Maersk claims today a new instant booking confirmation tool it is launching is a first for the container shipping industry and will make booking a box as easy as buying a flight ticket. With the introduction of instant booking confirmation, Maersk customers can now complete their bookings within...
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Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC) and China Merchants Energy Shipping (CMES) have completed a test run of a sail propulsion system on CMES’s newbuild VLCC New Vitality. According to DSIC, the VLCC completed a five-day sea trial with the sail system propulsion installed onboard and the...
https://splash247.com/dsic-and-china-merchants-test-landmark-sail-propulsion-system-on-vlcc/
Four of the largest grain traders in the world are partnering to seek ways to digitise shipping transactions. Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus said in a release they are investigating ways to standardise and digitise global agricultural shipping transactions for the...
https://splash247.com/bunge-cargill-adm-and-louis-dreyfus-join-forces-to-digitise-agrishipping/
The challenge for shipping today is to deal with environmental and tech issues based on facts and science, and not have solutions driven by lobbyists and the ever-expanding universe of industry groups alone, argues Greg Atkinson, the founder of Eco Marine Power. Some years ago at shipping events...
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Three digital freight platforms are coming together to offer bookings for bulk, tanker, container, MPP and even air freight shipments. ShipNext, which focuses on dry bulk and tanker bookings, is teaming with container specialist SeaRates and air freight platform AirRates to create what they...
ABN AMRO, the Port of Rotterdam Authority and Samsung SDS, the logistics and IT arm of Samsung, have joined forces to launch a pilot based on blockchain technology. The ultimate goal of the project is for a complete, paperless integration of physical, administrative and financial streams within...
Greek maritime technology firm METIS Cyberspace Technology reckons it can transform the management of shipping fleets via its latest maritime cyber solutions. The company was founded in 2016 by a team of seven scientists and engineers with extensive experience in the shipping sector and strong...
https://splash247.com/metis-groundbreaking-maritime-chatbot/
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has released a new study conducted by the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA) on behalf of ICS, regarding the potential effects of autonomous ships on the role of seafarers and the global shipping industry. The good news for seafarers...
https://splash247.com/ics-study-suggests-positive-future-for-seafarers-despite-autonomous-shift/
Rolls-Royce and Intel are teaming up to develop autonomous ships. The new vessels the pair aim to develop will have systems with the same technology found in smart cities, autonomous cars and drones. In a release, the pair claim the new shipping intelligence systems will have data centre and...
https://splash247.com/intel-chips-in-on-rolls-royces-autonomous-shipping-drive/
Shipowners are misinterpreting digitalisation as an additional cost, argues one of Europe’s greatest maritime digital advocates in an exclusive interview with Maritime CEO today. Roger Holm, currently president of Wärtsilä’s marine solutions, will lead Wärtsilä Marine Business, when the Finnish...
https://splash247.com/wartsila-why-digitalisation-should-not-be-seen-as-an-additional-cost/