As much as 13% of the global merchant fleet has no internet access, a new survey has found. Ideal, a British ship inspection company, has just launched a social impact report, which draws on data from more than 13,0000 vessel inspections over a 17-month period through to September last year,...
The Japanese are leading the charge to get robots working on ships at sea. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) with a number of other local companies has just conducted a trial of a remote-controlled robot that scrapes wood chips in the hold of a wood-chip carrier. NYK said in a release the new scraping...
A Japanese feeder line has embarked on a zero-emission boxship project. Imoto Lines, together with compatriot tech firm Marindows, is aiming to produce ships that achieves zero CO2 emissions not only during operation but also within ports and while docked. State funding has been granted for the...
https://splash247.com/japanese-feeder-operator-goes-hybrid-with-latest-order/
In two weeks’ today Geneva Dry, dry bulk’s annual get-together, will start with an entire afternoon dedicated to all things digital. AXSMarine, one of the big beasts in maritime tech, is sending a sizeable delegation to Geneva, aware, but not overly concerned about the growing number of vendors in...
Singapore will serve as a testbed to trial and pilot the use of digital ship identity in maritime applications such as digital port clearance and digital bunkering. During the ongoing Singapore Maritime Week, the Maritime & Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has agreed to host the so-called Marine...
https://splash247.com/singapore-to-host-digital-ship-identity-trials/
The state-run Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO) is studying developing core technologies for small modular reactor (SMR)-powered ships and floating SMR power generation platforms in a four year R&D program. KRISOsaid yesterday it will develop core technologies for...
https://splash247.com/seoul-studies-nuclear-potential-for-ships/
The CMA CGM Arctic, a giant 15,264 teu containership, only made its maiden voyage out of the docks of Hyundai Samho shipyard in South Korea in June 2022, and yet it is already being penned in for a drydocking The 366 m long ship (pictured) is one of the first of around 100 vessels …
Three Maersk employees, all former seafarers, have come up with a system to deliver fresh water from vessels to ports. The project optimises an existing fresh water generation system onboard container vessels to further store and deliver it in tank containers to ports and regions facing scarcity...
https://splash247.com/maersk-unveils-novel-way-ships-can-deliver-fresh-water-to-parched-ports/
Berlin-based Flagship Founders has spun off its fifth startup which is developing an AI-powered information retrieval and management platform for the shipping industry. The company, called Sealenic, has already partnered with three shipping companies – Reederei F. Laeisz, Fairplay Towage, and...
https://splash247.com/german-owners-invest-in-google-search-for-shipping/
Torgeir Willumsen, resident partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig in Singapore and founder of Assentiri, establishes the unique peculiarities of shipping that make the digital transition so tricky. In an era where digital transformation has revolutionised many industries such as banking and real estate,...
https://splash247.com/three-reasons-why-shipping-transactions-have-not-yet-been-digitalised/