The Smart Ports and Supply Chain Technologies Conference 2018 featured inspiring presentations, influential panel discussions and laid the groundwork for a more connected future.
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/spsct18_day_one_in_review
Containers
Blockchain Revenues to Exceed $10 Billion by 2023
Successful pilots help boost smart tech’s supply chain popularity
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/blockchain_revenues_to_exceed_10_billion_by_2023
IRISL reaches out to China ahead of sanctions
Ahead of sanctions due next month, Iran’s top line IRISL has set up a Chinese joint venture line. Newcomer Reach Shipping Lines will operate the four new 14,508 teu ships, delivered in August to IRISL, on a new Far East – Colombo service that calls at Qingdao, Xingang, Dalian, Busan, Lianyungang,...
https://splash247.com/irisl-reaches-out-to-china-ahead-of-sanctions/
Global Feeder Shipping takes over Simatech’s container services
Alphaliner is reporting that the liner operations of Dubai-based Simatech have been taken over by a new Dubai-based company, Global Feeder Shipping (GFS). The services are focused on the Middle East Gulf and between the Middle East Gulf and the Indian sub continent. Earlier this year, Simatech also...
https://splash247.com/global-feeder-shipping-takes-over-simatechs-container-services/
Costamare boxship scrapped for $502 per ldt
Costamare has netted a very strong $502 per ldt in offloading a 20-year-old, 3,842 teu boxship to Indian breakers. The 15,864 ldt from the gives Costamare just shy of $8m. Brokers Braemar ACM explained that the ship had a very large 60 ton propeller, which accounted for the premium in the pricing....
https://splash247.com/costamare-boxship-scrapped-for-502-per-ldt/
SPSCT18 Highlights: Blockchain, Automation and Collaboration
PTI gives a breakdown on some of the conference’s most memorable moments so far
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/spsct18_highlights_blockchain_automation_and_collaboration
BLOC Announces Smart Tech Workshop
Session a must for supply chain stakeholders
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/bloc_announces_smart_tech_workshop
Supply Chain Platform Launches $500 Million Fund
FreightRover collaborates with asset management firm financing project
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/supply_chain_platform_launches_500_million_fund
UN Gives Trade War Warning
Global body says shipping could still suffer despite volume growth
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/un_gives_trade_war_warning
Ports America’s Napoleon Container Terminal puts customers first with Navis N4 implementation
Terminal Upgraded TOS to Handle Growing Container Volumes & Managing Evolving Customer Demands
Oakland, CA, October 3, 2018 –Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation and provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for the world’s leading organizations across the shipping supply chain, today announced that Ports America has implemented N4 at its 47 acre Napoleon Container Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ports America selected Navis as part of...