Connectivity

Mitsubishi Ore Transport adopts Inmarsat Fleet Xpress fleet wide

One of Japan’s largest bulk carrier operators, with a fleet of 17 ships, Mitsubishi Ore Transport (MOT), which this year became part of the NYK Group, is looking to harness the vast potential of an increasingly connected maritime ecosystem to realize its digitalization and decarbonization objectives. In line with these goals, and to accelerate the adoption of digital services on board its vessels, it has adopted Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress across its fleet.

Combining the high speeds of Inmarsat’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/mitsubishi-ore-transport-adopts-inmarsat-fleet-xpress-fleet-wide/

221 Digital Health Solutions

Smooth Sailing

How does the acceptance of digital health solutions in the maritime industry impact the employee well-being of seafarers? Two PhD students decided to look into that as they were writing their thesis.
Charlotta Herkommer and Sandra Siljevik Laine study Business Administration at the University of Jönköping, Sweden, in the  Digital Business Programme. Nevertheless, they decided to look into the maritime universe to see how digital health solutions could make a difference for...

https://shippingpodcast.com/221-digital-health-solutions/

OceanWaves: Why aren’t ports 100% digitally connected?

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves OceanWaves Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Can you hear me? U.S. ports’ dead spots 

DETAILS: Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts. These dead spots not only leave a nation open to trade terrorism, they also inhibit the real-time tracking of trade, lost containers and damaged containers. 

SPEAKERS: Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC senior editor of guests and a FreightWaves contributor; Jack Hedge, executive...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/oceanwaves-why-arent-ports-100-percent-digitally-connected

Can you hear me? US ports not 100% connected

The fight for a slice of the transportation bill pie is as fierce as a Florentine gladiator match. Lobbyists are doing their best to grab a nibble of this behemoth bill. The drama by some members of Congress wringing their hands and pounding their fists that something needs to get done is a classic scene of political theater. Yawn. 

The argument for an efficient transportation system is not new. But it’s more than roads and bridges. Ports need to take priority. These locations are the points of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-you-hear-me-us-ports-not-100-connected

Trailer connectivity tech advances as supply shortages crimp production

As Class 8 truck production goes, so go the trailers they pull.

Both are bogged down by component supply shortages. Sure, there’s the persistent  semiconductor shortage that many expected would be a memory by now. But supply constraints only begin with missing microchips.

“While ‘semiconductors’ has become the generic reference for the supply chain’s shortcomings, in actuality there are scores of parts that continue to be impacted,” said Kenny Vieth, president and senior analyst at ACT Research.

Th...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-connectivity-tech-advances-as-supply-shortages-crimp-production

Report: Connectivity crucial to seafarers’ future welfare needs

Mobile satellite communications leader Inmarsat has sponsored a new report exploring the future of seafaring to 2050. The report offers recommendations on how shipping, training institutions and welfare services can respond to the changing needs of tomorrow’s seafarers.

The study —“A fair future for seafarers?” — has been prepared by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius.

Published with shipping’s COVID-19 crewing crisis yet to be resolved, the report takes a view of the shipping industry to...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/report-connectivity-crucial-to-seafarers-future-welfare-needs/

Samsara data points to increased digitization across industries

The pandemic has accelerated a major shift to digitization for trucking fleets and industrial operations. 

That’s one of the takeaways from a new report released Tuesday by Samsara that takes an in-depth look at how the explosion of digital connectivity, cloud computing, advances in camera

technology and artificial intelligence are all driving digital transformation — and how the effects of the pandemic have accelerated the trend.

“This will make the coming years ones of exciting transformation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/samsara-data-points-to-increased-digitization

140 Lesley M. Warrick, Executive Director, Seafarers’ House at Port Everglades

Episode 140 is released on Thursday, June 25th since that is the International Day of the Seafarer, the day when we celebrate the seafarers who serve us during the pandemic by keeping trade lanes open.

Listen to Lesley M. Warrick, Executive Director at the Seafarer’s House at Port Everglades and how they serve the seafarers visiting them, and what support they have been able to give during the covid-19 pandemic.

Seafarer’s House at Port Everglades is multi-faith cooperation among Christians,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/140-lesley-m-warrick-executive-director-seafarers-house-at-port-everglades/

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