In 2019 the UN Industrial Development Organization published the report ‘Addressing the challenge of Marine Plastic Litter using Circular Economy methods‘. It estimates that 83 Mt of plastic waste has already accumulated in the oceans and an estimated 8 Mt of additional, mismanaged plastic waste entering oceans annually, at leastContinue Reading
Shiplyst is a B2B marketplace, and its customers include exporters or importers who are looking to send freight through the ocean. Mumbai-based ocean freight procurement marketplace Shiplyst helps exporters and importers to instantly generate freight quotes. The startup was picked by 500Startups to be part of their winter batch andContinue Reading
Rainmaking, a corporate innovation and venture development firm, has matched five maritime giants with eight startups as part of its ‘Trade & Transport Impact Programme’. Cargotec, HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG), Inmarsat, Shell, and Wärtsilä have been paired up with startup teams from eight different countries. They will workContinue Reading
The BlueInvest Day website has published its programme. The day will open with a breakfast one would be invitation only, just for investors (VIP) and a networking breakfast for the rest of attendees. During the day, there will be investor and startup pitches. The startups will compete to get theContinue Reading
The Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator event will take place on January 21st at 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Location: Pier 69, Seattle, USA. After reviewing over 100 applications, Washington Maritime Blue, the Port of Seattle, and WeWork Labs announced the 11 companies selected to participate in a highly competitive, impact-focused Maritime BlueContinue Reading
Nautilus Labs, the technology firm advancing the efficiency of ocean commerce through artificial intelligence, and Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, have signed an agreement for Nautilus Labs to join a premier group of dedicated application providers for Inmarsat’s Fleet Data service. Nautilus Labs will use theContinue Reading
Inmarsat has released the Trade 2.0 Report, that is is an original study by PUBLIC and commissioned by Inmarsat into the critical role of maritime startups and the benefits of digitalisation to the shipping and offshore sectors between 2020 and 2030. The key findings locate the maritime sector at anContinue Reading
Resen Waves power buoy offers continuous power and real-time data connectivity to autonomous instruments and machinery in the sea. It provides 300 W continuous power (or up to 600 W, peak) , with the possibility of using Imnarsat, 3G or 4G. It’s connectivity allows it to access instruments in real-timeContinue Reading
This blog post addresses a fairly different aspect of Scoutbase, rather than the usual safety-science, HSEQ, or tech perspectives. It addresses the peculiar thing it is to start and work in a business based on a dream and talks about creating change and improvement. Because that is what we atContinue Reading
We think it is fair to say that Asset Performance Management (APM) represents the future of our industry in managing marine assets. In this article, we will review the reliability methodologies that are applicable for asset performance management (APM) and propose a process for deploying the appropriate tools at theContinue Reading