Navigation & Communication

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French catamaran builder Privilège Marine will install SEA.AI technology as standard across its entire range of vessels in a shift towards integrating AI-assisted situational awareness into offshore cruising design.

17th February 2026

Privilège Marine integrates SEA.AI system across entire vessel range

17th February 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) to Greenroom Robotics for its GAMA maritime autonomy software.

10th February 2026

Autonomous navigation software secures AiP first

10th February 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Fourteen European coastal states and Iceland have issued a warning to the international maritime industry over growing risks to maritime safety from interference in satellite navigation systems and vessel data manipulation.

6th February 2026

Coastal states raise alarm over GNSS interference

6th February 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Iceland-based Hefring Marine did not start with autonomy in mind: to begin with it was all about safety.

23rd January 2026

From safety to systems: how Hefring began

23rd January 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

For all the talk of autonomy in cars, drones, and aircraft, the most demanding frontier remains largely invisible.

23rd January 2026

Cutting the umbilical: Dynautics dives in with ‘Phantom Two’

23rd January 2026

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

As offshore wind capacity deployment continues to scale, developers need increasingly detailed characterisation of the seafloor to de-risk engineering activities such as cable route planning, landfall design and foundation installation.

23rd January 2026

Offshore wind on the CUSP of SBP breakthrough

23rd January 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Autonomy in the maritime sector is often talked about as an end-state: vessels operating with minimal or no crew, navigating complex waterways without human intervention, writes SEA.AI CEO Marcus Warrelmann.

23rd January 2026

Machine vision: A critical layer in autonomy

23rd January 2026

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Two maritime technology providers have integrated AI-based visual detection with onboard data recording to improve safety monitoring, event logging and post-incident analysis for vessel operators.

15th January 2026

Companies collaborate to co-ordinate safety solutions

15th January 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

For decades, GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) have formed an invisible foundation for maritime operations, writes Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control, a PNT resilience provider.

7th January 2026

GNSS isn’t enough to protect workboats from jamming and spoofing

7th January 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK-based ZeroUSV is building an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) that it says proves it and other SMEs can deliver ultra long-distance, high payload autonomous vessels in months rather than years.The vessel, Oceanus17, is…

8th December 2025

ZeroUSV reveals shorter timeframe for larger vessel build

8th December 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Autonomous docking and sailing on an inland waterway has been demonstrated for what is believed to be the first time.

28th October 2025

Autonomous docking demo on river cruiser

28th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

German navigation systems specialist Anschütz has unveiled its new range of autonomous navigation and mission automation technologies under the brand name Anschütz Autonomics.

16th October 2025

Anschütz unveils advanced autonomous navigation

16th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Met Office has significantly improved the accuracy of its maritime weather forecasts over the past 10 years, contributing to safer and more efficient operations across the UK’s maritime sectors.

15th October 2025

Shipping Forecast more trustworthy over time

15th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Seawork exhibitor Hefring Marine has partnered the Northern Ireland Fishermen’s Federation to improve vessel performance with its fuel and vessel monitoring technology.

13th October 2025

Fishing fleet nets performance benefits with Hefring tech

13th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched what it calls a world-first research programme to teach Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) to read, interpret and act upon official navigational data.

7th October 2025

Autonomous ships taught to read official navigation data

7th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Port of Rotterdam has taken a major step in vessel navigation and vessel safety with a pioneering digital connection to enhance navigational safety, voyage planning and port calls.

1st October 2025

Rotterdam leads digital navigation breakthrough

1st October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Denmark’s order of 32 coastal radars shows Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is shifting beyond safety as global tensions rise and shipping faces increasing risks.

24th September 2025

Denmark orders 32 coastal radars as global tensions rise

24th September 2025

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

For more than a decade, there have been two major categories of ocean drones, or USV’s: high-power short-endurance drones and low-power long-endurance drones.

8th September 2025

Revolution: Long-endurance high-power ocean drones

8th September 2025

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

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