Digitalisation and AI are reshaping shipping,  promising safer, smarter and more environmentally responsible operations.

Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Suzuki Motor Corporation and digital trade platform TradeWaltz aimed at strengthening the fast-growing automobile supply chain between India and Africa.

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), the holding company of HD Hyundai Group, has struck a deal to acquire Doosan Vina, the Vietnamese manufacturing unit of Doosan Enerbility, in a transaction worth 290bn won ($207.5m).

Using satellite data from NASA and ESA combined with AI powered analytics to understand and predict what is happening in the commodity markets.

A relatively new entrant to container shipping is scaling back. CStar Line, founded two years ago in Dubai, has focused on servicing Russian, Asian and Turkish ports. 

Panels are beginning to coalesce for next April’s Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference.