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Digital Ship Daily: Procurement in Seconds, Shipping Emissions Decline, and Ports under Climate Scrutiny
Arnel Murga
August 05, 2025
The voice of IT Leadership in the commercial maritime industry
Closelink and Chevron partnerships claim to reduce procurement hours into seconds. Credit: Closelink.
A groundbreaking integration between a marine lubricant procurement platform and a leading global supplier is transforming maritime supply chains. What once took hours, or even overnight, is said to be done in under five seconds…read more
Where operational excellence meets net zero ambition
Vessel Size Performance Disparities: Smaller vessels have higher
intensities while larger vessels show lower intensities. Credit: Giray Duda on Pexels.
VesselBot’s Q2 2025 report reveals a 4.5% drop in global shipping emissions, despite fleet growth, but also uncovers a growing efficiency gap between modern giants and aging regional vessels. The data shows long-haul, fully loaded ships vastly outperform older, smaller ones, highlighting an urgent need…read more
Ports continue to publish ESG reports that ignore their biggest emission sources. Credit: Jean van der Meulen on Pexels.
A landmark UK Supreme Court ruling now legally classifies downstream emissions, like those from burning fossil fuels, as project impacts, putting ports under pressure to account for Scope 3 emissions. With new EU regulations in place, ports must act or risk being…read more