Japanese shipping heavyweight Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has started using AIplicity Chat Powered by ChatGPT API (AIplicity Chat) provided by Japan Business Systems, Inc. across its offices in Japan. The system is an AI chat service based on the Azure OpenAI Service which Microsoft offers on its
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
China-based Chengxi Shipyard has completed the installation of Anemoi’s rotor sails on TR Lady, an 82,000 dwt Kamsarmax bulk carrier. The installation was completed in June 2023. TR Lady is owned by TR Lady Shipping Ltd, a portfolio company of Tufton Investment Management and is on a time charter wi
Norwegian shipping company Odfjell in partnership with bound4blue, a Spanish developer of wind-assisted propulsion technology, will install the eSAIL® suction sail system on a chemical tanker, making it the first tanker vessel in the world to harness this type of technology. The eSAIL system, catego
Stolt Tankers has welcomed into the fleet Bochem Houston, the first of six newbuilds hired from Belgian shipowner Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB). The 26,000 dwt ship has joined the company’s Stolt Tanker Joint Service, bringing the number of ships in its deep-sea fleet to 84. The IMO Tier III tanker
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
Norwegian RoRo shipping company Höegh Autoliners has selected Kongsberg Digital’s solution to digitalse its fleet and the new Aurora-class pure car and truck carriers (PCTCs). Kongsberg Digital and Höegh Autoliners have worked together since 2019. The partners have now decided to expand their colla
Danish shipping company Norden has inked a deal with Teck Resources Limited, one of Canada’s largest mining companies, to reduce CO² emissions in Teck’s steelmaking coal supply chain. The agreement is expected to reduce annual emissions from Teck shipments handled by Norden by 25%, or up to 6,700 to
RightShip, NYK, and Solverminds have joined forces to collaborate on a product that links NiBiKi, the NYK Group’s common platform for ship-management operations, with RightShip’s data platform, to transform the workloads of shipowners and managers.
Regulatory measures implemented by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) often set out with the noble goal of curbing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and promoting sustainability within the global shipping industry. Yet, the journey from regulation to actual emission reduction can be marred b
Oslo-listed RoRo vessel operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA has signed a letter of intent for delivery of four 9,350 CEU methanol-capable and ammonia-ready vessels and individual options for an additional eight car carriers. The four vessels are set for delivery from mid-2026 and onwards by China’s Ji
South Korea’s shipbuilding prowess has once again taken the spotlight as it recaptured the top spot in global shipbuilding orders after a five-month hiatus. South Korean shipyards secured 44 percent of the global total of 3.33 million compensated gross tons (CGTs), accounting for orders totaling 1.4
Dry bulk owner and operator Norvic Shipping welcomed into the fleet an energy-efficient Ultramax vessel Norvic Copenhagen from Imabari Shipyard during a recent handover ceremony in Japan. The vessel was taken on charter from Japanese shipowner Fujimaru Kaiun earlier this year as the organization con
Dutch shipping company Spliethoff has welcomed into the fleet m.v. Bloemgracht, its second newbuild DP2 multipurpose vessel, from China’s Fuzhou Mawei shipyard. “We are happy to announce that m.v. Bloemgracht has been delivered from Fuzhou Mawei shipyard to Spliethoff Group today, 11 August 2023 at
