Tech
-
Internet access rapidly becoming a deciding factor for top crew
North P&I Club is encouraging its shipowner members to consider the importance of internet access on their ships to ensure…
Read More » -
Uber boss unveils freight initiative
The supply chain industry is digesting news that Uber, the giant ride-hailing phenomenon, will shortly debut a trucking business. The…
Read More » -
Achieving ‘Procurement Nirvana’ with big data
Big data, observed the chair of the ShipServ Smart Procurement KD Adamson, is a little like teenage sex. “Everybody claims…
Read More » -
Nobu Su: ‘I have the patent for the Google Car of shipping’
Nobu Su, the failed Taiwanese shipowner turned maritime inventor, makes a bold claim in today’s Maritime CEO interview, saying he’s…
Read More » -
Autonomous ship regulation will prove far more tricky than developing the required technology
Autonomous ship regulation is a bigger challenge than the technology, Splash readers believe. Our latest topical shipping survey, MarPoll, has…
Read More » -
Singapore government readies maritime workforce for digital transformation
Singaporean authorities are taking steps to transform maritime manpower in the republic in step with the technological changes sweeping through…
Read More » -
‘Digital will change the fundamentals of shipping’: Lasse Kristoffersen
Lasse Kristoffersen, president and ceo of Scandinavian line Torvald Klaveness, has warned his peers that the opaque nature of shipping…
Read More » -
Maritime CEO Forum: Tech changes will leave IMO ‘dead and buried’
Delegates attending yesterday’s Maritime CEO Forum held at Singapore’s iconic Fullerton Hotel debated the future of the industry, with opinion…
Read More » -
Inmarsat: Shipping lines unprepared for cyber breaches
Most shipowners today have not conducted comprehensive risk analysis to cyber breaches leaving the global merchant fleet very exposed to…
Read More » -
Framing the future of shipping debate
Once again shipping and its digital transformation drew many readers’ attention this week on Splash. Frank Coles’ article yesterday elicited…
Read More » -
‘If FedEx couldn’t satisfy the demands of Amazon, how is it today’s shipowners think they can do any better’
The head of Transas, Frank Coles, provides a curtain raiser today to next week’s Maritime CEO Forum in Singapore where…
Read More » -
Britannia Maritime Consultants: Technology and accidents at sea
Paul Martin, an experienced consultant and former pilot, skilled at casualty investigation and management, has this year formed Britannia Maritime…
Read More » -
Have newbuild prices bottomed out?
Have newbuild prices bottomed out? Will we ever see a 22,000 teu boxship? Are bunker fuel levies the way to…
Read More » -
That’s the sound of the men working on the blockchain
Working on the highways and seaways to paraphrase one Sam Cooke, blockchain has made much noise in the maritime press…
Read More » -
Wison launches multifunctional LNG carrier
Shanghai’s Wison Offshore & Marine has developed a multifunctional gas carrier named Wison-LNG-Distributor (LNGD). With scalable capacity between 5,000 to…
Read More » -
Sembcorp Marine sell stake in Chinese tech firm
Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine has sold its 70% equity interest in Shanghai Guofeng Marine Engineering and Technology (SGMET) to the other…
Read More » -
Lloyd’s Register buys into Hanseaticsoft in bid to deliver shipping 4.0
British classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has made a “significant investment” in Hamburg-based ship management software provider Hanseaticsoft. Hanseaticsoft provides…
Read More » -
Smart container inventor sets out to pioneer digital freight trains
Traxens, the Marseille firm best known for inventing the smart container, is turning its attention to a different mode of…
Read More » -
The economics, timing and communications considerations of autonomous shipping
Andrew Sirkett provides punchy highlights from NSSLGlobal’s recent whitepaper The idea of autonomous shipping is fascinating, but the issues of…
Read More » -
Singapore official urges shipping to get IT literate
Tan Beng Tee, a senior official at the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and one of the best known…
Read More »