[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) took a significant step in structuring their cooperation on coast guard functions by signing [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Orbcomm (ORBC), provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced that it has collaborated with maritime technology companies, Pole Star and Weatherdock, to develop Hali, a Class B tri-mode vessel tracking solution, [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the future, autonomous ships may have a central role to play in Blue Denmark. A pre-analysis made by the Danish Technological University (DTU) and the Danish Maritime Authority points to the need to develop [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]During the past week the EU Naval Force Spanish flagship, ESPS Galicia, and French frigate, FS Courbet, have conducted combined counter-piracy patrols off the coast of Somalia.EU Naval Force warships, helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) has given the nod to the proposed joint venture between Japan’s big three lines – Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Republic of the Marshall Islands has issued Marine Safety Advisory announcing that the Jomard Entrance in Papua New Guinea has been designated as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and vulnerable to damage by [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The EU shipping industry directly employed 640,000 people and supported a EUR 57 billion contribution to GDP in 2015. Adding supply chainand worker spending multiplier impacts, the shipping industry's total employment contribution rises to 2.1 [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Only few months have been left for ECDIS updates. DNV GL has recently experienced an increased number of queries related to this issue and highlights key points from consideration. 1. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has moved to address the concerns of bunker barge operators in Singapore whose tankers were fitted with mass flow meters three years ago and were scheduled for a [...]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Linescape, the independent provider of ocean container schedules, now offers three new ways to search schedules – by vessel, by port and by carrier. Linescape is adding the new search interfaces to reach a wider [...]
