Tag: operational efficiency

On June 7, during Posidonia, Lloyd’s Register (LR) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop an autonomous ready ship design to support maritime digitalisation and the growing demand for operational benefits of increased autonomy.

RightShip announced a new tie-up for its recently launched Maritime Emissions Portal (MEP) with port data-sharing platform NxtPort International (NxtPort Int’l), a marketplace for port communities, that originated in the Port of Antwerp, and deploys to 3000+ public and private entities.

It is often said that big results derive from small changes, a principle applying to both personal and corporate life. Today, Kaizen, describing the ability of constant improvement through every-day changes, is recognized worldwide as an important pillar of an organization’s long-term competitive strategy. How can Kaizen model help shipping improve its status quo of everyday operations?

Digitalization is transforming organizations from being reactive to proactive in areas such as safety and safety reporting. There is massive untapped potential for the shipping industry to improve its operational efficiency through harnessing ship to shore data flows that can have a positive impact on commercial, environmental and safety performance reporting.

Cyber attacks in the maritime industry are on the rise. In the last five years, all four of the world’s largest liner shipping companies (AP Moller-Maersk, MSC, COSCO and CMA CGM) have suffered major attacks, leaving their operations crippled for weeks on end, note Dennis Hackney, Head of Cybersecurity Services Development – ABS Group and George Papamargaritis, MSS Director – Obrela.

Shipping organisations should be able to gather the data they need for operational optimisation regardless of its source says Nicolas Furgé, Marlink

Port of Rotterdam embarked on new partnerships as part of the PortXL innovation program, in an effort to make its operations more efficient.

ABS, NYK, the Monohakobi Technology Institute and WinGD have started joint research for optimization of ship design by utilizing a battery-hybrid system to reduce GHG emissions from vessels.

Technological enablements are disrupting the shipping industry. This, in the future, may feel like it happened fast, but behind the scenes, there is a slow, almost quiet but powerful momentum changing little by little the fundamentals of how we do business, argues Mr. Nicolas Mitsotakis, Co-Founder, M2Intelligence.

Dubai-based port operator DP World launched  a new digital logistics platform in order to enable seamless, safe, secure, and efficient movement of cargo operations.