Damen undersigns European maritime innovation agenda 2050
On 29 September, Damen Shipyards Group and other representatives of the European waterborne sector signed nine Technology Roadmaps at the Waterborne Leadership Event in Brussels. The roadmaps provide a shared framework for maritime research, development and...
HNLMS Johan de Witt takes part in Arctic exercise
The amphibious transport ship HNLMS Johan de Witt departed on Monday 16 February for northern Norway to participate in Cold Response. Around 25,000 military personnel from fourteen countries, including the United States, are taking part in this large-scale NATO...
Fugro installs artificial reef in Australia
Fugro has installed an artificial reef off the coast of Dampier, Western Australia, on behalf of Woodside Energy and Recfishwest. The reef is to create a new habitat to support local fish species and enhance recreational fishing opportunities for the community. The...
Martens en Van Oord orders autonomous USV from Demcon
Martens en Van Oord is investing in the latest generation of the V4000 autonomous unmanned survey vessel (USV) from Demcon unmanned systems. With the USV, the company wants to take a step towards further sustainability and modernisation of its fleet. Martens en Van...
Wagenborg vessel suffers fire, Swedish Coast Guard secures tow
A Wagenborg cargo ship suffered a fire in its engine room on Saturday evening, 14 February, while sailing northwest of Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea. The Swedish Coast Guard was alerted and managed to connect a towline to prevent the ship from drifting aground. The...
DARPA selects Raytheon to protect ships from USVs
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been selected by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an advanced sensing and targeting system. This system is to help defend vulnerable commercial shipping and naval logistics vessels against emerging...
Damen and Blue Water to build autonomous vessel for US Navy
Damen Shipyards has entered into a licence agreement with Blue Water Autonomy, a Boston-based technology and shipbuilding company. Under the agreement, Blue Water Autonomy will construct its first vessel, the Liberty Class, which will be built on Damen’s Stan Patrol...
UKDI backs project on autonomous underwater sensing
A first-of-its-kind project to develop a network of ocean robots to assure the operations of submersible fleet assets has launched this month. It follows a successful funding bid with UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), between ZeroUSV, Oshen and MarineAI. As underwater...
Near vessel collision in fog
High speed in reduced visibility created a dangerous situation. The Nautical Institute describes a near collision between decommissioned military boats and a passenger vessel in a new Mars Report. The Nautical Institute gathers reports of maritime accidents and...
WiseTech and Hapag-Lloyd launch IoT container tracking
WiseTech Global and Hapag-Lloyd are partnering to trial the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) technology for real-time global container visibility, tracking and data collection. The container liner was already a first mover in equipping its 2 million container...
VIDEO: LDA launches first of three wind-assisted RoRos
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) is set to welcome the first ship of its next generation RoRo vessels chartered to Airbus. The Spirit of Toulouse, which will be equipped with Rotor Sails, was launched last week at Wuchang Shipyard (CSSC Group). Two other vessels – Spirit...
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