Rolls-Royce and towage operator Svitzer have successfully demonstrated what they claim to be the world’s first remotely operated commercial vessel in Copenhagen harbour, Denmark.

Evergreen Line has teamed up with China-based online marketplace Alibaba.com to provide the site’s members with the option of booking sea freight services online with their purchases, offering guaranteed space and prices.

The STM (Sea Traffic Management) validation project reports that it has completed the first operational tests of its integrated vessel information sharing system with shore centre manufacturers, facilitating data exchange beet two different maritime IT manufacturers’ systems.