Kongsberg, the Norwegian company leading the world in autonomous shipping, has sought to allay fears that technological advancements will lead to widespread job losses in the industry.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has deployed a motorboat to survey the waters off Dominica as part of the Commonwealth Marine Economies (CME) Programme.
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) informed that it has finalised the contracts for its twenty eco-friendly mega containerships with three shipyards. The order includes twelve above-20,000-TEU and eight 14,000-TEU mega boxships.
On Tuesday, a one-day strike brought industry to a halt across Argentina, including the operations of the key agricultural port of Rosario. Freight companies and public-sector transport organizations also saw stoppages.
Ideanomics, a Hartford-based technology company, has launched a port software JV with the Asia-Pacific Model E-Port Network, the port technology initiative of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
In August, the port of Jacksonville, Florida (Jaxport) set a new monthly container record volume at 115,700 TEU, beating a previous record set in December 2017
Yamal LNG announced that the 68th cargo offloaded from the Yamal LNG project onto the Arc7 ice-class tanker 'Christophe de Margerie', exceeding 5 million tons of LNG produced since the start of the first LNG train in December 2017.