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Maritime cybersecurity & Data sharing: staying agile while keeping data secure
Digitalizing the maritime industry is an ambitious goal, and while we are busy bringing innovative products to help our clients and partners achieve it, it is just as important to…
How to get reliable vessel ETA when the schedule predictability drops to a historic low?
Container shipping demand is expected to grow in the fourth quarter of 2021, thanks to China’s October Golden Week, and Christmas. And high demand in combination with the already disrupted…
The clear benefits of transparent exchange of information
There are multiple ways to optimize shipping and make it more sustainable. One worthy approach is by investing in new fuel alternatives. Although the technological developments are promising, the political…
Just-in-Time Arrivals: Cutting Emissions Today
While other solutions do show promise in the longer term, just-in-time arrivals can rapidly reduce bunker fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, writes PortXchange Director of Product, Robbert Engels In…
Digitalización del comercio exterior y el negocio naviero en Perú
La pandemia nos hizo ver que la digitalización de nuestros procesos pasaría de “es algo que me gustaría tener” a “tengo que tenerlo” o “me hubiera ido mejor si lo…
How PortXchange protects your critical business data
At PortXchange, we believe that trust is the backbone of any collaboration. That means trust that our solutions deliver reliable information, but also trust that we take good care of…
How to facilitate Just in Time arrivals: barriers and solutions
As the maritime industry faces pressure to improve efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint, the relevance of the Just it Time (JIT) arrival concept is increasing. In our previous blog…
How Port Performance Analyzer – PortScan - turns tons of AIS data into insights
Data is the new gold. While many industries have already experienced the data rush and tried to measure every other activity, without understanding how to use that information for decision-making,…
Just in Time sailing in a crisis: why it's more critical than ever
2020 has been a challenging year for the shipping industry. With low oil production and falling global demand, many oil and product tankers operate at a loss, the market for…
Slow down and be on time
Vessels that need to wait and are anchoring before entering the port cost a lot of money. Firstly, they consume more fuel during the voyage, as they don’t sail with…
Just in Time Arrival, the smart thing to do
“Dangerous climate change needs to be avoided by limiting global warming to well below 2° C” So it states in the first-ever legally binding global climate change agreement – the Paris…
The cause and costs of vessels being delayed at port
Around 30% of global shipping gets delayed while in port or between ports, according to the analysis of carrier schedule reliability carried out by analyst firm SeaIntel in 2018. Two…
