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Heddle shipyards boosts manufacturing capabilities with $107 million investment

Automation Mag

Catharines, a ship construction and repair company, is investing $107 million to improve its facilities and processes. Investments through programs like AMIC will allow Ontario to once again be a frontrunner in the shipbuilding industry in Canada and support hundreds of high-paying skilled trade jobs in our communities over the coming decade.”

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Key Trends Driving Digital Transformation in the Freight Industry

Robotics Automation News

The freight and shipping industry is going through some major changes lately as new technologies shake up the old way of doing things.

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Industrial automation component supply

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Treotham Automation is present across various industries, and each industry demands specific and unique components. Treotham Automation stands as one Australia’s foremost supplier of industrial automation components, catering to a diverse array of sectors.

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Cargo ship fitted with massive sails in bid to cut emissions

E&T

in height that can be fitted to the deck of cargo ships to harness the power of the wind. This also translates into significant savings on fuel costs for ship operators. The shipping industry, which moves approximately 90 per cent of world trade, currently contributes 2.4 per cent of annual greenhouse gas emissions.

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Will autonomous car racing change your business? It just might

Cisco Industrial Automation

For entertainment, for innovation, and for demonstrating the move to automation that’s already underway across industries. What does this mean for your business? Forklifts and pickers fetch the product, deliver to the pallet, wrap for shipping, and transport to the shipping dock. A self-driving race car challenge?

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Defence strategy underpins essential reforms to the sector

Manufacturer's Monthly

Image: Industry Capability Network The recent release of the Federal Government’s Defence Industry Development strategy spells good news for Australia’s small to medium manufacturers, according to Warren Jansen, chief executive officer of the Industry Capability Network National Office.

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UK’s maritime sector needs £2bn annually to meet 2050 net zero target

E&T

It said that this level of funding would help the industry develop green fuels, port infrastructure and new types of technology to reduce carbon emissions from the sector. Shipping is considered a ‘hard-to-abate’ sector because it’s prohibitively expensive to meaningfully reduce emissions and the technologies are not yet widely available.

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