Tag: Transportation
Cargotec picks Cloudera to give data-driven services a lift
Cargotec is using big data technology from Cloudera to give its machinery a digital services makeover.
Cargotec, a Finnish company that makes cargo-handling machinery for ships,...
BT and Hitachi join forces to develop IoT products
UK-based telecommunications giant BT and Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Japanese multinational conglomerate company Hitachi, are teaming up to develop industrial and enterprise Internet...
Cranfield, DARTeC and the future of aviation
Internet of Business speaks to Professor Antonios Tsourdos about Cranfield University's new DARTeC research centre for digital aviation technology.
The newly opened £65 million Digital Aviation...
Concirrus on a Quest to help marine insurers manage risk
A new, AI-powered analytics platform from Concirrus, called Quest, tracks vessel movements and combines it with insurance details and weather data to help marine...
Globalsat Group and Inmarsat help Valec build Brazilian railway
Brazilian railway company Valec taps into the power of satellite communications while connecting Brazil from north to south.
Building a railway is never easy. Operatives need to stay...
SAP expands Vehicles Network with new fuel and payment options
New agreements will see a rise in the number of apps and services made available by companies to drivers of connected vehicles and their...
Motoring giant Hyundai shifts focus to electric vehicles
South Korean motoring giant Hyundai announced on Thursday that it will put electric vehicles at the forefront of its new product strategy.
The company has...
Commuters remain frustrated by poor mobile reception on UK trains
Commuters in the UK continue to be frustrated by the inadequate state of mobile signal reception on trains and remain sceptical of Wi-Fi alternatives,...
Smart trucks bring opportunity and loss to supply chains, analysts say
Traditional logistics and freighter supply chain operations are set to be disrupted by the advent of smart trucks, such as those designed by Uber,...
Railways and post in Thailand to benefit from IoT and blockchain
Two Thai government agencies, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Thailand Post, are looking to the IoT and blockchain technologies, respectively, to improve...
UK students develop drone traffic management system
One of the biggest challenges facing commercial drone applications such as delivery is the lack of a traffic management system to monitor their movements....
UK citizens want Uber-style app to access driverless cars
There’s no clear indication yet as to how UK citizens feel about fully driverless vehicles, with many unsure about whether they would use one....