KONGSBERG’s ship-to-cloud data infrastructure service, Vessel Insight, has been qualified by technical advisor to the maritime industry, DNV GL. Safety and cyber security were the critical parameters in the recently completed Technical Qualification. Digitalization is on the cusp of transforming the maritime industry, enabling operators to increase efficiency and safety, and to address new and […]
[By Dmitry Filipof] As a part of CIMSEC’s Force Structure Perspectives Series, CIMSEC discussed the Battle Force 2045 fleet design with Capt. Jeff Kline (ret.) who serves as Professor of Practice of Military Operations Research in the Naval Postgraduate School’s Operations Research department, and serves as Director of the Naval Warfare Studies Institute. In this […]
On Wednesday evening, Hurricane Zeta made landfall in the Mississippi River Delta as a Category 2 storm, passing west of Port Fourchon on its way to New Orleans. The storm arrived with sustained winds of 110 miles per hour in the fishing town of Cocodrie, then moved on a northeasterly course towards Louisiana’s best-known city. […]
The North Carolina State Ports Authority set a record for the largest container ship to call at the Port of Wilmington. The YM Warranty with a carrying a capacity of 14,220 TEUs arrived in Wilmington on October 26. It is also the largest class vessel calling on the US East Coast. Completed in 20189, the […]
About 60 former passengers from a themed cruise aboard the river cruise ship Swiss Crystal have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the voyage’s organizers. 92 passengers were on board for the trip, and the majority have returned a positive test result. Organizer Hanspeter Balsiger – who was among those who caught the disease – […]
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau issued its preliminary report into the incident aboard the APL England, which resulted in the loss of containers overboard in Australian waters. While the first phase of the ongoing investigation reviewed the facts and the preliminary report does not include safety findings or analysis, it already highlights several of the […]
The European cruise lines that have been able to restart operations are now being forced to adjust their plans due to the resurgence of COVID-19 in parts of Europe. While the cruise lines’ protocols have so far worked to control the virus, the lines are facing increasing travel restrictions for their customers as several countries across […]
An international team of oceanographers aboard the Russian research vessel Akademik Keldysh has confirmed a large-scale, ongoing release of methane from the seabed on the East Siberian Arctic Shelf. At six locations along an 80 nautical mile trackline in the Laptev Sea, the researchers observed methane bubbles rising in clouds from the bottom, they told […]
Hoppe Marine offers with the Hoppe DATA BUTLER and the Hoppe DATA INSPECTOR two new ship-to-cloud data service solutions to support the maritime community in their efforts to increase efficiency and reduce emissions. With more than seventy years of experience in the field of power, tank content and draught measurement systems, Hoppe Marine has earned […]
International law firm Wikborg Rein has appointed Ina Lutchmiah (Partner) as the new Managing Director of its Singapore office. The appointment further cements Wikborg Rein’s leading presence in the shipping and offshore sectors. Lutchmiah already heads up Wikborg Rein’s transactional practice in the Asia Pacific region which encompasses both shipping and offshore energy projects (including […]
Leading figures from some of the biggest names in global shipping joined ABS experts to explore the challenges of decarbonizing the industry in the inaugural ABS Sustainability Summit. Part of Posidonia Web Forums Week, the virtual summit brought together shipping companies such as Chevron Shipping, Angelicoussis Shipping Group and V.Group with maritime investors such […]
Freightchain, the world’s first-ever blockchain-based air cargo network for the Air Freight industry has launched new routes to Bangkok, Thailand. These new cargo routes will be served by Thai AirAsia and Thai AirAsia X planes. Freightchain Technologies was incorporated in January 2019, a start-up incubated by Teleport, the logistics platform of AirAsia. Adrian Loretz, chief […]
