Monitoring & Control

VESSELS

VESSELS

High-tech robotics and autonomous navigation firm Exail is building on its success with its USVs with another sale, this time to an unnamed ‘global hydrographic authority’.

28th August 2025

Exail expands sales with autonomous USV order

28th August 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Fourteen projects have been launched across the EU to monitor, assess and forecast coastal hazards, among other coastal services.

19th August 2025

EU launches 14 coastal monitoring projects

19th August 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The offshore energy sector is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to enhance safety and operational monitoring, with particular focus on reducing man overboard (MOB) risks.

4th August 2025

AI enhances offshore safety

4th August 2025

OPINION

OPINION

Can intelligent innovation boost visibility, build trust and grow the marine services sector? Vik Bharat, director at Vessconn’s Maritime Ltd, shares his thoughts with Maritime Journal subscribers and Seawork Members.

4th August 2025

From dock to data: Boost visibility, build trust and fine-tune marine services

4th August 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Three maritime firms have joined up to ramp up navigation and tracking tools in response to what they call ’an urgent need’ in high-risk maritime environments.

29th July 2025

Three firms collaborate to tackle growing cyber threats

29th July 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new UK Government-backed project is using AI prediction to improve vessel performance and offshore operations while cutting carbon emissions and costs.

28th July 2025

AI powers predictive CTV maintenance

28th July 2025

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

Crew fatigue, poor watchkeeping and underused navigational tech are contributing to serious – and avoidable – accidents at sea, a recent UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report warns.

28th July 2025

Fatigue, collisions and understaffed crews – MAIB report

28th July 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Hefring Marine has unveiled a transformative advance in marine safety analytics that the company says sets a new standard in vessel collision reporting.

21st July 2025

Hefring Marine launches collision analysis tool

21st July 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tototheo Global has expanded its partnership with SES to boost marine communication and navigation through enhanced, high-speed satellite connectivity.

10th July 2025

High-speed marine navigation gets an upgrade

10th July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A ground breaking UK - Saudi partnership is using AI to restore the planet’s largest coral reefscape in a first-of-its-kind marine science initiative.

10th July 2025

Using AI for the restoration of coral reefs

10th July 2025

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Swedish fire, flame and gas safety technology firm Consilium Safety Group has stepped into Turkey with the purchase of Ares Marine, which makes control, navigation, monitoring and marine instruments and electronics.

8th July 2025

Swedish safety products provider snaps up Turkish firm

8th July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Falmouth Harbour, in collaboration with Cambridge-based tech company RoboK, has launched a new pilot project using AI to enhance maritime safety, efficiency and environmental sustainability.

27th June 2025

Falmouth Harbour launches AI pilot

27th June 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A new Nordic partnership aims to redefine marine monitoring and subsea security with smart, resilient subsea infrastructure.

26th June 2025

Nordic firms unite on smart subsea security

26th June 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two Danish companies have completed the first test of a fully remote data-driven pilotage operation before running a test programme already approved by the Danish Emergency Management Agency.

15th May 2025

Denmark tests first data-driven remote pilotage

15th May 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Satellite mapping by UK scientists is helping transform port navigation and marine monitoring in the Mersey River, improving safety and cutting maintenance costs.

14th May 2025

Satellite data helps revolutionise port navigation

14th May 2025

SECURITY

SECURITY

Maritime security is a critical issue in an increasingly interconnected world and with the increase in maritime trade and the complexity of threats, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as an essential tool…

6th May 2025

​Artificial intelligence, AIS and maritime security: A promising future

6th May 2025

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damen Shipyards is to build a surveillance vessel for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) in strengthen marine security and surveillance capabilities.

22nd April 2025

Surveillance vessel ordered for Dutch Navy

22nd April 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Forward error correction (FEC) has become a trusted delivery vessel for critical data and video at sea. KenCast CEO Dr Henrik Axelsson explains how this unsung hero keeps, vessels moving, the seabed…

8th April 2025

Smart FEC: the backbone that keeps vital data flowing

8th April 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has christened the new Sea Ranger Service ship SRS Janet Taylor in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with more than 300 maritime sector, government, conservation and social financing representatives watching.

3rd April 2025

Dutch royalty launches Sea Ranger sailing work vessel

3rd April 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Tech company, Marine AI, has announced a trio of commercial contracts in the pipeline, highlighting how smart software can transform the maritime industry.

26th March 2025

Marine AI secures key new deals

26th March 2025