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The U.S. Navy's 2017

By The Maritime Executive

January 1, 2018

For America’s Navy, 2017 included the commissioning of a new class of aircraft carriers – the Ford class led by USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), sailors’ making the ultimate sacrifice for their nation and...

ZIM Trials Blockchain Bill of Lading

By The Maritime Executive

November 20, 2017

Israeli container shipping company ZIM has conducted a pilot test of a paperless Bills-of-Lading based on blockchain technology, the first of its kind led by an ocean carrier. The test was conducte...

Crypto Coins Face Quantum Attack

By The Maritime Executive

November 4, 2017

The potential for block chain solutions and crypto coins to enter use in maritime industries has been increasingly discussed, but Australian researchers warn that that quantum computers could jeopardi...

Big Data Boom, Big Benefits

By The Maritime Executive

October 16, 2017

In the not so distant past, the torrent of data flooding the maritime industry had probably only set pulses racing among information and communication technologies (ICT) enthusiasts. However, in recen...

Beyond Borders

By Wendy Laursen

October 7, 2017

Around 1,200 men and women graduated from maritime academies in the U.S. in the first half of this year. The academies that trained this new wave of seafarers are increasingly looking beyond local b...

Engineers Not Ready for Blockchain

By The Maritime Executive

September 28, 2017

A new report published by The Alan Turing Institute and Lloyd’s Register Foundation identifies significant potential for engineers to use distributed ledger (blockchain) technology to improve safety....

Rotterdam Launches Blockchain Field Lab

By The Maritime Executive

September 21, 2017

The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are jointly launching a field lab for the development of blockchain technology. The new applied research lab has been christened Block...

Marine Insurance Industry Shaken and Rattled, but Ready to Roll

By The Maritime Executive

September 18, 2017

Opening this week's annual International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) conference in Tokyo, President Dieter Berg predicted an impending shake-up in the marine insurance sector driven by technology...

Man the Ships!

By Sean M. Holt

September 17, 2017

(This article was originally was published in the 2017 July/August edition) There are many words for a seafarer, some good, some not. But there can be no doubt that seafarers are society’s first tr...

Six Next-Generation Technologies that Matter

By The Maritime Executive

September 13, 2017

BP has presented its view of six next-generation technologies that matter to the energy industry including blockchain, 3D printing and artificial intelligence. BP's Emerging Technology team leader...

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