By Ira Breskin – The staid maritime industry now boasts several technology accelerators, with more likely to follow.

The accelerator name is self-effacing. These technology “hot houses” are designed to force feed promising start-up firms that offer the promise of highly-sought, cutting-edge, industry-specific software and hardware. Ironically, some of this technology may have been spawned and nurtured in technology incubators, an older and arguably more familiar enhancement setting

 

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Posted on - 2019-05-10

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2019—Thousands of communities across the North Pacific will benefit from significant upgrades to maritime infrastructure and improved connectivity following approval today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors of two grants for US$38.5 million and US$33.1 million for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and Marshall Islands, respectively.

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Posted on - 2019-05-10

Throughout this decade there has been a lone voice calling for ship speed regulations. All of a sudden however Philippe Louis-Dreyfus has found powerful backing from across the world and his tireless go slow campaign could finally become reality soon, taking centre stage at next week’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting at the London headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

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Posted on - 2019-05-10