An Interview withTodd Allen Regional Manager, NAVTOR |
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Norsk Hydro lost about $35-40 million after cyber attack2019-04-01 – Norwegian renewable energy company Norsk Hydro said it continues to progress towards normal operations, following the cyber attack that disrupted its operations in March. The preliminary estimated financial impact for the first full week following the cyber attack is around NOK 300-350 million (=USD 35-40 million), the majority stemming from lost margins and volumes in the Extruded Solutions business area, the company informed. . . READ MORE  |
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Clarksons debuts digital chartering platform2019-04-03 – Chartering brokers the world over question daily whether their business will be usurped by technology. One broking company has taken the matter into its hands. The world’s largest shipbroker has debuted its much anticipated digital chartering platform. Sea.live has been created by Clarksons Platou and is an end-to-end digital solution for chartering and contract management. . . READ MORE  Microsoft Joins Tech Race to Clean Up Shipping With Big Data2019-04-04 – At noon every day — when the sun is directly overhead — the world’s fleet of commercial maritime ships report their position, speed and weather conditions. It’s the primary way ships track how much fuel they’re burning and how to to use less of it, and they’ve been doing it this way for at least 200 years. . . READ MORE  |
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UK invests £75m in autonomous naval technologies2019-04-03 – The UK Defence Secretary has announced a £75million ($98 million) funds injection for robots and autonomous mine-hunter vessels for the Royal Navy. The fund is planned to be spent on two new autonomous mine-hunter vessels with sonars, to enable remote mine-hunting at higher range, speed and accuracy as well as NavyX, a new joint military and industry hi-tech accelerator. . . READ MORE  |
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Scrubber Projects: What we have learned so far2019-04-03 – During the last GREEN4SEA Conference, Mr. Christopher Fee, General Manager – Environment and Sustainability, Oldendorff Carriers presented experience feedback from the use of scrubbers so far. Specifically, Mr. Fee attempted to debunk the myth that these systems harm the environment. . . READ MORE  |
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USCG on IMO 2020 compliance and what’s following2019-04-04 – Rear Adm. John Nadeau, assistant commandant for prevention policy, attended Connecticut Maritime Association’s Shipping 2019 Conference and focused on the countdown to compliance of IMO 2020 and the concerns around it, such as availability, quality, and cost. . . READ MORE  |
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Fuel cell centre to be built in Denmark2019-04-04 – Ballard Power Systems Europe will establish a Marine Center of Excellence (Marine CoE) focused on fuel cell marine applications at the company’s engineering, manufacturing and service facility in Hobro, Denmark. The Marine CoE will design and manufacture heavy duty fuel cell modules to address zero-emission powertrain requirements for the shipping industry. . . READ MORE  |
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DNV GL joins EU blockchain initiative2019-04-04 – DNV GL announced that it joined INATBA, the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications. This is an EU backed initiative, aiming to establish a framework that will enable blockchain to flourish. . . READ MORE  |
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NY Maritime Innovation Center Hosts Industry-Focused Hackathon2019-04-05 – Last week, the New York Maritime Innovation Center (NYMIC) held its first NYC Maritime Hackathon, a 36-hour programming marathon focused on real-world industry problems and datasets. With guidance from shipping executives and mentoring from tech professionals, dozens of software developers collaborated to come up with competing proposals and convince judges that their solutions deserved consideration. . . READ MORE |
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ABS Launches Sustainability Center in Singapore2019-04-09 – The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has launched a Global Sustainability Center in Singapore as s decarbonising shipping becomes mission critical for the industry classification society. . . READ MORE |
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Singapore project aims to fast-track marine 3D printing2019-04-09 – In a joint industry program (JIP) initiated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) class society DNV GL will team up with ten member companies of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) to examine how spare parts produced by 3D printers can help the industry to cut costs and downtimes. . . READ MORE  |
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