Two Indonesian ports opt for Innovez One’s AI-driven tech

Indonesian state-owned port services company Pelindo has chosen maritime software provider Innovez One to supply its marineM digital platform for the Ports of Balikpapan and Belawan.

The solution will allow the ports to digitise the entire pilotage procedure as well as gather accurate operational data for feeding into the billing process.

Supported by marineM’s artificial intelligence-based algorithms, this is projected to save time, cut down errors and support the optimisation of both vessel and berth allocation.

The marineM job planner, a marine operating system, will also streamline marine services for arriving and departing ships.

Exmar and Lattice to cooperate on CO₂ carrier development

Belgium-based Exmar has reached an agreement with Lattice Technology to jointly develop a new kind of CO₂ carrier, which will also support the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas and ammonia.

Through a Joint Development Company, the partnership will integrate Exmar’s expertise in the design, ownership and operation of gas carriers with Lattice Technology’s competence in developing tank designs for carbon transport.

For optimising logistics, the design and size of the ship will be adjusted to carry the required transport volumes.

With a cargo capacity of 40,500m³, the initial concept of the carrier has been designed as a 195m-long Panamax beam vessel.

Iran to introduce new shipping lines to Russia and Kazakhstan

The Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) in Iran has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines to provide shipping lines from the country’s northern ports on the Caspian Sea to Kazakhstan and Russia.

The development will be implemented in two phases. Citing the TPO portal, Tehran Times said that under phase one, six lines will be introduced.

These lines will have been launch from the northern ports of Iran to the ports of Astrakhan and Makhachkala in Russia, along with Kazakhstan’s port of Aktau.

Under the next phase, the number of lines will be increased to eight by the end of March 2022.

Tianjin Xingang announces closure amidst heavy debts

Debt-laden Tianjin Xingang Ship Heavy Industry in China is reportedly planning to cease all operations by the end of this month.

Despite the recent revival in shipbuilding orders in conjunction with the country’s global leadership in the shipping sector, the company is undergoing closure.

As reported by the Shanghai International Maritime Information Research Centre, the shipyard is shutting down for the second time in its lifespan owing to heavy debts.

This decision follows a lack of sufficient profits from operations during recent years.

Tianjin announced that it has discharged its labour contracts with personnel, and intends to close its operations and cease production by the end of the month.