Category: Maritime services

Home Blog Digital Sensor – Speed Log DIGITAL SENSOR – SPEED LOG Speed log is a digital sensor which measures the speed and distance travelled by a ship. It can also be said that speed logs are an important source for calculating the vessel’s performance. The sensor accuracy of a speed log depends on the…

Home Blog Digital Sensor – Echo Sounder DIGITAL SENSOR – ECHO SOUNDER Echo sounder is a type of SONAR (originally an acronym for SOund Navigation and Ranging) used to determine the depth of water by transmitting sound pulses into water. The time interval between emission and return of a pulse is recorded, which is used…

Home Blog Digital Sensing In Maritime Shipping Industry DIGITAL SENSING IN MARITIME SHIPPING INDUSTRY Maritime shipping industry is constantly changing and adapting the needs of commercial marketplace, so that it can become more competitive and cost effective. Shipping industry is a huge and complex industry, which is continually getting affected by global trends and technological…

Home Blog Demurrage DECARBONIZING MARITIME SHIPPING Shipping is the backbone of the global economy. It is by far the most efficient mode offreight transport and transports up to 80% of world’s trade volumes, according to theUnited Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD). However, as the industryis developing, the carbon emission has also been increasing.The…

Home Blog Demurrage A SHORT OVERVIEW ON DEMURRAGE Delays in shipping are commonplace and as a result, customers may incur a multitude of extra charges which they have not catered for. One such extra charge is the Demurrage Charge. Demurrage is a charge levied by the shipping line to the importer in cases where they…

Home Blog Cybersecurity In Maritime Shipping Industry Cybersecurity In Maritime Shipping Industry In the digital age, it is very important to have information about security and data safety issues.Cybersecurity is essential in shipping because it is concerned with the data protection onboardvessels as it can create manipulation and disruption of hardware and sensors.Cybersecurity has a…