Autonomous Vessels & Technology
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NewsUK/Dutch sign major amphibious vessel agreement
British shipyards stand to benefit from a £2.4 billion (€2.8 billion) UK-Netherlands defence agreement for a new generation of amphibious transport ships.
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NewsBelfast Harbour deploys autonomous debris removal system
An autonomous dockside system designed to continuously remove floating pollution from marinas, ports and waterfronts has been deployed at Belfast Harbour Marina as part of a commercial demonstration of the technology.
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NewsUK pledges record spending on naval autonomy and uncrewed tech
The UK government’s new Defence Investment Plan (DIP) pledges record spending on drones and autonomous technology.
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NewsABB announces plans to buy marine automation firm
Swiss industrial technology company ABB will buy the Norwegian marine automation firm Høglund in a move designed to ‘complement ABB’s existing automation offering to marine customers and support further growth in markets across a wide range of vessel segments’.
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NewsAutonomous vessel completes Rotterdam port trial
An inland container vessel has completed an autonomous navigation trial in the Port of Rotterdam, demonstrating the potential application of automated vessel control systems in one of Europe’s busiest maritime environments.
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NewsZeroUSV receives autonomous vessel certification at Seawork
ZeroUSV has received regulatory certification for its flagship autonomous vessel with the certificate officially presented at Seawork last week.
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NewsSeawork: USVs push DP regulations to the limit
Insight from the ‘Autonomy at Sea - The Future’ conference session at Seawork 2026
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NewsRobin Radar adds maritime capability
Robin Radar is expanding its IRIS OTM to maritime use, enhancing drone detection across shipping and offshore environments
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NewsSubsea data ops partnership launches
HydroSurv and Subnero are teaming up on autonomous USVs and seabed systems for continuous offshore data collection
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NewsAI presentation set to be a must-see session
Commercial marine professionals curious about how artificial intelligence could affect their businesses may want to clear their diaries for Wednesday at 2pm, when PerformOS chief executive Nigel Taylor delivers what promises to be one of Seawork 2026’s most relevant and practical presentations.
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NewsVIDEO: Spain taps AI to reduce whale strikes at sea
Maritime artificial intelligence specialist SEA.AI will supply seven of its monitoring systems to a Spanish government department specifically to monitor marine animals such as whales.
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NewsWATCH: 3D printing ‘in a box’ produces USV hull in 40 hours
Australian manufacturing and robotics firm Hyperion Systems has highlighted the ‘transformative potential’ of 3D printing in vessel building with an entire hull produced in 40 hours.
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NewsDeepOcean deploys remote ROV launch and recovery system
DeepOcean has begun operational use of a remote launch and recovery system for remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) developed by Evotec, enabling subsea operations to be conducted from shore through an automated process.
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NewsUK subsea craft company offers defence across the Pond
UK-based SubSea Craft will set up a base in the US to work with defence and maritime customers on specialist technologies including diver delivery systems.
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NewsCiS expands maritime drone launch capability
The German autonomous system developer has launched ORKA Dock, an autonomous drone launch dock designed for surveillance operations
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NewsCreating new standards in maritime autonomy
Saronic and Lloyd’s Register have partnered up to accelerate safe maritime autonomy deployment through new standards and offshore compliance frameworks
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NewsAnother first to be presented at Seawork exhibition
Norway’s Henriksen AS says it will present its automatic launch and recovery system (LARS) for small boats and unmanned surface drones for the first time at this year’s Seawork.
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NewsUK start-up launches drone fleets to guard oceans
Online Oceans has raised £4 million (€4.6 million) to deploy autonomous surface vessels for persistent maritime surveillance, from subsea cable protection to anti-submarine warfare.
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NewsBoskalis deploys first ROV from onshore hub
Dredging giant Boskalis’s announcement that it has just deployed its first ROV from its own Remote Operations Centre (ROC) is a sign of the growing business in onshore operations carrying out offshore work.
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NewsMAIB chief: Sea safety among tides of change
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has appointed Rob Loder as its new chief inspector, replacing Andrew Moll OBE, who retired earlier this month after 21 years’ service. We spoke to Mr Loder about today’s challenges at sea, and what the MAIB is doing to try and keep seafarers safer.
