Yxney Maritime signs up with Inmarsat
NORWAY-based Yxney Maritime and Inmarsat have signed an agreement for Yxney to provide a dedicated application for Inmarsat’s Fleet Data service. Fleet Data collects data from...
New editor joins Daily cargo news
IAN Ackerman has re-joined the DCN as editor, replacing David Sexton who has held the position since 2015. Mr Ackerman was previously deputy editor and senior journalist on the...
Lack of freight data sharing leads to delays: study
A NEW study involving freight data sharing trials with companies including Woolworths, Nestle and Toll Group has found Australia’s supply chains are suffering from limited access...
Sextant guides Aussie maritime expert to high honours
AN INNOVATIVE product called ‘The Modern Sextant’ was the winning entry in the International Harbour Masters Association ‘pitching’ competition. The entry was from Nick ‘Crummy’...
Cyber risk management comes of age
ON 1 January 2021, International Maritime Organization Administrations are to ensure that cyber risks are appropriately addressed in safety management systems no later than the...
Tech expert warns of supply chain cyber threat
THE logistics industry, currently one of the greatest winners in the 2020 pandemic world, is under enormous threat going into 2021 according to Robert Garbett, an advisor on the...
Satellite technology aids in fast-tracking digital start-ups
INMARSAT, provider of mobile satellite communications, has fast-tracked two innovative and established start-ups to Certified Application Provider status as part of this year’s...
And the finalists are...
Proudly sponsored by NSW Ports, the 2020 DCN Australian Shipping and Maritime Industry Awards are to be announced on the DCN Awards website at 11.30am Thursday 18 February, 2021....
Government-funded projects offer hope to business
WHILE numerous business sectors have been negatively impacted by the events of 2020, risk management solutions provider SAI Global says there is “enormous hope” in the wave of...
New remote-controlled cranes for Qube in NZ
EARLIER this year, Qube's fully owned ISO Limited business in New Zealand commissioned four new Liebherr LHM 550 mobile harbour cranes. The cranes were commissioned at the Port of...
Aussie logistics tech company secures $30M in equity
AUSTRALIAN e-commerce and logistics technology company Shippit has raised an A$30m (US$22m) Series B equity round led by US-based technology investment firm Tiger Global alongside...
Autonomous shipping progress reported
PROVIDER of ocean shipping solutions, e5 Lab, has announced it has "successfully" completed a large-scale proof of concept testing on the ROBOSHIP Joint Value Creation Project in...
Rolls-Royce acquires supplier of ship control systems
ROLLS-ROYCE has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts....
RightShip announces appointment of new CEO
MARITIME risk and environmental assessment organisation, RightShip, has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Steen Brodsgaard Lund. He succeeds Martin Crawford-Brunt, who...
RightShip’s maritime emissions portal now available
AFTER partnering with The Australian Marine Environment Protection Association, and winning a $250,000 Google Impact grant in 2016, RightShip and AUSMEPA have successfully...
