Ocean Transportation

Maersk, Alibaba Team Up to Offer Online Booking of Ship Places

January 9, 2017

Maersk, the world's largest container shipping line, has teamed up with Alibaba to allow customers to reserve space on its vessels through the Chinese company, illustrating growing cooperation between e-commerce and logistics firms.

Shipping Authority to Test Onboard IoT Marine Equipment

January 3, 2017

Maritime Executive

This year, a number of Danish organizations will be running a pilot Internet of Things project to test the collection of real-time data from equipment onboard ships. The Aalborg-based company GateHouse is behind the pilot project, and a number of other companies including the shipowner Uni-Tankers, Logimatic and the Danish Maritime Authority will contribute to the testing of the new technology.

5 Worst Practices for Managing Global Freight

January 1, 2017

Phil Marlowe, President, Acuitive Solutions

Sri Lanka and China to Develop Southern Port

December 28, 2016

Maritime Executive

Sri Lanka will take part in a joint venture with China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited to develop a port in its south, where China has also been offered an investment zone.

Dry Bulk Market Shows Improvement After Record Lows

December 22, 2016

Maritime Executive

Bulker operators are seeing solid improvements after the record low day rates reached earlier this year: the Baltic Dry Index stood at nearly 1,200 early this month, a fourfold increase over the levels reached in February 2016.

Global Shipping Leaders Take on Counterfeit Goods Trade

December 20, 2016

Maritime Executive

Leaders from global shipping firms, freight forwarders, brand owners whose products are counterfeited and organizations representing both industries recently signed a joint Declaration of Intent to Prevent the Maritime Transport of Counterfeit Goods in Brussels.

Siemens Commissions First Customized Wind Turbine Vessel

December 16, 2016

Maritime Executive

Siemens has commissioned its first specialized transport vessel, the Rotra Vente, to transport the large nacelles used in offshore wind turbines.

Australia Detains Container Ship for Food Waste Dumping

December 14, 2016

Maritime Executive

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority's decision to detain a Hong Kong flagged container ship which dumped food waste in close proximity to Fraser Island in May was affirmed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal at a recent hearing.

Cargobase Adds Ocean Freight to Its List of Ad Hoc Freight Modes

December 13, 2016

Cargobase

Cargobase, an online platform for ad hoc freight, has announced the addition of ocean freight as an available freight mode that can be procured and managed through its platform. This is in addition to the five other freight modes Cargobase supports: aircraft charters, on-board-couriers, next-flight-out, regular air freight and road freight.

DHL: 3D Will Complement Mass-Production, Disrupt Last-Mile Logistics

December 12, 2016

Air Cargo World

The rise of 3D printing doesn't spell serious trouble for mass-production, but spare-parts logistics may potentially transform the supply chain, according to the latest DHL trend report: "3D Printing and the Future of Supply Chains." Instead, the DHL study said it anticipates that 3D printing will fulfill a "complementary" role to manufacturing, as it grows to an estimated $490bn by 2025.

Ocean Transportation

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