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Maritime Single Window for Antigua and Barbuda

Oct 16, 2017

Antigua and Barbuda is getting ready to implement a maritime single window for ship notifications relating to stay and departure of the vessel, under a project facilitated by IMO technical cooperation programme. Norway is financing the project as well as providing technical expertise…

Savi Ocean ETA Brings Transparency to Shipping

Oct 16, 2017

With Ocean ETA, shippers gain real-time visibility to ocean shipments and seamless orchestration of transitions between sea, land and air. Ocean ETA was launched by Savi, an innovator in big data/machine learning analytic solutions, supply chain management software and sensor technology…

Q88 LLC Opens Office in Athens

Oct 16, 2017

Q88 LLC, a software as a service technology provider to the maritime industry, has opened an office in Athens, Greece. According t o the company, the new office further increases the its presence in Europe and will serve as a key hub for client relations and business development…

Hapag Lloyd Receives Innovation in Safety Award

Oct 05, 2017

The TT Club Innovation in Safety Award is now in its second year and the winner was announced at ICHCA’s 65th Anniversary Conference in Las Palmas this week.   The Award is aimed at identifying innovative developments that engender greater safety and efficiency in the intermodal supply chain…

Palau Announces Fleet Increase

Oct 05, 2017

The Palau International Ship Registry has recently seen a strong increase in its fleet size as more shipowners and operators look to become a part of the new breed of smart registries. As the Palau flag starts appearing on more vessels the appeal…

Kalmar Key's Open Interfaces for Terminal Automation

Oct 02, 2017

Kalmar has announced Kalmar Key, the terminal industry's first automation platform with open interfaces. Kalmar Key provides a common system architecture for building an end-to-end, customised automation platform using Kalmar Terminal Logistics System (TLS) as a basis…

EVAC to be Acquired by Bridgepoint

Sep 28, 2017

Evac is to be acquired by private equity group Bridgepoint.Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Evac was established in 1979 and to date has successfully completed over 20,000 marine, 2,000 offshore, and 2,000 building projects for customers around the world…

Inmarsat: New Pacific North West Pricing for Fleet One

Sep 27, 2017

Inmarsat Maritime has launched a new fishing pricing plan for the Pacific North West which will make it easier and more economical for regional Fleet One users to get live weather updates, track and trace fish, and send catch reports. The…

DNV GL Creates Digital Solutions Organization

Sep 27, 2017

DNV GL announced it is creating a specialized Digital Solutions organization that will set out to capture the opportunities that lie in data sharing, advanced analytics, automation, and machine learning as well as addressing challenges related to data quality and security…

Logimatic, Eiger Marine Join for Fleet Management Solution

Sep 25, 2017

Logimatic has formed an alliance with Eiger Marine to market the most comprehensive and operational Fleet Management System to the shipping industry, in Greece and Cyprus.  The partnership will offer customers in the maritime sector a complete software solution for Fleet Management: SERTICA…

Bahri Showcases Latest Technologies and Achievements

Sep 25, 2017

Under the auspices of IMO Secretary-General, Bahri showcases latest achievements and technologies with Saudi Border Guard and Public Transport Authority Global transportation and logistics company Bahri said it participated in the General…

GAC Announces IT Appointments

Sep 21, 2017

The GAC Group has announced two key IT management appointments as the group aims to maximize the effectiveness of digital tools to serve and grow its global business. Chief Information Officer Martin Wallgren says GAC’s new digital platform focuses on market intelligence…

IMS Group Buys OceanSaver Assets

Sep 21, 2017

Norway’s IMS group AS announced it has signed a purchase agreement with the OceanSaver Trustee to acquire the ballast water treatment system manufacturer’s intellectual property, certificates and assets following its bankruptcy filed on September 13…

NYK Group, Dualog, NTT Group Join Partnership for Onboard IoT Platform

Sep 20, 2017

The Japanese shipping group NYK Group (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, MTI Co., Ltd.) will collaborate with Dualog and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) Group on a vessel platform proposal that is currently being validated with ship information systems (SIMS) data…

The Maritime Cloud becomes Maritime Connectivity Platform

Sep 19, 2017

Maritime Connectivity Platform, or MCP, is the new name for what was previously known as the Maritime Cloud.  The team behind the Maritime Cloud has decided to change the name of the communication framework. The new name, Maritime Connectivity Platform (MCP)…

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