RightShip, NorthStandard team up to cut vessel checks
RightShip and NorthStandard have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at strengthening loss prevention through shared inspection data. Under the arrangement, NorthStandard will be able to request existing RightShip inspection reports...
Meiji Shipping Group has selected FrontM’s INFOTAINMENT module to strengthen fleet communication, ship-shore collaboration and crew engagement, rolling the technology out under its own MMS Channel branding. FrontM describes itself...
Maersk, ShippyPro team up to ease cross-border shipping
A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has integrated its e-commerce parcel services with ShippyPro’s shipping management platform, giving joint customers access to Maersk’s delivery network without adding a new system to their existing...
KR, Hyundai test autonomous robot aboard cargo ship
Korean Register (KR), together with Hyundai Motor and Kia, HMM, HMM Ocean Service (HOS) and Gosung Engineering, has completed the world’s first onboard demonstration of MobED, Hyundai Motor and Kia’s...
Hoopo strengthens leadership with ZIM veteran hire
Hoopo, a provider of smart container technology and fleet intelligence solutions, has appointed Gil Lehmann as Senior Vice President of Operations. Lehmann joins Hoopo following a long career in senior...
Hapag-Lloyd signs Inmarsat for fleet-wide connectivity
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has secured an agreement with Hapag-Lloyd to roll out its NexusWave connectivity service across the shipping line’s global fleet. Hapag-Lloyd, an Inmarsat customer for almost...
NAPA, Samsung Heavy sign MoU on wind-propulsion data
NAPA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to jointly analyse the real-world performance of vessels fitted with wind-assisted propulsion. The agreement comes as shipowners...
Gemini tops alliance reliability as May figure rises
Global container schedule reliability improved for the third consecutive month in May 2026, reaching 64.7 per cent, the highest figure recorded this year, according to Sea-Intelligence’s Global Liner Performance report,...
Schedule buffers distort global vessel delay metrics
Carriers are increasingly reshaping published sailing schedules to absorb disruption across global liner networks, a shift that is now distorting how vessel delay performance is measured at a global level....
EU project targets ship retrofit decarbonisation
A new European consortium is aiming to accelerate the decarbonisation of the existing fleet by improving how shipowners assess and implement retrofit solutions, as regulatory pressure intensifies across the maritime...
DNV joins DCSA+ to strengthen maritime data standards
DNV has joined the Digital Container Shipping Association’s (DCSA) DCSA+ partnership programme, bringing its Veracity data platform to bear on the industry’s fragmented data challenge. Veracity is a cloud-based platform...
WaveBL, TradeWaltz link up to digitise Japan trade
WaveBL and TradeWaltz have signed an integration agreement enabling digital trade document exchange between their platforms. The deal opens a direct connection between WaveBL’s global shipping network and Japan’s financial...
