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After four decades at sea and ashore, Bing Hou has reached a simple conclusion about shipmanagement: too much of what keeps vessels safe still depends on paper, spreadsheets and what individual seafarers happen to remember. The 56-year-old master mariner, founder of ShipGod AI, spends 25 years with China Yangtze Shipping, rising from deck cadet to …
https://splash247.com/shipgod-ai-why-every-vessel-needs-its-own-digital-memory/
https://splash247.com/shipgod-ai-why-every-vessel-needs-its-own-digital-memory/Rather than forecasting from today, backcasting starts with possible futures and works backwards — an approach gaining traction as shipping’s long-term bets become harder to call. Splash’s Europe Editor Bojan Lepic explains. Shipping has never been short on forecasts. Fleet growth, trade demand, freight rates, fuel choices, and asset values are all projected years ahead, …
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https://splash247.com/shipping-rewinds-the-future/Wärtsilä will supply a total of 36 Wärtsilä 34DF dual fuel engines for 12 new 18,000 TEU container vessels being built for French operator CMA CGM at the Jiangnan Shipyard in China. The vessels will run on LNG, supporting CMA CGM’s ambition to operate lower‑emission deep‑sea container ships.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/wrtsil-supply-df-engines-new-cma-cgm-543498Battery manufacturer AYK Energy has announced further growth in the workboat industry after striking its latest deal with Kongsberg Maritime to supply batteries for four new fully electric Svitzer TRAnsverse tugs.The deal builds on five previous…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ayk-energy-supply-batteries-four-new-543499
https://www.marinelink.com/news/ayk-energy-supply-batteries-four-new-543499Marlink, a provider of managed services for business-critical digital solutions, has entered into a partnership with TXOne Networks, a provider of cyber-physical systems and operational technology security, to strengthen cyber resilience across…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/marlink-txone-networks-partner-strengthen-543500
https://www.marinelink.com/news/marlink-txone-networks-partner-strengthen-543500The crew of a merchant ship was missing on Tuesday after the vessel sank in the Black Sea off NATO member Bulgaria following a drone strike that Prime Minister Rumen Radev described as a gross violation of international law.It was not immediately…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/drone-strike-sinks-vessel-off-bulgaria-543501
https://www.marinelink.com/news/drone-strike-sinks-vessel-off-bulgaria-543501Germany plans to buy four more Meko A-200 frigates from shipyard TKMS for about €5.6 billion ($6.3 billion), a finance ministry document seen by Reuters showed on Tuesday, with parliamentary budget committee approval expected on Thursday.The…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/germany-plans-buy-four-tkms-frigates-543502
https://www.marinelink.com/news/germany-plans-buy-four-tkms-frigates-543502Russia imported more than 176,000 tons of petroleum products from South Korean ports in July and August, easing the impact of a fuel crisis caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, Ukraine's top sanctions official said on…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-imports-petroleum-products-south-543504
https://www.marinelink.com/news/russia-imports-petroleum-products-south-543504The US Energy Information Administration raised its oil price forecast for this year and next year on Tuesday, as global stockpiles fall rapidly and diesel markets remain tight due to the ongoing Iran war.Attacks on Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/global-stockpiles-dry-us-eia-rises-oil-543505
https://www.marinelink.com/news/global-stockpiles-dry-us-eia-rises-oil-543505The disruption caused by the Iran war is forcing the energy industry to rethink its just-in-time approach to efficient supply chains and to consider investing in alternative routes which bypass the Gulf and the Red Sea.Attacks on shipping around…
https://www.marinelink.com/news/iran-war-forces-oil-industry-consider-543506
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