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Smart Containers and Situational Awareness

Smart Containers and Situational Awareness

[By Hanane Becha, UN/CEFACT, Todd Frazier, FedEx Express, Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Michael Schröder, Hapag-Lloyd, and Jaco Voorspuij, GS1] How many times have you asked yo...

Pilot Program Test Blockchain Technology to Improve Container Handling

Pilot Program Test Blockchain Technology to Improve Container Handling

A new trial program being launched at the Port of Rotterdam and involved some of the world's leading shipping companies is the latest example of the ports and the container shipping industry working t...

Maritime Executive

Cosco Shipping and Alibaba Latest Efforts Using Blockchain in Shipping

Cosco Shipping Group, the Chinese state-run shipping company, is the latest to join the growing momentum in digitization through the use of blockchain technology. China Ocean Shipping Group signed a s...

Maritime Executive

Self-Service Portals Will Make Port Terminals More Resilient

It’s no secret that port operations are buckling under supply chain strains caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the underlying inefficiencies at ports have been causing headaches for managing pr...

IPCSA Expanding Effort to Develop and Prove Blockchain Bill of Lading

IPCSA Expanding Effort to Develop and Prove Blockchain Bill of Lading

The International Port Community Systems Association’s (IPCSA) announced that it is expanding its initiatives designed to advance blockchain bill of lading. Like several other organizations and partne...

DNV GL's My Care: Applying Hospital-grade Risk Management to Ships

DNV GL's My Care: Applying Hospital-grade Risk Management to Ships

Hamburg, 17 June 2020: Managing infection risk during the COVID-19 pandemic requires a new approach to disease control and prevention. My Care is DNV GL’s infection risk management approach that has b...

Maritime Executive

India Launches Digitization of the Bill of Lading and Trade Documents

India is digitalizing its bills of lading and other trade documentation workflows using a blockchain platform as part of its electronic Port Community System. In doing so, it joins with a growing call...

BV, DNV GL Launch Infection-Prevention Certifications for Cruise Ships

BV, DNV GL Launch Infection-Prevention Certifications for Cruise Ships

Two leading class societies are helping the passenger vessel sector restore operations by rolling out new certifications for infection prevention measures. Class has played a key role in certifying...

New Initiatives Contribute to the Drive for Digitization

New Initiatives Contribute to the Drive for Digitization

Ports and the shipping industry are all increasing joining the drive to achieve digitization within the shipping industry. The need to achieve this long-discussed goal was further highlighted as ports...

China Merchants Port Group and Alibaba Join Forces for Smart Port

China Merchants Port Group and Alibaba Join Forces for Smart Port

The global drive to launch smart port technology is taking another step forward with the announcement of a new strategic cooperation between China Merchants Port Group, Alibaba Group, and Ant Financia...