High-flying Traxens signs deal for pharma and auto-parts tracking to Africa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailFrench IoT firm Traxens has struck deals with logistics and transport providers Inter Transit Pharma (ITP) and Inter Transit et Prestations Logistiques (ITPL) for real-time precision tracking of consignments of …
Editorial Report | Making Industry Smarter Report Series: Ports & Shipping
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe digital transformation of the ports and shipping sectors – a review of the strategies, technologies and stakes in play as the freight industry seeks more sustainable and competitive ways …
Orange Business Services connects cargo ships on Northern Sea Route
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailOrange Business Services, the enterprise division of French carrier Orange, has won a contract to connect cargo ships along the Arctic shipping route, making them “offices at sea” with virtual …
Caterpillar and OSIsoft debut AI platform to reduce costs for shipping industry
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailThe marine division of US machinery and equipment maker Caterpillar has integrated OSIsoft’s data management system into its industrial artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help shipping companies reduce fuel and …
AT&T takes WING with Nokia IoT network to offer global services and slicing
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAT&T has agreed with Nokia to use the Finnish vendor’s ‘worldwide IoT network grid’ (WING) to offer enterprise customers global IoT connectivity. Nokia’s WING service covers core network, dedicated IoT …
Hitachi to make Stena Line smartest ‘cognitive shipping’ company by 2021
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailEuropean ferry operator Stena Line is working with Hitachi to review its digital operations and smarten-up its fleet with artificial intelligence (AI). The pair will combine to review Stena Line’s …
Cisco and IBM finish Kinetic-Watson integration, hook-up Port of Rotterdam
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailCisco and IBM have completed the integration of their Kinetic platform and Watson IoT system to improve data processing and intelligence at the network edge. The partnership is being brought …
Autonomous ships will launch before planes and cars, says Rolls-Royce
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailAutonomous ships will be a reality before robot aircraft or driverless cars, reckons Rolls-Royce, despite the maritime industry’s late start with digital technologies. The British engine maker said it will …
SenseAware is FedEx’s IoT response to supply chain optimization
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailChris Swearingen, manager of SenseAware at FedEx, gave a talk titled How Innovations in Manufacturing and Supply Chain are Redefining Mobility and Reshaping the Globe, at Bosch Connected World in Chicago. He spoke …
Big data helps Paramount and Maersk Line adapt to changing times
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailParamount tackles big data with analytics Joe Churchill, vice president of analytics at Paramount Pictures, and Chris Twogood, vice president of product and services marketing at Teradata, co-hosted a panel …
