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Port Events: Smart AIS Data for port and vessel optimization

November 22, 2022

As the maritime industry continues to embrace digitization, the power and payoffs of leveraging data are being realized in increasingly impactful ways, from port operations, insurance underwriting, and supply chain monitoring to reducing carbon emissions.

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The secret is out: dark vessels harm the environment

November 16, 2022

There are vast, well-known sources of carbon emissions that threaten the global environment—vehicle emissions, electrical power generation, agriculture, etc.

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COP 27: 4 ways AIS and weather data can be used to reduce maritime carbon emissions

October 31, 2022

More decisive actions and commitments are expected at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations (COP27): 2022 is the ‘Super Year of the Ocean’ and the UN-Ocean Conference reached a collective agreement earlier this year among governments to implement “science-based, innovative” solutions to curb ocean warming.

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Grain laundering: seeing who’s hiding in the dark shipping

October 26, 2022

You may have heard of money laundering, but what about “grain laundering”?

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Maritime Innovator: Meerkat.ai

October 21, 2022

Who says business and family don’t mix? For Meerkat.ai, it’s a strength!

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SAR + AI/ML for dark vessel detection: the xView3 challenge

October 13, 2022

When one thinks of “dark vessels”, typically the term is associated with illegal fishing and decimating the marine food chain.

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ShipView: An environmental protection tool to fight oil pollution

September 30, 2022

Oil pollution wreaking devastation in the world’s oceans has a long, unfortunate history.

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Ten ports vital to modern France

September 20, 2022

As a nation with a long history as a maritime power and economic powerhouse, France’s ports are both historic and key cogs in the modern economy of the entire European Union.

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Introducing Maritime Means…, the podcast featuring digital innovators in the maritime industry

August 31, 2022

Maritime Means… is the brand new Spire Maritime podcast hosted by Blythe Brumleve featuring digital innovators and maritime stars moving the industry forward. Listen to their stories, experiences and expertise.

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Using AIS data to understand the destination of Ukrainian grain exports

August 26, 2022

Using AIS data, we looked into the reported destinations of ships leaving Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative and monitored them to get a sense of what is happening on the ground.

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Maritime optimization with big AIS Data

August 19, 2022

Big data is a tool like no other. It doesn’t offer the opportunity to remake the world; it does empower the refining of it.

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Going green for climate change, one corridor at a time

Solving problems, especially big ones, is often a matter of breaking the multitude of issues one is facing into more manageable parts. And there is no bigger problem than reducing the amount of greenhouse gasses entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Innovative Customer Spotlight

Maritime Innovator: RightShip

Our customers constantly amaze us with their innovative approach to industry solutions and out-of-the-box ideas to build a better planet.

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