NEWS

Can Norway help us solve the plastic crisis, one bottle at a time?

Category: Culture / Lifestyle

A bottle deposit hub on the outskirts of Oslo has had a stream of high-level international visitors. Can its success be replicated worldwide? Tens of thousands of brightly coloured plastic drinks bottles tumble from the back of a truck on to a conveyor belt before disappearing slowly inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Oslo. […]

Source: The Guardian

Cargill launches global CO2 challenge with DNV GL to decarbonize shipping

Category: Shipping & Offshore

US-based trade giant Cargill announced the launch of ‘CO2 Challenge’ which aims to find and scale new technologies capable of reducing a ship’s gross CO2 emissions by 10%. The initiative, focused on decarbonizing the shipping sector, is being launched in partnership with DNV GL. The announcement comes some days after the company revealed plans to […]

Source: Safety4Sea

Crestron Partners with Huddly to Further Enhance Crestron Mercury® UC Experience

Category: Technology

Crestron, a global leader in control and automation for the modern workplace, today announced that, through its new partnership with Huddly, Crestron Mercury®, the best-selling all-in-one UC and AV tabletop solution, is now compatible with the Huddly wide-angle USB camera. The new pairing provides an undistorted, ultra-wide viewing angle of all participants in a meeting room […]

Source: Crestron

Autonomous Mini-Ferry Moves Forward in Trondheim

Category: Shipping & Offshore

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are developing a small autonomous passenger ferry in Trondheim, Norway, a region that has opened its doors for testing self-driving ship technology. NTNU’s Departments of Electronic Systems, Technical Cybernetics and Marine Engineering are developing a prototype driverless ferry that can carry a dozen passengers on calm inland waters. […]

Source: The Maritime Executive

Published: December 23, 2024

Microsoft to Deliver Intelligent Cloud from Norway Datacenters

Category: Technology

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced plans to further expand its significant and growing investment in cloud computing in Europe by delivering the intelligent Microsoft Cloud from two new datacenter regions in Norway: one in the greater Stavanger region and the other in Oslo. The Microsoft Cloud, comprising Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365, will […]

Source: Microsoft Corp.

Published: December 23, 2024