Technology News


Transas Conference to Plot Industry’s New Course

Jan 22, 2018

Moving from smart talk to practical solutions and learning from other industries will be the twin themes of an industry event scheduled for Vancouver in March. Technology will be an enabler, but the maritime industry will have to be prepared…

London Gateway Ups Security Measures

Jan 17, 2018

Expanded use of converged security and information management platform will support physical and IT security program at DP World London Gateway. London Gateway, one of the U.K.’s major ports owned and operated by DP World, has implemented…

First Containership Receives LR Cyber Notation

Jan 16, 2018

The newly built containership MV COSCO Shipping Aries, recently delivered to COSCO Shipping Lines, is the first ever containership to receive Lloyd’s Register’s (LR) cyber-enabled ship (CES) descriptive note “Cyber AL3 SECURE PERFORM” for its energy management system…

Maersk, IBM to Launch Blockchain Joint Venture

Jan 16, 2018

The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk is teaming up with IBM to create an industry-wide trading platform it says can speed up trade and save billions of dollars. The global shipping industry has seen little innovation since the container was invented in the 1950s…

ZIM Hires Geffen as Chief Digital Officer

Jan 15, 2018

Israel's largest cargo shipping firm ZIM has hired Liav Geffen to serve in the newly created position of chief digital officer (CDO). “The new Digital Unit in ZIM will drive the digital transformation the company has already embarked upon…

New Digital Marketplace for Supply Chain Management

Jan 12, 2018

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Weathernews Inc. have joined forces to create a new digital marketplace for the maritime industry, called maruFreight.  maruFreight operations will benefit from the financial support and expertise of Mitsui, one of the largest trading and investment companies in the world…

INTTRA Innovates with Information for Measurable Improvements

Jan 11, 2018

Digital transactions for the ocean shipping industry have arrived. Are you part of it yet? It may well be true that INTTRA is today the largest neutral electronic transaction platform, software and information provider for the ocean shipping industry…

Shipowners' Club on Mayflower Autonomous Ship

Jan 09, 2018

The Shipowners' Club has revelead details about Mayflower Autonomous Ship project (MAS), which is an innovative new venture to design, build and sail the world’s first fully autonomous vessel across the Atlantic Ocean. The project’s name…

ABS Approves Hyundai Heavy's FPSO Hull Design

Jan 09, 2018

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has received an Approval in Principle (AIP) for its floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) hull design from classification society ABS. “As the offshore industry strives to design more cost-effective production units…

French SMART PORT in Med Soon

Jan 05, 2018

The members of the SMART PORT steering committee adopted a first series of projects designed to take advantage of the digital transition with a view to affirming and consolidating the importance of the Aix-Marseille Provence Metropolis as a seaport…

NYK Line Focuses on Green and Digitalization

Jan 04, 2018

NYK president Tadaaki Naito called for promoting environmental issues and the utilization of IoT. 'I hope to advance the group’s activities with a focus particularly on the keywords 'green' and 'digitalization' this year,' he said. 'We are already making progress in both fields…

New Platform for Managing Liquid Terminal Product Movements

Jan 04, 2018

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its TerminalSmart platform can now be used to manage all liquid terminal product movements across the entire facility from the dock to tanks and pipelines.  Proven at the dock where it has been…

NYK Study on Avoiding Collisions

Jan 01, 2018

NYK and NYK Group companies MTI Co. and Japan Marine Science released partial findings of a study on collision risk judgement and the autonomous operation of vessels.  Representatives from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)…

China to Roll Out Smart Crude Oil Carrier

Dec 26, 2017

China's Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC) is working on China's first smart crude oil carrier - a special project named 'smart ship 1.0 R&D - which will incorporate technology to help the captain operate the ship.The Chinese state media quoted Guan Yinghua…

MOL Develops Voyage Information Display System

Dec 26, 2017

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) announced an agreement with Furuno Electric Co and MOL Techno-Trade to jointly develop a system that supports ship operation during voyages using augmented reality (AR) technology. In this project, information…

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