March 17, 2022

Statistical Insights: A new near-real-time global database on CO2 emissions from air transport (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Statistical Insights: A new near-real-time global database on CO2 emissions from air transport. “Air transport facilitates international trade and tourism and contributes to economic growth and job creation, but it also produces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to global warming. The OECD has developed a new database using a near real-time data source from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to produce estimates of CO2 emissions from air transport.”

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March 27, 2021

Mashable: See the growing Suez Canal traffic jam from space

Mashable: See the growing Suez Canal traffic jam from space. “One of the largest ships in the world, Ever Given, is lodged in the relatively narrow canal, a major artificial waterway where some $9 billion in merchandise passes daily. Around 12 percent of global trade carefully navigates via the historic canal, which opened more than 150 years ago. Satellite images captured by the European Space Agency show the backlog of ships created by the accidentally stuck Ever Given, which is deeply lodged in the canal’s sandy floor.”

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October 12, 2020

ZDNet: All four of the world’s largest shipping companies have now been hit by cyber-attacks

ZDNet: All four of the world’s largest shipping companies have now been hit by cyber-attacks. “This marks for a unique case study, as there is no other industry sector where the Big Four have suffered major cyber-attacks one after the other like this. But while all these incidents are different, they show a preferential targeting of the maritime shipping industry.”

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September 19, 2020

Watching over whales: Online tool detects whales and ships in California’s Santa Barbara Channel in near real-time (University of Washington)

University of Washington: Watching over whales: Online tool detects whales and ships in California’s Santa Barbara Channel in near real-time. “Whale Safe combines several technologies: an underwater acoustic system that automatically detects whale calls; near real-time forecasts of whale feeding grounds; and whale sightings by scientists reported through a mobile app. These sources of information are combined into a daily ‘Whale Presence Rating’ on the Whale Safe website — an indicator that describes the likelihood of whales from ‘low’ to ‘very high.’”

Research & Opinion 0
December 6, 2019

Search Engine Land: Package tracking on Google’s search results page is coming to more carriers

Search Engine Land: Package tracking on Google’s search results page is coming to more carriers. “Shipping companies across the world can now sign up to participate in Google’s package tracking early adopters program, the company announced on Thursday. The program enables more shipping companies to show users the real-time status of their delivery right on the search results page.”

Tweaks & Updates 0
February 11, 2019

University of the Arctic: PAME Launches Arctic Shipping Database

University of The Arctic: PAME Launches Arctic Shipping Database. “The Arctic Council’s Working Group on the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) launched a comprehensive Arctic shipping activity database on February 7, 2019. The launch is a significant milestone in PAME’s work to improve knowledge of historical Arctic ship traffic activity and various factors that affect such activity, such as sea ice extent, meteorological and oceanographic conditions, and international regulations. The database will allow authorized users to analyze vessel traffic patterns, fuel use, and air emissions, among other economic and environmental conditions.”

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August 29, 2018

Packaging Europe: FFI Launches International Cardboard Database

Packaging Europe: FFI Launches International Cardboard Database. “The German Folding Carton Association ‘Fachverband Faltschachtel-Industrie e.V.’ (FFI) launches the implementation of an online cardboard database that will be available in German and English. This database is intended as a repository of all folding carton boards used in the industry together with their corresponding specifications and certificates.”

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September 26, 2016

Google Filed a Patent for an Energy Kite

Google filed a patent for an energy kite. “Like the past, using the sail to harness wind energy to propel a ship could be a solution. There are some problems that render this solution unfeasible for cargo vessels, however. First, these cargo ships demand energy in megawatt range and second, unpredictable nature of wind could make a ship arrive on a port late than its scheduled time which it strictly needs to adhere to. A recent patent filed by Google seems like solving both of these problems. Instead of a sail, it suggests using its flying energy kites Makani to propel engine of a ship.”

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February 12, 2016

Google Self-Driving Delivery Trucks?

Speaking of vehicles, Google recently got a patent related to delivery from self-driving trucks. “Google’s patent outlines what it calls an ‘autonomous delivery platform’ for delivery trucks. The trucks would be fitted with a series of lockers that could potentially be unlocked with a PIN code sent to the person waiting for the delivery before the truck arrives at their location.”

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November 6, 2015

The Challenge of Pulling Together an Archive

This morning I stumbled on the blog for the Lloyd’s Register Digitization Project. Lloyd’s register has to do with ships and shipping; as it has both modern and historical components I will refer you to Wikipedia for a full overview. Anyway, the blog post I linked to above discusses the first project, how the different records are stored, and how the records are being tracked and organized. An interesting peek into what looks like a huge project.

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