When talk turns to AI and Smart Ports, articles are invariably discussing container terminals in western nations. The second busiest container port, Singapore, is also much mentioned. The largest port or port megacity, Shanghai, is really several ports rolled into one and in 2019 it dealt with the equivalent of 43.5 million TEU (stacked lengthwise,…
Valour Consultancy has compiled a list of some of the biggest and most interesting smart terminal ports around the world. Browse our list of companies and regions they operate within. Asia Singapore’s PSA International owns 60 terminals across 26 countries, spanning four continents across regions such as Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and has…
David Whelan, Research Analyst at Valour Consultancy, sees wireless IFE entering a new era. This article was first published in Inflight magazine. You can subscribe to future editions of the publication here. Wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE) solutions are evolving to meet the growing needs of airlines. Where before W-IFE may have been seen as an…
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When jetpacks were revealed in 1961, they captured everyone’s imagination. Famous biochemist, Isaac Asimov, predicted that jetpacks would be ‘as common as a bicycle’ by the year 2000. There are many reasons why recreational jetpacks failed to make it to mass market, primarily safety concerns and cost. Are driverless cars facing a similar fate? The…
IoT Global Network
Desk-based research will only get you so far! Senior Maritime Analyst Joshua Flood reflects on a unique site visit… Marlink kindly invited me to follow one of the firm’s engineers for a VSAT installation. I flew to Stavanger, the Norwegian equivalent to Scotland’s oil and gas mecca, Aberdeen. Leonid, a Marlink Field Installation Engineer, met…
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Our senior maritime analyst Joshua Flood discusses his upcoming session at November’s Onboard Connectivity Summit in Bremen. About the event Accelerating Connectivity to Future Proof Operations New for 2021. Onboard Connectivity Summit 2021, co-located with Satellite Connectivity Summit 2021 and Space Tech Expo Europe 2021, brings together the maritime and aviation industries with OTT…
Valour Consultancy recently released the first edition of its new maritime connectivity Market Tracker. This new service collected data on 11,307 vessels from a range of the top merchant global carriers. It also assessed regional operators, tank specialists, offshore energy vendors and also the lucrative passenger vessel sub-segment. The objective of this new service is…
Long-range narrowbody aircraft are on course to become increasingly prominent over the next decade, with airlines preferring them to widebodies on some long-haul routes for a plethora of reasons. In this article we’ll examine this trend and what it means for onboard amenities. Narrowbody aircraft have a long history of flying long-haul routes. The Boeing…
