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2018 Nov 14
Ships
Robots Are Coming – to Clean Cargo Holds
Robots could soon take over and simplify the laborious and, at times, dangerous and time-consuming, process of cleaning cargo holds of...
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2018 Nov 08
Cruise ship in Norway
Norway Considers Scrubber Ban in Heritage Fjords
Proposed new legislation intended to reduce emissions and discharges from ships sailing in Norway's world heritage fjords is now expected to be even stricter than first proposed earlier this year, including a...
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2018 Oct 24
E2open Acquires INTTRA, the Top Ocean Freight Platform
Cloud-based supply chain software company E2open announced this week that it will purchase INTTRA, the leading neutral booking platform for containerized...
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2018 Oct 10
Water-Go-Round
Bay Ship and Yacht Wins Contract to Build First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passenger Vesse
Bay Ship and Yacht Co., based in Alameda, Calif., has won a contract to build the first hydrogen fuel cell passenger vessel in the U.S.A. for Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine (GGZEM), a Bay Area company on a...
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2018 Aug 10
Containers
IBM and Maersk launch blockchain to reduce shipping time and costs
Cargo shipping giant Maersk and IBM this week announced TradeLens, a technology that applies blockchain to the global supply chain.
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2018 Jun 04
Containers
Abu Dhabi Ports launches blockchain technology for efficient operations
Maqta Gateway, an Abu Dhabi Ports subsidiary, is the first Abu Dhabi entity to develop and launch its own blockchain technology – Silsal
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2018 Jun 01
Ocean Space Drones 1 and 2
EU-Funded Project to Enable Autonomous Navigation in Close Proximity Is Advancing
An EU-funded research project which aims to create conditions for autonomous vessel navigation is in its Concept Definition phase and will move on to the Technology Adaption and Integrations Work Package (WP03) this summer, Kongsberg said.
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2018 May 08
dokka-smart-bolt
Introducing "Smart Bolts"
In the future, intelligent wireless bolts in wind turbines or satellites may be able to let the operator know when something is wrong. This could reduce the risk of human injuries and save cost.
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2018 May 02
smartonline
New AI Technologies to Boost Subsea Operations
WFS Technologies, the University of Aberdeen and the Aberdeen-based Oil & Gas Innovation Centre have announced a project to design and build the world’s first ExtremeEdge OLM (On-line Monitoring) system for offshore subsea and platform structures.
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2018 Apr 20
Port of Rotterdam
Port of Rotterdam Authority launches new Pronto application
This week, the Port of Rotterdam Authority presented the first version of its new digital application Pronto. Pronto constitutes a major step forward when it comes to improving efficiency for the...
