3+ week, 2+ day ago   (289+ words) The Port of Algeciras has mapped out almost €1.4bn ($1.62bn) of public and private investment through 2030 as it seeks to expand container capacity and hold a competitive position at the entrance to the Mediterranean. The Algeciras Bay Port Authority has approved €677m ($792m) of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (595+ words) Shipping needs to move beyond the hype and buzzwords surrounding artificial intelligence and start concentrating on practical execution, human trust and whether new technology actually makes life easier for people at sea. That will be one of the key messages…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (478+ words) For Ingrid Kylstad, managing director of Klaveness Digital, a useful maritime conference is not one where technology vendors take turns presenting at shipowners. It is one where senior industry figures challenge each other. “The format has a strong appeal; a…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (364+ words) Shipping’s technology agenda is still being shaped too much by vendors and developers rather than the people who actually have to use the systems, according to Subhangshu Dutt, CEO of Singaporean shipowner OM Maritime. Ahead of Splash Singapore on September…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (257+ words) Ali Riaz has stepped down as chief executive of maritime software specialist OrbitMI after seven years, with the company moving under new leadership and a new private equity owner. OrbitMI has not disclosed the identity of the PE firm involved....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (403+ words) Shipping CTOs are caught between two competing risks: too many disconnected specialist tools and too much dependence on one technology provider. The emerging answer is not a giant platform, but an architecture designed to let systems — and suppliers — come and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (650+ words) I enjoyed reading Alex Byelyavtsev’s article questioning whether an AI camera can measure safety culture. He raises an important discussion for our industry. On one fundamental point, I agree: a camera alone cannot measure safety culture. Neither can a PPE…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (348+ words) One month from today, some of maritime technology’s leading investors, operators and entrepreneurs will gather in Singapore for the inaugural SplashTech Digital Leaders Forum, a new event designed to cut through the hype surrounding shipping’s accelerating digital transformation. Taking place…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (203+ words) Some of maritime technology’s best-known investors, operators and entrepreneurs will gather in Singapore in a fortnight for the inaugural SplashTech Digital Leaders Forum, a new gathering focused firmly on the business of maritime digitalisation. Taking place on September 24 at the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (174+ words) Descartes Systems Group has launched an AI document-processing tool designed to turn invoices, bills of lading and packing lists directly into customs and shipment data. The Nasdaq- and Toronto-listed logistics software group has embedded the new Image Document Management capability…...