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An international standard for electronic bills of lading
The Bill of Lading (B/L) remains fundamental to global maritime trade, serving as a receipt of goods, a document of…
July 20, 2026
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Council Conversations: Himanshu Chopra, Anglo-Eastern
Long before leading the Singapore operations of one of the world’s largest ship management companies, Himanshu Chopra, Managing Director of…
April 13, 2026
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Council Conversations: Andre Simha, MSC
In the first of a new weekly series of interviews with members of the Smart Maritime Council, Andre Simha shares…
April 7, 2026
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Ports and shipping organisations unite to standardise port call data
The International Harbour Masters Association (IHMA) and the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) have collaborated to launch a…
March 24, 2026
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Digital platforms required to combat compliance fragmentation – report
The global maritime industry is facing a fragmentation problem as shipping companies struggle to manage escalating regulatory data across siloed…
March 4, 2026
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AI is placing maritime industry at greater risk of cyber-attack – report
A new report on maritime cyber security has warned that the speed with which industry is adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
March 2, 2026
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Maintaining the maritime safety chain shouldn’t rely on connecting the dots
Replacing manual systems with data-driven processes and structure can promote a smarter approach to safety and compliance, writes Gurinder Singh,…
January 15, 2025
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1000 times faster in 20 years – the maritime bandwidth revolution
Twenty years ago, in 2004, Inmarsat generated huge excitement in maritime satcom circles with an announcement that it would make…
July 8, 2024
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IMO data numbers added to Standardised Noon Report
The Smart Maritime Council has released Version 1.0 of the Standardised Vessel Dataset (SVD) for Noon Reports, featuring a host…
May 28, 2024
