As more manufacturing businesses realize the importance of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, many are still lacking when it comes to digital marketing and sales programs.
According to a PwC survey, 66% said implementing digital marketing and sales over the next two years is a business priority; 40% said it is a top business challenge. Few manufacturers, though, have robust e-commerce platforms.
Robert Bono, industrial manufacturing practice leader for PwC, said the challenges are nearly...
Welcome to the 161st episode of the Shipping Podcast, in which you will be listening to Marina Hadjipateras, Founder & General Partner, TMV, an early-stage venture capital fund.
Marina is second-generation Shipowners who now is investing in sustainability, shipping, logistics, work and care. She is looking for start-ups interested in the maritime industry but may not understand the business. Examples of companies that Marina has engaged in are Nautilus Labs and Transmute.
We discuss what impact...
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Are there risks involved when systems are becoming complex? Have you taken a new approach to evaluate the new risks appearing when moving into the digital world?
Meet Fenna van de Merwe has led the writing of the White Paper from DNV called Closing the gap in an era of transformation.
It intends to guide maritime stakeholders to control and mitigate these risks and put them in a better position to make informed decisions about achieving and maintaining smarter and carbon-neutral shipping.
Fenna is...
What will a Digital Health Pass mean for Seafarers?
During the pandemic, we have seen a crew change crises. Seafarers have not been able to travel between the ships that constitute their workplace and their country of residence due to travel restrictions.
High-level meetings have been taking place, aiming to get seafarers designated as “key-workers”, which would lead to exemption from specific COVID-related travel restrictions and make it possible for the 200,000 stranded seafarers to become...
Welcome to the 154th episode of the Shipping Podcast with Reshma Nilofer, the first female maritime Pilot in India and one of few in the world. Reshma takes us on a journey on how to reach your dream goals. She is a powerful woman and a role model to many.
Reshma Nilofer was the first female maritime river pilot, and the current Indian President awarded her with the “Woman Power Award” in 2018. The Woman Power Award is an annual award given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of...
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Stuart Ostrow is the President of ShipMoney and he is the guest in episode 152 of the Shipping Podcast. Stuart is an entrepreneur who entered the maritime domain 15 years ago. He tells the story of ShipMoney and how he realised the importance of a virtual debit card for seafarers and what a difference it makes to offer online payments both for employers but also for the seagoing personnel.
Stuart highlights the importance of the seafarers and the situation they are currently facing, not to...
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Welcome to the 151st episode of the Shipping Podcast! Listen to Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD.
“Technical development will never be as slow as today”, says Jan and continues to speak about digitalisation and decarbonisation as the two main global trends that we need to follow right now. It leads to a structural change which will bring automation and transparency to the shipping industry and that will make us more resilient for the...
Better data and disclosure crucial for pricing climate risks, Digital operational resilience in the financial sector
Tuesday 10 November 2020 – Vol.11 Ed.46.2
Commentary: Data crucial for pricing climate risks
By Fabio Natalucci, Ranjit Singh and Felix Suntheim
The pandemic is an important reminder of the risks that seem certain to arise from a threat even more ominous: climate change. Analysis shows that global warming scenarios, and the associated projected changes in physical risks, are...
ClassNK has granted its first “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” notation for LNG-fueled PCTC, says a press release published on their website.
DSS NotationLeading Classification Society ClassNK awarded its “Digital Smart Ship(DSS)” notation for “SAKURA LEADER”, LNG-fueled PCTC.
As a part of the society’s new initiative, “Innova...
https://mfame.guru/classnks-awards-its-first-dss-notation-for-lng-fueled-pctc/
Offshore and onshore reliability data (OREDA), gathered by several oil and gas operators for nearly four decades goes online through DNV GL’s data platform, Veracity, says a press release published on their website.
OREDA handbookThe OREDA handbook, established in 1981 in cooperation with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, has amassed data from almost 300 installations.
This includes the collection and analysis of data from over 18,000 equipment units with 43,000 failure and 80,000...
https://mfame.guru/dnv-gl-transfers-40-years-offshore-data-to-digital-format/