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The Port of Oakland's cargo division has expressed its concern and has ongoing meetings with all stakeholders scheduled to take place this fall.

The International Maritime Organization, IMO – the UN agency responsible for ensuring a clean, safe, and efficient global shipping industry – will be implementing new regulations that will have a massive impact on maritime shipping.

This whitepaper details that the lack of industry standard for fuel-surcharges computation or a clear picture of the underlying costs for low-sulfur fuel allows participants to only roughly estimate its economic impact.

This development represents a real change for the industry because, for the first time, global shipping on key trade lanes functions like passenger travel or ecommerce, where customers can obtain guaranteed prices within seconds.

In this case study, Pacific Star Technologies details how it built an optimal IT system for Kaohsiung Harbor by leveraging their rich experience with Advantech-DLoG vehicle-mount terminals.

The Combination of E2open and INTTRA forms the Global Logistics and Supply Chain Network with Access to World-Wide Ocean Container Capacity and information.

Kuehne + Nagel say it’s using blockchain to ease sharing of weight data for ocean shipping containers, the Swiss freight forwarding giant says “blockchain technology” has been applied to its verified gross mass (VGM) portal.

Carriers will have some hard decisions for the remainder of 2017, they must continue to drive down costs through effective post-merger integration and fleet rationalization to bring supply and demand into balance, and continuously optimize networks to make them more efficient.

Global container shipping outlook for 2017 will be like rearranging the deck chairs with only a few seats in the sun, carriers that have weathered the storm will have a difficult task in front of them, but the playbook remains clearly defined according to a new study by AlixPartners.

China's major shipping operator COSCO Shipping Holdings and Shanghai International Port (Group) Co jointly announced a takeover offer today to all the shareholders of Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line Co (OOCL).

Container shipping remains remarkably fragmented, with the top five operators accounting for less than half the global market, and this presents considerable opportunity for further consolidation.

While all vessel operations will continue, making “the majority” of port calls, the shipping line says it has “shut down” IT and communications infrastructure as a security measure.

The Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s fifth annual Safety & Shipping Review 2017 reveals cyber, autonomous vessels and piracy risks concern maritime industry as economic pressures challenge budgets.

Are autonomous, unmanned ships the future? Do the efficiencies and savings stack up? Is broader connectivity and technology infrastructure, regulators and insurers keeping up? Or is the unmanned ship a distraction from the far wider disruption taking place?

YARA and KONGSBERG have entered into a partnership to build world's first autonomous and zero emissions ship called "YARA Birkeland" - YARA will reduce diesel-powered truck haulage by 40,000 journeys a year and KONGSBERG will integrate sensor, control, communication and electrical systems.

With Microsoft’s cloud computing services and Azure platform, Maersk has a powerful set of tools for turning its vast operational and commercial data into more efficient operations and better products and services for customers.

Maersk has finalized its purchase of container shipping line Hamburg Süd from the Oetker Group after both boards approved a Sale and Purchase Agreement today.

Norway is creating an ambitious project that will create 1,700-metre long passageway underneath rocky peninsula for cruise and freight ships by 2023.

Partners from a wide variety of industries come together to create the 11th Plug and Play vertical focused on global startups that aim to rebuild the technology behind supply chain and logistics.

Online booking will bypass freight forwarders using Alibaba's shipping platform, One Touch, the world's largest e-commerce platform, Maersk and CMA CGM have signed letters of understanding to work together with Alibaba, and Amazon China is now a year into their new venture as a freight forwarder, game changing events for sure.