -an open-source project by Gibraltar-based Quorum Capital and shipbroker Interchart – has revealed it was behind…
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