With Geneva Dry fast approaching, Admaren is looking to use the platform provided by the annual global dry bulk shipping summit to present its loading computer and stowage planner to potential partners. Traditionally, when a charterer needs to book cargo onboard a bulker, they rely on rough...
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Aboutships: How AI-ready is your maritime business?
Commentators have been waxing lyrical about how AI is set to transform the maritime industry, and with good reason. Increasingly compelling use cases are emerging in applications such as route optimisation, safety of navigation, fuel efficiency, compliance, predictive maintenance, cargo management...
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UK makes more funding available for AI and smart shipping
UK Maritime Minister Lord Davies of Gower has announced an £8m ($9.85m) funding boost to kickstart feasibility studies for smart shipping technologies such as AI, robotics, and autonomous vessels. The Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund, launched today in Southampton could result in innovations which...
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Geneva Dry Dialogues: Shipfix
What do corn, coffee, the Venezuelan bolívar, and shipping markets share? According to Alex Stuart-Grumbar, head of maritime data products at Shipfix, part of the Veson Nautical empire, the answer is that they all bear resemblance to the theoretical perfect competition model. “In shipping markets,”...
Hot take on wifi cold spots
‘Is it ignorance, arrogance, a lack of empathy, perhaps all combined with a psychotic approach to profit maximisation?’ Steven Jones, founder of the Seafarers Happiness Index, reacts to news that as much as 13% of the global merchant fleet still gives crew no access to the internet. When ships are...
New report finds ‘alarming’ amount of global merchant fleet still has no internet access
As much as 13% of the global merchant fleet has no internet access, a new survey has found. Ideal, a British ship inspection company, has just launched a social impact report, which draws on data from more than 13,0000 vessel inspections over a 17-month period through to September last year,...
NYK unveils scraping robot
The Japanese are leading the charge to get robots working on ships at sea. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) with a number of other local companies has just conducted a trial of a remote-controlled robot that scrapes wood chips in the hold of a wood-chip carrier. NYK said in a release the new scraping...
Japanese feeder operator goes hybrid with latest order
A Japanese feeder line has embarked on a zero-emission boxship project. Imoto Lines, together with compatriot tech firm Marindows, is aiming to produce ships that achieves zero CO2 emissions not only during operation but also within ports and while docked. State funding has been granted for the...
https://splash247.com/japanese-feeder-operator-goes-hybrid-with-latest-order/
Geneva Dry Dialogues: AXSMarine
In two weeks’ today Geneva Dry, dry bulk’s annual get-together, will start with an entire afternoon dedicated to all things digital. AXSMarine, one of the big beasts in maritime tech, is sending a sizeable delegation to Geneva, aware, but not overly concerned about the growing number of vendors in...
Singapore to host digital ship identity trials
Singapore will serve as a testbed to trial and pilot the use of digital ship identity in maritime applications such as digital port clearance and digital bunkering. During the ongoing Singapore Maritime Week, the Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has agreed to host the so-called Marine...
https://splash247.com/singapore-to-host-digital-ship-identity-trials/