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5 energy trends that will run the world in 2019

As the global community becomes more interested in- and aware of- the devastating impacts of climate change, more and more industries have shown a shift towards environmentally-friendly solutions. Meanwhile, smart technology seems to emerge in every aspect of business operations. While the world’s need for energy seems to be insatiable, the sources of it are going through a drastic change.

In this regard, Finnish technology group Wartsila presented some of the trends awaited in 2019 and...

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Watch: What are the top business risks for 2019

Allianz issued its Risk Barometer 2019 listing the top business risks for this year. For the 2019 edition, Allianz surveyed more than 2,415 risk experts from 86 countries about the perils that worry them most. The report identified that traditional risks, such as natural catastrophes, continue to be a challenge, while other threats such as cyber, neck-and-neck with business interruption at the top of the Allianz Risk Barometer for the first time, as well as reputational risk, increasing...

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Mega trends affecting shipping up to 2025

There are five global shifts reshaping the maritime world and the industry has already started innovating in order to meet them. So, what the future of shipping will look like in 2025? Which are the implications for shipowners and crew right now and in the future?

1. Smart to be the new green

Technology onboard is aiming towards simplifying processes but also driving efficiency. Maritime industry is heading towards a digitalized, data-driven world, with the challenge being to find the right...

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New report explores future maritime trends through digitalization

Danish Ship Finance and incubation firm Rainmaking issued their Next Generation Maritime Trend Report providing perspectives on the future of the maritime industry in digital innovation through current trends of global startups. The findings are part of the ‘digital 2030 vision’ for the shipping industry, highlighting that some of the basic mechanisms for value creation in the industry could be redefined within the next 10-15 years.

The report namely highlights that startups are teams trying to...

https://safety4sea.com/new-report-explores-future-maritime-trends-through-digitalization/

IEA: Energy demand to rise by over 25% until 2040

IEA published the World Energy Outlook 2018 (WEO 2018), which includes global energy trends and their possible impacts on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access.

According to IEA, major transformations are happening for the global energy sector, from growing electrification to the expansion of renewables, upheavals in oil production and globalization of natural gas markets.

WEO 2018 concluded that there are mixed signals regarding the pace and direction of change....

https://safety4sea.com/iea-energy-demand-to-rise-by-over-25-until-2040/

Safety I vs Safety II: An overview

The traditional thinking about safety has reached some notable landmarks, but the constantly renewed list of unexpected incidents at sea comes to underline a need for a change in safety perception, unveiling there could be more than the traditional ways of ‘doing safety’.

A 2013 white paper by Professors Erik Hollnagel, Robert L Wears and Jeffrey Braithwaite came to redefine the way we see safety with the introduction of a new definition at the scope: The ‘Safety II’ concept argues that we...

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Entering an era of change and opportunity

While speaking at the last SAFETY4SEA Conference in Athens, Mrs. Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder/Executive Director of NAMEPA, emphasized sustainability as an opportunity of success and change for the shipping industry. Never before the recorded history has so much change and disruption occurring at such an accelerated pace, she argued, providing several examples of how many changes the industry has seen over the recent years, and how the industry can benefit.

We are experiencing an age of...

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Eight game-changing strategies to halve GHG emissions by 2030

In line with a general sensitivity on climate change, a report published earlier in 2018 revealed the potential for all sectors of global economy –energy, food and agriculture, industry, buildings and transport – to halve greenhouse gas emissions by around 2030. Stronger policies, the digital revolution and greater climate leadership are necessary to accelerate the economic transformation, say the authors.

The report, launched by Christiana Figueres and global sustainability researcher Johan...

https://safety4sea.com/eight-game-changing-strategies-to-halve-ghg-emissions-by-2030/

UNCTAD: Trends in global ports

In its review of maritime transport, UNCTAD presented two trends for ports. Namely, cargo-handling activity and throughput in global ports, which reflected a recovery in the global economy and a rebound in trade volumes that boosted shipping demand and seaborne trade in 2017, showed overall improvement and promising trends.

Improvements in global port cargo throughput

Cargo throughput at world major ports was estimated at over 15 billion tons in 2016, following an increase of 2.1% over 2015.

Prelim...

https://safety4sea.com/unctad-trends-in-global-ports/

Ten technologies that will lead the way in the next five years

New technologies are becoming more and more part of our everyday life and of course of industry. One of these technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a megatrend and one of the things that the world will talk about for the next 20 years.

That was the opinion of Brian Burke, chief of research at Gartner, who analyzed the top 10 technology trends for 2019. Mr. Burke said that AI is going to be part of everything we do in technology.

Mr. Gartner also created a list of what he thinks they are...

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