Navigation & Communication

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

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