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Cruise Yacht Ferry Boat

Atlantic Canada welcomes the return of cruise ships

portnews - April 27, 2022

Viking Octantis called at Port of Charlottetown, in Prince Edward Island, Canada, on 22 April 2022, making it the first cruise ship to visit...

Events

Cargill’s Jan Dieleman to lead Global Maritime Forum

portnews - April 27, 2022

Cargill’s shipping head, Jan Dieleman, has been appointed as chair of the international not-for-profit organisation Global Maritime Forum, taking over the position from Peter...

Bosphorus & Dardanelles Straits

197-meter ship runs aground in Bosphorus strait

portnews - April 27, 2022

The ship named JOSCO TAICANG, which was reported to run aground in Bosphorus off Haydarpaşa, was safely anchored in Ahırkapı. The ship named JOSCO TAICANG,...

Digitalization

NAVTOR adds Witherbys publications to digital chart table

wpoadmin - April 27, 2022

NAVTOR has added access to Witherbys publications to its NavStation digital chart table software for the first time, following a new agreement between the...

News

Just-in-time logistics in question

portnews - April 27, 2022

Just-in-time or just-in-case inventory models are secondary with the current congestion crises One could not help but wonder where did the projection of strong chartering...

Can a Self-Driving 40-Ton Truck Be Safe? Developers Say Yes

portnews - April 27, 2022

Shipping companies and software developers are experimenting with self-driving trucks as a way to solve a driver shortage worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing...

Companies

BSM extends its Fleet Monitoring Platform

portnews - April 27, 2022

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) makes further progress in the digitalisation of its fleet management. Building on the success of its existing LiveFleet monitoring platform,...

News

USCG issues its 48th BWMS type approval

portnews - April 27, 2022

The US Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the 48th USCG BWMS Type Approval Certificate to Atlantium Technologies after a detailed review of the...

Gothenburg Port

How Gothenburg transitioned from shipbuilding decline to R&D hub

portnews - April 27, 2022

Gothenburg, Sweden’s second-largest city in terms of population, has been forced into a reinvention in recent years. Its once-prosperous shipbuilding industry went into terminal...

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