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A new report presents an outline of the maritime labor market in 2040, where much of the market may be shaped by automation and digitalization. Find the report here.
Brexit is at the top of the agenda for DFDS in a 2019 in which continued expansion in Turkey is more important than other major issues in the sector. In an interview with ShippingWatch, CEO Niels Smedegaard outlines the biggest objectives for the company in the year to come.
Blockshipping gives up on plans to raise more money through cryptocurrency. The desired funding has not been raised, and the company will now pursue other investors and optimize in order to bring down capital requirements, CEO Peter Ludvigsen tells ShippingWatch.
In a joint venture, Maersk and IBM sought to create the most ambitious, attractive blockchain platform possible. However in reality, they scared away the most important partners.
Two shipping profiles have joined forces to create a new platform for exchanging assets between shipping companies, operators, banks and other shipping players. An opportunity for a dry bulk shipping company to secretly test a tanker, for instance, the new venture tells ShippingWatch.
Shipowners must think differently about value creation, recommends a new report from Danish Ship Finance and Rainmaking, which projects shipping scenarios for 2030 and beyond.
What will legislation for unmanned vessels look like? Who will be responsible in the case of accidents? And could computer players be the future captains of an remotely operated vessel? ShippingWatch maps out some of the biggest questions facing autonomous shipping.
None of Maersk's largest rivals, the world's largest shipping companies, have at this point opted to participate in the digital platform TradeLens. "Without that network, we don't have a product," says IBM's project leader to media Coindesk.
Family-owned container carrier Pacific International Lines (PIL) has joined forces with IBM in a new project that aims to reduce paperwork related to handling documents between shipping companies.
Kongsberg Digital expects the shipping industry's market for cyber security will grow massively in the coming years, writes Dagens Næringliv.
There is enormous potential in data usage and information sharing in shipping, writes OECD's International Transport Forum, ITF, in a new report and lists five concrete recommendations. But the organization also points to several challenges that could prevent stakeholders from realizing this potential.
Several shipping and logistics CEOs eye higher growth prospects for this year compared to 2017, shows a new survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers. However, digitalization and environmental regulations cause concern.
DFDS is struggling to attract IT talents at home. Now, the company will start hunting for talents in Turkey following its acquisition of U.N. Ro-Ro.
Blockshipping, a digital platform to register 27 million containers, and the brainchild of several former Maersk executives, was unable to raise the necessarry funding through an ICO. CEO Peter Ludvigsen talks to ShippingWatch about the next steps for the venture.
The tanker shipping company has entered a partnership with Norway's Klaveness Digital for a platform that can help handle large volumes of data for fleet operations.
Maersk and IBM have listened to the criticism of their new digital platform which was delivered by competitors earlier this year. "We are absolutely open to develop this as an industry neutral platform," says the head of the project to ShippingWatch.
Hedge fund Cargometrics, which counts Maersk Tankers as investor, is looking for a dry bulk shipping company willing to form a digital partnership, the fund's CEO tells ShippingWatch.
Liner shipping major CMA CGM has formed a partnership with a startup aimed at using AI in container shipping.
Uncertainties about environmental regulations and new standards for digitalization in shipping put a damper on newbuild orders in the years to come, says Danish Ship Finance in a new analysis.
The CEO of digital contract exchange NYSHEX warns shipping companies against thinking that technology can solve all the sector's problems. "It's not a magic potion," he says in an interview with ShippingWatch.
A business unit comprising 200 people will work in the coming year to develop AI solutions for the shipping sector.
At US-based Flexport, a particular mix of employees will help the company overcome the tough requirements for startups in the shipping sector.
US-based Flexport is looking to multiply its business within a few years as part of efforts to become one of the world's ten biggest freight forwarders. ShippingWatch provides an inside look at one of the most talked-about startups in the shipping sector.
German startup Hanseaticsoft has developed a digital solution for fleet management, which has lifted the company over the course of recent years from the status of startup to now being an established player. One major customer in particular helped the business take off.
Digitalization must be demystified and implemented in all corners of the company. The technology is less important than finding out what the problem is, says CMA CGM's chief digital officer in Asia.
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