As much as 13% of the global merchant fleet has no internet access, a new survey has found. Idwal, a British ship inspection company, has just launched a social impact report, which draws on da...
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 ...
https://splash247.com/japanese-feeder-operator-goes-hybrid-with-latest-order/
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...
Torgeir Willumsen, resident partner at Simonsen Vogt Wiig in Singapore and founder of Assentiri, with some advice for shipping on the industry’s digital path. Earlier this month I discussed s...
https://splash247.com/three-approaches-to-making-shipping-transactions-more-digital/
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 send...
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 M...
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 generat...
https://splash247.com/seoul-studies-nuclear-potential-for-ships/
Singapore shipbuilder Seatrium has partnered up with the city-state’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to explore research opportunities in new energies and artificial intel...
https://splash247.com/seatrium-looks-into-new-energies-and-ai-for-offshore-and-marine-sector/
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 co...
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 Sealen...
https://splash247.com/german-owners-invest-in-google-search-for-shipping/