3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (783+ words) Shipping’s digital ambitions are accelerating faster than the structures beneath them. The industry largely agrees on the need for open standards, but adoption remains constrained by proprietary interests, regulatory fragmentation and the absence of firm mandates. The latest chapter from…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (231+ words) Lithuania’s Klaipėda Port has put a sensor-equipped smart buoy into operation outside its entrance as part of a digitalisation project aimed at improving vessel planning and keeping navigation safer during GPS disruption. The buoy has been installed about four nautical…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (200+ words) Nasdaq-listed technology group Robo.ai is moving into maritime security and port infrastructure with plans to establish a new UAE-based company targeting governments and critical infrastructure operators. Alif Holding, Robo.ai’s industrial group, intends to create Alif Maritec as a…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (475+ words) The US-Iran conflict has descended into an increasingly literal tanker war, with this week registering the largest wave of attacks on shipping since hostilities began on February 28. US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after the Islamic Revolutionary…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (251+ words) US maritime nuclear startup Bluecore Energy has raised $50m to accelerate development of floating nuclear power systems as Washington’s push to bring atomic energy into commercial shipping gathers momentum. The Silverton Partners-led seed round follows $10m raised when Long Beach-based Bluecore emerged…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (149+ words) Seafarers aboard German-flagged ships can now access emergency medical guidance directly from their phones through a new offline-capable tool designed for situations where no doctor is onboard. MediSea converts Germany’s Maritime Medical Handbook into step-by-step digital guidance that crews can…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (386+ words) The maritime war around the Strait of Hormuz has escalated dramatically over the past 24 hours, with the US attacking five Iran-linked tankers and Tehran claiming to have subsequently targeted two US vessels, eight oil tankers and another 10 ships attempting to…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (193+ words) Tung Chee-hwa, the shipping tycoon who went on to become Hong Kong’s first chief executive following the handover to China, has died aged 89. Tung died in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening surrounded by family, according to his office. Tung inherited…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (362+ words) German security technology company hensec has launched a port security platform combining drone detection with monitoring for GPS and other satellite-navigation interference. The new Port Airspace and GNSS Security, or Portags, system brings radio-frequency sensors, passive radar and Global Navigation…...