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eMARINE Global Wins ROK Navy Gig

Aug 30, 2019

The provider of information and communications technology (ICT) for the maritime industry eMARINE Global  signed a contract with the Republic of Korea Navy for the maintenance of its Anti-Submarine Warfare Team Trainer (ASWTT) at the Jin-Hae Naval Base…

APM Terminals Mumbai Goes Online

Aug 28, 2019

At APM Terminals Mumbai it is now possible to submit Additional Service Requests (ASR) via its online Customer Service Portal.  Replacing a manual process, this new automated process is quicker, simpler and more transparent for customers.Around…

SMD on Digitalisation in the Maritime Industry

Aug 22, 2019

300 students from Institute of Technical Education, junior colleges, polytechnics, and universities participated in the 6th edition of the Singapore Maritime Dialogue (SMD), which featured a lively panel discussion on the theme of ‘Maritime Singapore in the Age of Digitization’…

Voyager Targets Bulk Shipping for SaaS Solution

Aug 21, 2019

Voyager, a company offering a solution to the bulk commodity shipping market to operate in a unified and digital environment, announced completion a $1.5 million seed funding round co-led by ATX Venture Partners, Blue Bear Capital, GreenHawk Capital…

World’s First: LR Digital Type Approval to HHI

Aug 19, 2019

The world's largest shipbuilding company Hyundai Heavy Industries Co (HHI) has become the first to obtain a Lloyd’s Register (LR) approval for a digital component as it received green light to use the technology for its Integrated Smartship Solution (ISS)…

Rotterdam Port Lunches PortXchange

Aug 08, 2019

Port of Rotterdam Authority has launched new company PortXchange Products BV  to make digital shipping app Pronto available to ports worldwide.PortXchange is set up to offer the Pronto platform and application to ports around the world over the next few years…

Smart Ports Paper Offers Digitization Guide

Aug 07, 2019

The British Ports Association (BPA) and the Port of Rotterdam have launched a new joint smart ports paper examining port digitalization.The white paper seeks to show how sharing data will help ports work towards digital maturity and grow into smart ports…

Delft Technology Students Visits NYK

Aug 05, 2019

NYK welcomed 35 students and their professor from the Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) on July 30 to examine the group’s initiatives for “Digitalization and Green,” the theme of the company’s medium-term management plan…

SSA Forms Digital Transformation Committee

Jul 31, 2019

The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA)—the industry voice of Singapore’s maritime community—today organized its inaugural Tech and Demo Day, during which it announced the formation of a new Digital Transformation Committee.The association…

ClassNK Certification for SMARTSHIP

Jul 15, 2019

ClassNK  confirmed type approval certification for SMARTShip, a patented digital shipping solution developed by Alpha Ori Technologies (AOT).SMARTShip, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that enables the onboard operation of multiple systems with varying degrees of autonomy…

LR Approves DSME Smart Ship Solution

Jul 12, 2019

South Korean shipbuilders Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME) has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd's Register (LR) for its Smart Ship Solution (DS4).The fleet monitoring smart ECDIS and surveillance system…

Shipping Majors Join CargoSmart Digital Initiative

Jul 12, 2019

The provider of software-as-a-service based shipping and logistics solutions, CargoSmart has announced the official execution of the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN) Services Agreement with shipping majors.According to a statement from the shipment management software company…

Schottel, Ulstein Team on Automation

Jul 12, 2019

Ulstein and Schottel  announced that they will start cooperating to take the next step in automation and digitalization within marine operations. The former Ulstein subsidiary, Ulstein Blue CTRL, will continue as an independent company under the name Blue CTRL…

Singapore, China ink Maritime Collaboration MoU

Jul 11, 2019

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Waterborne Transport Research Institute (WTI), an agency under China’s Ministry of Transport during the 2019 Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum (MPF)…

Denmark Launches Digital Shipping Register

Jul 09, 2019

Denmark will have a digital register of shipping by 2020 that will lower costs for business communities and provide easier access to data, announced the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA).DMA will now start developing the new digital Danish Register of Shipping…

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