Digital Ship invites you to join us at Novotel Athens on Tuesday 25 April 2017 where we will be hosting a highly focussed Maritime Cyber Resilience Forum.

The Port of Hamburg has achieved a fresh advance towards digitalization. The first fully-automatic system for monitoring reefer containers has been introduced at the C. Steinweg (Süd-West Terminal) multi-purpose cargo handling facility. The system has been developed and launched by the Austrian technology group Identec Solutions, specialists in wireless sensor and localization applications.

On May 10, 2017 Munich will host The 2nd International Conference “Railway Business at Transit Speed”. For the first time ever, the event will take place as part of the largest transport and logistics exhibition “Transport Logistic 2017”*. The Conference will be held with the support of RZD and under the auspices of the Coordinating Council on Trans-Siberian Transportation (CCTT).

Number of passengers grew 3.1% and passenger load factor rose 1.5 pp year-on-year

Combining sport with safety education at OZEE Soccer Sevens tournament

Quote of the week:
"Don't underestimate the other guy's greed."
Frank Lopez (Miami based drug lord & Tony Montana's mentor from the 1983 movie "Scarface")

Nor-Shipping 2017 will play a key role in setting the agenda for the shipping industry’s transition from oil to clean energy, with a unique gathering of global executives and thought leaders on 31 May. The leading maritime event week, taking place across a series of venues in Oslo and Lillestrøm from 30 May to 2 June, will welcome a who’s who of players within the LNG, battery technologies, hydrogen and wider energy arenas to discuss the opportunities, and challenges, facing the adoption of next generation energy solutions.

Lufthansa Cargo a finalist for the German CSR Award with OMEGA Big Data Tool Lufthansa’s cargo arm was named one of two runners-up in the “CO2 avoidance as a contribution to climate protection” category with its “OMEGA – using big data to reduce CO2” project.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for February showing a second month of strong demand growth to begin 2017.

Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) presented to members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, as well as to key Ukrainian and foreign engineering and construction companies, projects of berth infrastructure development. Raivis Veckagans, Acting CEO of SE “USPA”, presented the list of objects, principles of construction and price parameters at the "Port Infrastructure Development Day", which was held in cooperation with the Chamber on April, 4th 2017.

First place for three months in succession in the SeaIntel Global Liner Performance Report – second place on average for 2016

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released demand growth results for global air freight markets for February 2017 showing an 8.4% increase in demand measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) compared to the same period last year. After adjusting for the impact of the leap year in 2016, demand increased by 12% -- almost four times better than the five-year average rate of 3.0%.

Leading integrated oilfield services provider, China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has appointed GAC Malaysia to provide a range of on- and offshore support services in Malaysia, as well as to render support as required further afield in South East Asia and worldwide.

Montreal – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the IATA Training 2017 Premier Circle winners as well as the Regional Top Performing Training Partners, as a part of its prestigious training partners’ recognition program. More than 450 IATA authorized training centers were evaluated on specific criteria, beginning with the quality of training delivered, and including the number of students trained. The excellence of these training partners contributes significantly to the development of the next generation of professionals.

Industry and institutional stakeholders gathered for ICHCA International’s Packaged Dangerous Goods Seminar in London this March agreed that the Tianjin port disaster must spur a collective effort to address misdeclaration and other key risks dogging the safe shipment of containerised dangerous goods