Wider Logistics Chain News

Cambridge-based data visualization company GeoSpock  is collaborating with the  Baltic Exchange to build the world’s most advanced maritime spatial database."This digital initiative will have a specific focus on shipping emissions, enabling members and the wider maritime market to have unrivaled access to data insights and visualizations," said Baltic Exchange, which is a membership organization for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts.Baltic Exchange CEO, Mark Jackson said: “As our market embraces digital technologies, the Baltic is in a unique position to facilitate the industry’s digital growth.

FEPORT supports the approach of the Estonian presidency and believes that four priorities constitute a consistent strategy for Europe. The four priorities are:  An open and innovative European Economy, A safe and secure Europe,  A digital Europe and the free flow of data and  An inclusive and sustainable Europe. Besides endorsing the content of the paper that has been co-signed by 22 organizations representing different industries of the logistics chain, FEPORT would like to underline in this paper a number of key items for private terminal operators. FEPORT members believe that an efficient, sustainable and resilient logistics sector…

ACCSEAS, an EU-funded project to support improved maritime access to the North Sea Region through minimizing navigational risk, welcomed over 80 regional and international shipping experts to Edinburgh for its second annual conference, held last week. The ACCSEAS Conference presented an array of e-Navigation test-bed solutions, all of which are aimed at increasing accessibility and improving navigational safety in the increasingly busy shipping waters of the North Sea Region.