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Smedvig Capital stumps up $12m for Xeneta
Xeneta, an ocean freight benchmarking and market intelligence software platform, has raised $12m in a Series B investment round led…
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Dr Martin Stopford on the future of shipping
The world’s most famous shipping analyst presents Splash readers with a compelling picture of the challenges facing the maritime industry…
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The human touch required in a shipping deal
Simon Francis, founder of online laytime startup Falmor, and a former Levelseas man, brings our shipping/digitisation week of contributions to…
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What’s a rig worth in today’s market?
Offshore drilling rigs have never been the simplest of assets to value, but in an illiquid market the valuation process…
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Collaboration and disruption: the next frontiers for shipping?
The threat of disruption facing the shipping industry might in practice represent an opportunity to adopt new ways of working,…
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Don’t swim against the tide, make the most of your crew’s connections
The shipping industry’s response to improved communications at sea has failed to reflect the needs of seafarers or the potential…
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Prepared to go anywhere, providing it be forward
Another day, another headline – forwarders under threat! Death of the middleman! Automate or the industry won’t need you! Kate…
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Stenersen takes battery lead
Norway’s Rederiet Stenersen has become the first chemical tanker owner to select a lithium ion based energy storage system (ESS)…
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Digitisation and the threat to the middleman
At Splash we always enjoy any contributions from the founder of Futurenautics, K D Adamson – whatever she has to…
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LNG-fuelled capes eyed along ‘Green Corridor’ connecting Oz with China
A group of maritime players are looking at LNG fuelled capesizes to move along a so-called ‘Green Corridor’ between Australia…
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The obscure world of ocean freight pricing
Katherine Barrios from Xeneta takes a look at the role of technology in freight pricing. Most people don’t really care how…
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Noble being sued by Transocean over “dual-activity” technology on drillships
Houston-based oil and gas E&P firm Noble Energy is being sued by Switzerland-based offshore drilling giant Transocean for patent infringement…
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Hyundai Heavy and Samsung Heavy win patent lawsuit against DSME
South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have won a lawsuit they filed against Daewoo Shipbuilding…
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Is the answer blowing in the wind?
A study, commissioned by DG Climate Action, focuses on the direct utilisation of wind for the propulsion of commercial ships…
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Germans hit out at Asian governments intervening to save maritime firms
The German government has adopted a maritime agenda through to 2025, a move that has been welcomed by the nation’s…
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Logimatic: Fleet management has never been so important
Fleet management has never been more important than now, argues Michael Paarups, the managing director of maritime software firm Logimatic…
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Wison unveils floating power designs
Shanghai-based Wison Offshore & Marine has unveiled a range of solutions for floating power supply. With a design philosophy of…
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‘2017 will see the players who will shape the future emerge’
All week we’re peering into the future, questioning what 2017 has in store for shipping. Today we ask the founder…
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Lena Göthberg: Swedish Shipping Profile of the Year
An old friend of Maritime CEO’s was bestowed the title of Swedish Shipping Profile of the Year earlier this week.…
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Marine Transport International: ‘VGM is regulatory-driven enabler for the digitalisation of our industry’
Marine Transport International, a company founded by ex Maersk Line and Kuehne+Nagel trade manager Jody Cleworth, has launched a software…
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