Route optimization is a critical tool, which could offer the shipping industry an exponential reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ships while ensuring fuel and other types of savings, Panama Canal Authority believes. The argument is being reiterated on the back of recently
Digitalization, big data, and new technologies such as artificial intelligence are key in enabling the post-COVID recovery, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim told a webinar on Digital Connectivity and Data Standards. Lim added that the pandemic has affected us all, both socially and economically, and
Earlier this month, digital freight forwarder Shipwaves and SAGT, the first public private partnership (PPP) container terminal in Sri Lanka, joined TradeLens, a blockchain-based digital container logistics platform jointly developed by A.P. Moller – Maersk and IBM.
The IMO 2020 sulphur cap, mandating the switch for all ships to use fuels with a maximum 0.5% sulphur content as of January 1, 2020, except for those equipped with scrubbers, has been the driving force for change in the shipping industry over the past couple of years. The implementation of the regul
Maersk is launching a digital platform that aims to assist small and medium-sized companies to manage and simplify their supply chains. The platform will strengthen the company’s position as a global integrator of container logistics, Maersk said. Every day thousands of products are moving through t
Containership owner and operator Seaspan Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp., revealed it was spending approximately $146 million in cash on the purchase of two 13,000 TEU containerships. As disclosed, the vessel purchase will be financed from additional borrowings as well as cash
Finnish port automation solutions provider Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has won a contract to supply two zero-emission rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) to Safi Derince International Port in Turkey. Safi Derince International Port is located in the Marmara Region, to the north of the Gulf of Izmit. The
Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics has closed a new $15 million financing round with significant participation by Huntington Ingalls Industries.
The coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a catalyst for the digitalization of shipping, prompting ocean supply chain stakeholders to abandon manual processes and embrace automation to drive business growth, a new survey by transport management systems provider Haven Inc shows. The survey found that
DSME will join hands with the Port of Rotterdam Authority (PoR) to realize maritime digitalization by the development of the interface between a smart ship and a smart port.
Finland’s Port of Helsinki has received financial support from the EU for port investment projects.
North American provider of midstream energy services Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has loaded combination cargoes of natural gas liquids (NGL) and Olefins on the same vessel. During the month of July, Enterprise completed the simultaneous loading of propane and polymer grade propylene into separ
A newly-built berthing area in the Elbe River is powered by nineteen solar panels. The panels provide power to quick-release mooring hook units with integrated capstans. Following
Germany’s Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is one of the first ports worldwide to develop solutions for its Hamburg container terminals that use machine learning (ML) to predict the dwell time of a container at the terminal.
