Monitoring & Control

Greening the workboat and support vessel industry requires engaging with the new, alternative power systems, said Tim Munn of iconsys.

An international USV operator has recently adopted artificial intelligence (AI) software to enhance its Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs) situational awareness.

Trials have been completed for a low-cost and simple to deploy system for ship data transfer and remote access that will help vessel owners embrace digitalisation and improve efficiency.

Damen Shipyard has signed an alliance agreement with an autonomous technology company to further investigate the adoption of collision avoidance functionality onboard of Damen ships.

Tallink Grupp has improved its fuel efficiency and cut emissions with a voyage optimisation tool that manages the entire voyage by calculating an optimum power plan and executing it automatically, with little…

Geo-data specialist Fugro has chosen underwater positioning and communications technology from Sonardyne to support its global fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and ROVs.

Two autonomous battery-electric ro-ro vessels are being built at Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in India for use by a Norwegian operator.

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced BMT as the winner of the first Admiralty Marine Innovation Programme challenge.

The US Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), funded by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) recently signed a purchase contract to acquire a DriX Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) from high-tech…

A new project to design an efficient and environmentally friendly high-speed planing boat has been launched.

A fully redundant and cyber secure satellite communication system has been installed on the first testbed of a remotely operated offshore support vessel.

Remote monitoring and reporting platform supplier; Reygar Ltd., will collaborate with CrewSmart to provide an integrated system for windfarm CTV operator High Speed Transfers.

Sea-Kit’s 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel ‘Maxlimer’ has returned to Plymouth after 22 days of remote survey operations on Europe’s continental margin.

GreenSteam has identified a simple rule allowing vessel operators to reduce fuel wastage caused by hull fouling.

An EU-funded research and innovation project to improve the modal split for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) in the European container supply chain has officially launched.

The Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) seized upon the quiet of lockdown to map the underwater soundscape of the Belgian section of the North Sea.

A metocean data provider for the marine sector will collaborate with a UK university on the development of an application to produce the most efficient routes for vessels and reduce GHG emissions.

A weather intelligence provider and a classification society have joined forces to drive digitalisation and data standardisation in the maritime industry.

An Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) has been deployed to safely survey a twenty mile stretch of waterways in the Storm-Dorian hit Bahamas.