Margaritaville at Sea has selected Harland & Wolff as the location for the conversion of its third cruise ship as part of its expansion plans. The line will refurbish its largest cruise ship, the former Costa Fortuna (102,587 gross tons),…
ClassNK has launched ‘Survey Compass,’ an AI assistant that supports shipowners and ship management companies in their survey-related operations. Survey Compass is an AI assistant that responds in natural language to questions on classification survey matters faced by shipowners and…
Klaus-Michael Kühne, majority owner of German logistics giant Kühne + Nagel and a major investor in Hapag-Lloyd, has died at the age of 89. Kühne started out in shipping during the late 1950s, at the dawn of the containerized-freight revolution.
ClassNK has joined a joint project to objectively verify reductions in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions achieved in actual vessel operations through the use of an AI-based autonomous navigation system.
Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, and South Korean telecommunications services provider SK telink have signed an agreement to advance maritime digitalisation across the country’s shipping industry.
The volume of container capacity stranded due to port congestion has reached a new record high, reports the analytics firm Linerlytica. Mounting delays in China and Asia and persistent delays in Europe are resulting in a shortage of vessels and…
