IoS-OP holds Taiwan seminar to introduce its data sharing initiative
“IoS-OP Seminar in Taiwan” was held in Taipei, Taiwan on 16 April by IoS-OP Consortium. Attended by around 91 professionals from Taiwan’s maritime industry at the venue virtually connected to Japan, the consortium members introduced the rule and framework for sharing IoT data of ships, including data ownership, and digital solutions from each company.
IoS-OP is a universal platform that enables the sharing of ship operation data among shipbuilders, manufacturers, and related service providers without compromising profits of data providers. The initiative has been promoted by Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) under the supervision of the membership association “IoS-OP Consortium”.
Japan’s shipbuilding companies are accelerating the development of environmentally friendly vessels that emit no greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as carbon dioxide (CO2). Firms like Kawasaki Heavy Industries have begun developing ships that operate on high-power fuel cells (FCs). Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Japan’s largest shipbuilder based in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU), .
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Wan Hai assigns $1 bn to buy up to nine 13,000 TEU boxships March 16, 2021, by Jasmina Ovcina
Taiwanese container shipping company Wan Hai Lines has announced plans to purchase nine close to 13,000 TEU containerships worth up to $ 1.035 billion.
The decision was announced by the company’s Board of Directors on March 10, giving the green light to the company’s chairman to
‘negotiate possible transaction partners and subsequent signing matters.’
The move is expected to target newbuilding vessels, the likely builders rumoured to be from South Korea.
The ships would be the biggest ones in the company’s fleet in terms of capacity, outstripping the current TEU 11,923 containerships as the top dogs.