by Klaus Luhta | Apr 4, 2018 | maritime economics
After 60 years of relative stagnation in shipping industry innovation, A.P. Moller-Maersk, a world leader in container shipping and IBM are set to greatly improve trade with their blockchain-based trading platform. Currently, under old systems, nearly 20% of shipping...
by Klaus Luhta | Mar 21, 2018 | maritime news
With the increasing interest and expansion of autonomous shipping, China has begun building a testing area for these ships of the near future. The testing bed, located in Zhuhai, Guangdong will cover 225 nautical miles and will serve as a safe way to test out the new...
by Klaus Luhta | Mar 6, 2018 | maritime news
As of March 1st, this year, China has declared it will no longer be accepting imports of unsorted waste material. This could lead to container shipping lines losing up to 5m TEUs of cargo per year due to this along with bans on other recyclable waste materials. A...