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Shipping container at sea with data concept for measuring vessel performance

We4Sea: Sustainability through improved vessel performance

Published January 24, 2023

The maritime industry’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and adopting more sustainable business practices faces a huge challenge.

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A guide to UK MRV requirements

Published January 24, 2023

The UK’s plan assesses the actual efficiency of the ships by focusing on fuel consumption and cargo data, to cut greenhouse gasses (GHG).

Maritime Innovator: Teqplay

Published January 20, 2023

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

Carbon emissions from cargo container ship at sea

What are the IMO regulations?

Published January 17, 2023

Tracking fuel consumption, travel distance, and journey duration, the IMO’s Data Collection System (DCS), while similar to the EU’s MRV plan, has some key differences.

Supply chain logistics and transportation of container cargo ship in the ocean

Global trends that will impact supply chains in 2023

Published January 11, 2023

If 2020 is the year that broke the global supply chain, 2022 wasn’t the year where fixes were made. What emerging supply chain trends await 2023? Will there be greater resilience and predictability?

Port of St. Pauli Landungsbruecken in Hamburg

What are EU MRV reporting requirements?

Published January 11, 2023

New maritime protocols will be based on collected emission data, and vessel owners and charterers will be compelled and incentivized to reduce emissions.

Logistics and transportation of global supply chain cargo containers and ships in port

CNBC’s Lori Ann LaRocco on logistics

Published January 6, 2023

Journalist, producer, Freightwaves columnist and author Lori Ann LaRocco is passionate about logistics.

Driving next-generation AI-powered voyage optimization with weather data

Published December 22, 2022

It’s a regular gray smoggy day in 2050 in Los Angeles as the city wakes up and sets out to work with its residents wearing air filtration masks.

Using AIS Data to validate stolen grain sales

Published November 29, 2022

Evidence of illegal grain shipments and sales continues to mount.

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Port Events: Smart AIS Data for port and vessel optimization

Published 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

Published 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

Published 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

Published October 26, 2022

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

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