Digital Certainty: How Ship4wd Helps Small Businesses Navigate Global Trade Turbulence

For small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), international trade in 2025 feels like sailing through unpredictable seas. Tariff changes, shifting policies, and volatile supply chains have made global commerce increasingly uncertain. Yet amid this turbulence, Ship4wd, a digital freight forwarder led by CEO Carmit Hoshen Glik, is helping smaller players regain control; not through size or scale, but through technology and transparency.

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Always Connected, Wherever You Go

From open oceans to remote ports, connectivity keeps operations moving. KVH delivers seamless hybrid solutions powered by Starlink, OneWeb, and KVH’s own network services. With enterprise-grade antennas, intelligent integration, and global support, fleets stay connected, secure, and in control, anytime, anywhere. Don’t settle for less than Always

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Ferryhopper Launches Real-Time Disruption Hub

Ferryhopper has introduced what it calls the first fully integrated platform for real-time ferry disruption updates. The tool aims to give passengers clearer information during delays and cancellations, an issue that has long affected travel across Europe’s island networks.

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Coneksion and Ship Angel Expand Digital Carrier Access

Coneksion has integrated its carrier connectivity service into Ship Angel’s freight management platform, giving shippers and BCOs a single point of access to major global ocean carriers. The partnership reflects a growing need for simpler and more reliable data exchange in an increasingly digital logistics environment.

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Cathelco Steps Up Role in Biofouling Policy Tools for Decarbonised Operations

Cathelco has joined BEMA as global scrutiny of biofouling intensifies. The company aims to bring technical insight to policy discussions and support cleaner, more efficient vessel operations.

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HMM Pursues Zero-Carbon Propulsion with New Partners

HMM has entered a research partnership with Hanwha Group subsidiaries and Korean Register to explore a zero-carbon propulsion system for future container vessels. The work brings together shipbuilding, engine technology and classification expertise as the company advances its 2045 net-zero goal.

 → Read how biofouling standards are advancing