French shipping major CMA CGM Group plans to launch ZEBOX UK, a global startup accelerator, in Manchester this month. The Manchester-based startup accelerator is ZEBOX’s sixth innovation hub in the world, focusing on operational efficiency, decarbonization, future of work and artificial intelligence
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has teamed up with IT-support company TIS, and Miotsukushi Analytics, a consulting firm that specializes in data analysis, to develop a draft survey application that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence (AI). The application uses AI to
South Korean companies Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Pan Ocean have teamed up to demonstrate a digital twin-based ship management platform on one of Pan Ocean’s LNG carriers. To this end, SHI and Pan Ocean signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of comprehensive digital s
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE) have won approvals in principle (AiPs) from ABS for two new solutions that support autonomous navigation and address a more sustainable maritime industry. The Artificial Intelligence-based Smart LNG Boil-off Ga
Tel Aviv-based maritime technology company Orca AI has revealed that it will participate in the second development stage of the MEGURI2040 full autonomous ship project administered by Japan’s Nippon Foundation.
SM Korealine Co., a shipping unit of South Korea’s SM Group, revealed on Monday that its subsidiary Korealine LNG has received official authorization from its flag state of Panama for autonomous sailing operations of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering ship, named the SM Jeju LNG 2. The LNG bu
South Korea’s shipbuilding major HD Korea Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (HD KSOE), the intermediate holding company for shipbuilding under HD Hyundai, has constructed and delivered the world’s first ship equipped with an ‘AI engineer’. The company has delivered and installed an AI-based engine a
Taiwanese shipping firm Evergreen Marine Corp. (EMC) held an official opening ceremony for the newly built Terminal 7 at Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan, on Monday, August 14. This is the first and largest fully-automated container terminal equipped with remote-controlled gantry cranes in Taiwan. The facilit
Japanese companies NittoSeiko and Sunflame have joined the Aquarius Innovation Forum, a dynamic and collaborative platform that emerged from Eco Marine Power’s research project collaboration initiatives. Eco Marine Power, an internationally focused technology company based in Fukuoka, Japan, develop
Dubai-based port operator DP World expects to add approximately 3 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of new container handling capacity by the end of the year. The company currently manages approximately 9% of the world’s handling capacity, putting it among the top five global port operator
Japan’s maritime industry is taking significant strides towards the full-scale commercialization of fully autonomous ships, thanks to the MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Project. This collaborative effort, administered by the Nippon Foundation and involving 51 companies under the Designing the Futu
The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an approval in principle to the fully autonomous ship framework named Action Planning and Execution System for full autonomous (APExS-auto). The system was developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK), Monohakobi Technology Institute (MTI), and Ja
Swiss freight trader Cargill has completed two pilot projects with Safetytech Accelerator, a dedicated technology accelerator established by Lloyd’s Register, involving robotic hull cleaning solutions and automated data collection from ship machinery. The projects were selected as part of Safetytech
Cruise company Hurtigruten Norway has revealed the most promising technologies for its zero-emission ship set to be launched in 2030. The technologies have been selected following a year of research by the company alongside its consortium of 12 maritime partners and research institute SINTEF as the
