Future of Shipping Archives - Page 17 of 17

Empowering women leadership for ocean sustainability

22 October 2018

Women’s leadership in the ocean business community is advancing year after year bringing both challenges and opportunities especially regarding ocean sustainable development and the Blue Economy. There is no doubt that in the future shipping industry, oil and gas, fisheries, aquaculture, seabed mining, cruise, renewable energy, ports, dredging, mining, marine science; engineering and technology, maritime legal, financial and insurance communities etc. will need more women in leadership roles....

https://safety4sea.com/cm-empowering-women-leadership-for-ocean-sustainability/

Buenos Aires: Increased trade volume requires new port layout?

10 October 2018

Port volumes in the Buenos Aires bring upon queries regarding the policies and measures that the port adapts in order to handle numerous challenges.

A new port layout is said to make it possible to accommodate 14 000 TEU ships with a length of 365.5 metres and beam of 51.2 metres. However,

Does it make sense to build a new container port next to a metropolis and far away from the sea?

A fair question was posed by Olaf Merk – the Administrator Ports and Shipping of the International Transport Forum...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-buenos-aires-increased-trade-volumes-require-new-port-layout/

Cybersecurity landscape is changing: What’s next?

2 October 2018

“84% of company directors believe that their IT department is able to protect their organizations from a cyber-attack.” These were the findings of a research study by AIG conducted inthe UK two years ago. The cybersecurity landscape, however, is changing day after day, year after year; and here we are in 2018, trying to put ourselves in the shoes of cybercriminals to better anticipate where attacks will be coming from, while at the same time they think more like developers to evade detection!

Le...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-cybersecurity-landscape-is-changing-whats-next/

Artic: New routes open but challenges ahead

30 September 2018

We recently heard that the first commercial ship traveled the Northern Sea Route in winter without the assistance of an ice breaker. Indeed, “thanks” to the climate change, new trade routes open in some areas, however, at the same time the risk of ice in others is getting larger and larger.

Specifically, and according to the NASA Earth Observatory, the mean center of shipping activity moved 300km north and east over a seven-year span. As a result, a growing number of vessels are sailing in...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-artic-new-routes-open-but-challenges-ahead/

Full development of LNG as a fuel to be seen between 2024-2028

24 September 2018

In an exclusive interview with SAFETY4SEA during Gastech 2018, Mr. Alexander Prokopakis, CEO at probunkers, highlighted that ‘LNG is the future’ and revealed their ambitious action plan with the aim to become a ‘premium provider’ of LNG. Probunkers is a new LNG bunkering project which made its debut at Posidonia earlier this year. As explained, the project involves four stages (Planning, Financing, Implementation, Operations and Sales) and probunkers will have a three-tier role, as Physical...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-full-development-of-lng-as-a-fuel-to-be-seen-between-2024-2028/

Port Of Antwerp Presents Smart Port Of The Future At Supernova

21 September 2018

The port of the future is a smart port. During Supernova, the festival of the future is held in the Eilandje docklands neighbourhood from 27 to 30 September, the port of Antwerp is presenting its vision and its current innovative projects. For the occasion, Antwerp Port Authority has built a spectacular floating pavilion in the middle of the Bonaparte dock where visitors can discover the port of the future. In the meantime, the latest technological developments will be on display in the MAS...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/port-of-antwerp-presents-smart-port-of-the-future-at-supernova/

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