Port CDM and the notion of a perfect transport chain
Maritime transport remains a significant obstacle to manufacturers and exporters achieving seamless, efficient supply chains of goods. Desp...
Ship Operations and Management
Digitalisation is standardising the total logistics chain
The digitalisation of information flows within the shipping sector will soon be closely linked to those of other parts of the total logistic...
ABB has just proposed that ships can sail without the crew on the bridge. Sometimes
ABB, the industrial technology company, believes it is time to discuss letting some of today’s ships occasionally sail the oceans with unm...
Grieg Star opens new connected vessel support centre
Norwegian shipowner Grieg Star has built its own vessel support centre in Bergen. Grieg operates a fleet of bulk vessels, many under th...
Video: Digitalisation is not a solution without knowing the problem (2 mins)
With all the talk about digitalisation it is easy to think that by just "being digital" a shipping company can improve its business. That's ...
Ship to port messaging formats reach critical stage
Last week the Port of Rotterdam announced it will be using the STM standards for vessel arrival times. Sea Traffic Management has been u...
Large ship managers need to digitalise or die
MEDIUM to large companies such as Columbia Marlow, an international ship manager, need to digitalise over the next five years or they will...
Swedish consortium to push forward electric shipping
SWEDISH shipping has launched a new co operation to push forward electrification. The collaboration, called Electromobility in Shipping, see...
The very big business (still) of vessel performance
A PANAMAX bulk vessel will have an underwater hull area of up to 12,000 m2. It’s the equivalent area of 10 Olympic size swimming pools. Ve...
Banning non-compliant fuel onboard is one thing. Enforcing it is another
The IMO is on its way to ban ships from carrying fuel oil onboard that they cannot legally use. The move has been welcomed by lobby groups ...
SmartTALK: What the crew thought about their vessel being remote controlled
Last year, 2017, US Offshore vessel operator and owner GulfMark and Wärtsilä, the Helsinki-listed engineering firm, demonstrated that a ve...
Intermanager meeting to examine role of blockchain in shipmanagement
PRESS RELEASE: Is Shipmanagement Ready For Blockchain Technology? Is the shipmanagement industry ready for the new wave of blockchain ...
PRESS RELEASE: Drone survey specialist RIMS gets further class approval
PRESS RELEASE: Drone and robotics specialist RIMS (Robotics In Maintenance Strategies) have received their fourth Classification Certifica...
Press Release: Nor-Shipping’s step into the ocean industry
PRESS RELEASE: Leading global maritime event week Nor-Shipping is making its first move outside Norway, with a new initiative to help mariti...
Press Release: Port State Inspectors trusting risk profiling says Prevention at Sea
PRESS RELEASE: Risk profiling is becoming more important to port state control inspections, says Prevention at Sea (now also calling itself ...
Press Release: New report from Swedish Club says aux engine failures are mostly human error
PRESS RELEASE: An investigation by The Swedish Club into auxiliary engine damage has revealed that the majority of all damage takes place ...
The national race for the autonomous
National battles are heating up to take the lead in autonomous ship evolution. Last week Denmark called for more work on making regulation...
The new way for shipping to go with the flow
A new solution that accurately predicts tide and current flows is making small waves in the vessel performance market, but the potential is ...