David Macleod from Hong Kong freight management and consultancy HoldFast Pacific chips in with his own thoughts on this week’s hot topic, Maersk’s sulphur cap surcharge. It is no wonder that Monday’s announcement by Maersk Line that it will bring in a new sulphur cap surcharge from the start of...
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BABCOCK ECOSMRT® receives Lloyd’s Register acknowledgment for ship application
l to r: David Barrow, LR Commercial Director – Marine & Offshore presents Neale Campbell, Babcock LGE Managing Director RBD approval at Gastech 2018 in Barcelona.
Babcock International, the highly-skilled engineering services company, has been recognised by Lloyd’s Register (LR) as having taken a critical step towards achieving the LR General Approval for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship for its innovative ecoSMRT® single mixed refrigeration reliquefaction technology.
Receiving LR Risk Based...
#SPSC18 Papers from Edition 79
These are the must-read papers from speakers and companies at the event.
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/top_spsc18_papers_from_edition_79
Maersk Announces New Brand
Sealand – A Maersk Company will remain independent
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/maersk_announces_new_brand
Friday Focus: Volvo’s Smart Supply Chain
Video shows potential of automation in shipping logistics
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/friday_focus_volvos_smart_supply_chain
SPSCT18 Expert Profile: Port of Rotterdam
Europe’s smartest port is trailblazing the way towards smart tech optimisation
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/spsct18_expert_profile_port_of_rotterdam
Case made for biofuels as shipping’s transition fuel
The shipping industry still needs plenty of persuading to see the merits of biofuels, despite the news carried on Splash this week of a landmark container voyage in Europe with used cooking oil as the fuel. Isabel Welten, head of marine at Dutch firm GoodFuels Marine, who have pioneered the cooking...
https://splash247.com/case-made-for-biofuels-as-shippings-transition-fuel/
As It Does In People, Ecstasy Makes Octopuses More Sociable
By studying the genome of an octopus species not known for its sympathy towards its peers, and then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular drug that alters the state of mind called MDMA or “ecstasy,” scientists say they have found preliminary evidence of an evolutionary link between social behaviours of the marine creature and humans, species separated by 500 million years in the evolutionary tree.
If the findings of these experiments are validated – which are detailed in an article...
http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/as-it-does-in-people-ecstasy-makes-octopuses-more-sociable/
PTI Blog: Anticipating Incoterms 2020 Changes
By Roberto Laurino, Director of Global Business Devlepment, iContainers
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/pti_blog_anticipating_incoterms_2020_changes
SPSCT18 Expert Profile: SmartPort
Pioneering initiative drives Rotterdam’s Smart Port rise
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/spsct18_expert_profile_smartport