by John Konrad (gCaptain) gCaptain believes the future of our industry will be shaped by startups… but few realize that important new maritime startups come in all shapes and sizes including analog companies who are recycling decades-old equipment. One such company is Vinik Marine. During the...
By Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) According to the World Bank, no other industry has pulled more people out of poverty worldwide. And if the world’s ships – responsible for moving $9 trillion of goods around the oceans every year – were to suddenly stop, billions of people would go...
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Editorial by Joshua Berger (Washington Maritime Blue) “There is just ONE Ocean”, Sir Peter Thompson, the UN’s Special Envoy to the Ocean reflected at this past February’s OECD Environmental Committee session on the topic. All of the globe’s ocean waters, resources, tributaries, impacts and...
Porto-based HUUB allows online fashion shops to focus on fashion, not shipping. Its platform integrates with ecommerce sites, providing a full range of logistics solutions including production follow-up, picking, storage, stock management, order fulfillment, packing, and shipping. HUUB’s algorithms also analyse sales to determine replenishment strategies and prevent understocking.
The fashion logistics startup has just raised €1.5 million from the Danish shipping giant Maersk, the first...
https://container-news.com/maersk-invests-fashion-logistics-startup/
The new unit will operate from Hamburg, Limassol and Singapore.
Puertos del Estado ha presentado en el puerto de València el fondo Puertos 4.0, un nuevo fondo de compensación interportuario dirigido a incorporar la “innovación disruptiva” como elemento de competitividad en el sector logístico-portuario español tanto público como privado. Este nuevo fondo fue creado en marzo de 2018 y está dotado con unos 25 millones de euros. Esta cantidad se corresponde con el 1% del flujo de caja recurrente anual de cada autoridad portuaria y se establece un período...
AP Moeller Maersk said on Thursday (March 14) its first cohort of seven Indian startups have graduated from its accelerator program OceanPro.
Zasti, Inatrix, MintM, KrypC, LinkedDots, LaVela Pictures and Zasti are the seven startups, which are focused on using machine learning, AI, VR and Internet of Things (IoT) to overcome and solve difficulties and problems in logistics and shipping sector.
Maersk has already signed a contract with LinkedDots for take advantage of its solution to track...
https://container-news.com/maersk-start-enjoy-startups-solutions/
Un año después de que Amazon abriese su primer local sin cajeros, startups y negocios de todo el mundo se afanan por incorporar tecnologías similares, que permiten al cliente pagar […]
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La Autoridad Portuaria de Santander ha acogido este viernes un encuentro con empresas tecnológicas para promover la gestación de un “ecosistema de innovación y emprendimiento” que aporte e implemente ideas y proyectos innovadores para el sector logístico-portuario.
El objetivo se enmarca en el programa Puertos 4.0, desarrollado por Puertos del Estado, que incluye la creación de un fondo que tiene como finalidad impulsar el emprendimiento para la innovación en el sector portuario. El programa,...
http://elvigia.com/el-puerto-de-santander-promueve-la-creacion-de-startups-en-el-sector-portuario/