Climate-friendly into the future – Ports and their transport partners on course for climate-neutral transport chains

Member associations of IRU, the world road transport organisation, have voted for an emergency call to governments on dealing with current global supply chain disruptions.

ShipMoney, a global maritime provider of digital payment solutions, has won the prestigious Marine Digital Technology Award organized by Seatrade Maritime in association with Lloyd's List.

In a new propaganda war of words, Iran is triumphantly celebrating the successful “defense” of one of its tankers from a reported American effort to “steal” the country’s oil, while unnamed U.S. officials are saying that Iran “seized” a Vietnamese-registered tanker operating in international waters. The incident, which reportedly happened in late October in the Gulf of Oman, only surfaced when Iranian state TV aired a video claiming to show the defense of the tanker from the U.S. Navy.

Norwegian aquaculture venture Norcod has achieved another landmark result as it continues its ambitious journey to become the world's leading supplier of premium-quality fresh farmed cod on a year-round basis.

The Zero Emissions service from Gebrüder Weiss enables customers to offset the CO2 footprint of transported freight and promote certified climate-protection projects.

Rotterdam, 03 November 2021 – At Europort, the leading international maritime industry exhibition, sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT is introducing its newly developed “Manta NEO” X band radar system for the commercial shipping market. Cutting-edge design, extreme capability, and ruggedness are the stamps of this next-generation solid state X band radar.

Brussels, 3 November 2021 – Inclusion of shipping in the EU ETS will encourage shipping’s journey towards decarbonisation, but EU action threatens to undermine broader international progress if the ETS extends outside of the EU, says World Shipping Council (WSC).

Optimising air cargo capacity utilisation is more important than ever. Wiremind’s SkyPallet is the answer, with more solutions to come as it launches a dedicated air cargo business unit.

Paris, 3 November – Professor Vincenzo Balzani (Italy) and Professor Yuri Oganessian (Russian Federation) will be awarded the first UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences. The decision was made on the recommendation of an eminent international jury chaired by Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Leading transport and logistics provider is investing in warehouse-based robotics and automation technology supplied by Geek+ to accelerate a shift towards digitalization.  Move is in part a rection to the sustained eCommerce boom and the requirement for swift order fulfilment.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) announced that they have concluded a co-development contract for “AI (Artificial Intelligence)-based Marine Machinery Operation Support System” (hereinafter referred to as “the System”) that is expected to be part of the core technology to achieve autonomous vessel operation in the future.  The System will have such functions as failure prediction/ diagnostics, CBM (Condition-Based Maintenance), and optimum operation support, based on the data analytics of marine machinery operation data using AI.

The NOAA research ship Okeanos Explorer may have located the wreck of the lost WWII tanker SS Bloody Marsh, one of the hundreds of merchant ships that were sunk by German U-boats off the eastern seaboard of the United States during the first years of World War II.

Oct, 2021 – Oslo, Norway – Ocean carriers remain in pole position in negotiations for long-term freight contracts, with high demand, port congestion, and supply chain disruption driving further rates increases. According to the Xeneta Shipping Index (XSI®) Public Indices, long-term rates recorded their tenth consecutive month-on-month rise in October, climbing by 2.2%. The indices now stand at a colossal 93.1% up year-on-year, with little hope of relief on the horizon for embattled shippers.

With concerns of sustainability and environmental impact, aviation discussions have focused on how new innovations and ideas could reduce the sector's environmental footprint, reports CNBC news.