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Goal Zero Consortium Launches Singapore’s First Fully Electric Cargo Ship

Goal Zero Consortium Launches Singapore’s First Fully Electric Cargo Ship

The consortium Goal Zero unveiled the first completely electric cargo ship in Singapore on Thursday (23 November) at Raffles Marina.   The Goal Zero consortium is spearheaded by a Singapore-based firm, SeaTech Solutions, which designed the vessel. Yinson GreenTech (abbreviated the YGT), a subsidiary ofYinson Holdings listed with Bursa, was primarily responsible for program management, commercialisation, and system solutions with…

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Cargo Ship Sinks off Greek Island of Lesbos, 13 Crew Members Missing, 1 Rescued

Cargo Ship Sinks off Greek Island of Lesbos, 13 Crew Members Missing, 1 Rescued

The rescue mission has included five cargo vessels besides three Coast Guard vessels, the Air Force and Navy helicopters, and a navy frigate. Representation Image The Raptor, registered with the Comoros, carried 6,000 tons of salt from Alexandria, Egypt, to Istanbul, according to the coast guard. According to the Coast Guard, it had a crew of 14, comprising eight Egyptians,…

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Uganda set to enhance its international trade capacity with TradeXchange

Uganda set to enhance its international trade capacity with TradeXchange

Uganda’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) recently announced its partnership with the Technology Associates & CargoX Consortium (TA-CargoX) to develop TradeXchange. TradeXchange is a national trade facilitation platform for exporters expected to be a game-changer for Uganda’s export trade landscape. This partnership is particularly significant when looking at Uganda’s current export statistics. As per the Bank…

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BNSF Railway implements Tideworks’ Intermodal TOS

BNSF Railway implements Tideworks’ Intermodal TOS

Tideworks Technology®, a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal operating system (TOS) solutions, announced that BNSF Railway (BNSF), one of US largest freight railroad and one of North America’s Class I railroads, has gone live with Tideworks Intermodal Pro® intermodal TOS and Traffic Control™ equipment dispatch system at BNSF’s Memphis facility. Intermodal Pro and Traffic Control will provide BNSF with centralized visibility into…

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US to invest over half a billion US dollars in new box terminal in Sri Lanka

US to invest over half a billion US dollars in new box terminal in Sri Lanka

  The US government has decided to invest US$553 million in building a new deep-water container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo. The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), America’s development finance institution, will provide the financial support for the development of the West Container Terminal. DFC CEO, Scott Nathan said the new terminal will expand the container capacity…

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Namsung offers reefer tracking with IoT solution

Namsung offers reefer tracking with IoT solution

South Korean feeder operator Namsung Shipping this week launched an Internet of Things (IoT)-based service to monitor and track refrigerated containers. The basic service enables shippers to check the movement of reefers and is targeted at customers with refrigerated cargoes passing through China and Indonesia, due to the vast hinterland in the former and the many islands in the latter.…

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