It is no secret that the world’s largest vessels, the gargantuan oil tankers and container ships that travel the oceans while transiting between ports, are decked out with the latest tech.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended not only the diplomatic status quo in Europe but it is having myriad knock-on effects that span continents and economic sectors.
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The ability to sail the world’s northernmost seas has long been a nautical dream pursued by explorers and heavily invested in by nation-states.
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Our customers constantly amaze us with their innovative approach to industry solutions and out-of-the-box ideas to build a better planet. This month’s Innovative Customer Spotlight is on Nautilus Labs, a maritime technology company that reduces emissions while maximizing commercial returns. Let’s take a look at how Nautilus Labs is advancing the efficiency of ocean commerce through AI.
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This article is the first in a series covering the worldwide supply chain disruptions and how Spire’s global solutions are helping alleviate these pain points across diverse industries including maritime, aviation and weather.
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As has become clear, the endpoint of COVID-19—if it ever comes—won’t be as plainly defined as when it took off in the first quarter of 2020. Here we are now, two years later, and though things seem currently under control in the United States and Europe (though the Omicron subvariant BA.2 may be changing that), the impact of the pandemic is still coursing around the world.
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The current Russian invasion of Ukraine is taking place on land long wracked by war. The events that have occurred over the last month bring us to look back on what has come before, including some of the worst episodes of 20th-century European history.
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The impending costs of climate change will be significant and span environmental, cultural, and financial realms.
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The Germans know what they have in the port of Hamburg. Known in its native land as Das Tor zur Welt—The Gateway to the World—it is just that, the nation’s primary transit point for goods.
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The port of Jeddah, which for centuries was a primary access point for people making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, is the second-largest port in the Arab world and the region’s industrial transportation gateway.
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The accountability demanded of the shipping industry to responsibly use the world’s waterways has been steadily growing.
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China has issued a lockdown for its tech hub Shenzhen, known as China’s Silicon Valley, after a surge in COVID-19 cases.
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The growth of global trade has been relentless over the past half-century.
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