A UK boat has just provided an impressive demonstration of the future of robotic maritime operations. According to a BBC News report, the 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) Maxlimer has completed a 22-day-long mission to map...

According to a Venture Beat article, the world of autonomous shipping is staring at a major revolution with the pandemic fast pacing development and greater fleet adoption. Hastening the process of autonomous technology adoption COVID-19 is...

In a major development, researchers out of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign show household electric cookers can be used to decontaminate N95 respirators for reuse, reports the Washington Post.  How did it happen? The request for...

A new analysis of the genomes of the most famous of ancient humans Neanderthals and Denisovans has revealed an as-yet-unidentified ancestor for our species. It is a branch of our distant family tree...

States warn residents about the unsolicited seed packages delivery that have spread around the world. The USDA collects the packages to test seeds inside for anything of concern. Preliminary findings note no indication...

AI based screening deployed to root out misdeclared cargoes, the source of boxship fire accidents.  ZIMGuard system scans shippers’ cargo declarations at early stages and flags potential cases of misdeclared cargo. The system...

Riviera conducted a webinar on Container Shipping Leaders to understand how digitalisation helps mitigate the challenges in container shipping. The experts discussed on the solutions to overcome the ongoing pandemic, right-sizing business operations...

A container ship Mackinac Bridge ran aground early in the morning Aug 19 in Hong Kong waters, reports Maritime Bulletin. What happened?  The container ship was proceeding to Nansha port, Guangdong Province, China. According to the owner and...

Donald Trump says that the Asian trading hub is no longer eligible for the continued preferential treatment. This suspension of bilateral agreement is due to China's imposition of strict national security laws over...

Ton-mile demand, a proxy for demand for oil tankers has slumped by 18.6 percent. It has dropped to a three-decade low. Exports were drastically cut as part of the OPEC+ deal. It is...