Cosco Shipping, Mitsui & Co, and Saudi Aramco are among nine companies are jointly establishing TradeGo, a digital platform servicing for international bulk cargo trading business.
As part of Hong Kong Maritime Week Seatrade Maritime News is hosting a webinar on shipping’s decarbonisation challenge – the role of technology and digitalisation.
Chile-based SAAM Towage and Caterpillar Marine have signed a global services agreement to use digital solutions for planned and preventative maintenance.
Ship operators whose vessels work in short-sea trades, on the coast, and on inland waterways, are not making the most of recent advances in electrical power sources that boost ship efficiency and cut emissions.
Singapore is committing SGD80m ($59.3m) to its maritime research institute over the next five years as it launched a new simulator that allows the study of ship crew by AI.
A report by maritime consultancy, Thetius and sponsored by the Inmarsat Research Programme, identifies the scale of shipping’s digital transformation resulting from Covid-19.
Four new notations are being introduced for vessels on the Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) to recognising investment in areas such as technology, welfare and environmental, the latter including fee rebates and reductions.
