Maritime autonomous surface, unmanned and smart ships, payloads and marine autonomy technologies

Highlights

Maritime Robotics gets USD 12 million funding for international expansion

SEAM, Zeabuz and Torghatten join Haugesund autonomous city boat project

Rhea Talks with James about the Future of Autonomous Ships

News

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

Austal Australia and Greenroom Robotics establish strategic partnership

Jasco Applied Sciences acquires Autonomous Marine Systems Inc.

Kongsberg Maritime trials Eutelsat OneWeb's LEO satellite internet service for ASKO's autonomous barge.

Mayflower Autonomous Ship gets radar upgrade from Cambridge Pixel

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USV

Robosys Automation collaborates with University of Strathclyde in subsea neuromorphic object detection

Hyarks Tackles USV Challenges to Deliver Market-Leading, Cost-Effective Solutions.

Partnership in USV: Sagar Defence Engineering and Liquid Robotics Join Forces to Launch Co-Produced Wave Gliders by 2025

SeaTrac Systems, Inc. and Sonardyne International Ltd Trailblaze Remote Ocean Data Collection with Solar-Powered USV in Gulf of Mexico.

Smart Ships

Zeabuz partners with MT for situation awareness at wind farms

Brunvoll smart ship solution for new Torghatten ferry

Norwegian Sea Rescue acquires Hydrolift RS 175 rescue boat

Seadronix to install its AI Solution on Wind Turbine Installation Vessel in world first

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Ports

Evergreen opened Taiwan's first automated container terminal

Yara Birkeland sails fully loaded for the first time

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Education

📝 MCA approved SeaBot Maritime‘s MASS Remote Operator Training

🎓 Sea Machines Robotics and USM developed Maritime Autonomy Operational Seminar

Research identifies training requirements for Mates/Masters to transition to autonomous shipping

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Remote Control Centres

Ocean Industries Concept Lab published preliminary research on ROC design

USV Fugro Pegasus in UAE: first sail and live remote control from ADIPEC 2022

The Fugro Pegasus launches in the Middle East

Fugro collaborated with Ocean Industries Concept Lab on user interfaces of remote operations centres

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R&D projects

SubSea Tech unveiled autonomous cleaning system SeaClear 2.0

Norwegian SIMPLEX R&D project receives 9.6 MNOK funding

SeaClear project tests and demo in Marseille

Autonomous ferry construction starts in Germany

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Regulations

Samsung Heavy Industries demonstrated autonomous navigation technologies

6️⃣ Maritime UK launches Version 6 of Industry Code of Practice for Maritime Autonomous Ship Systems

📖 Recommendation for regulation of AI-based transportation solutions published in Poland

🆕 New digital hub for autonomous systems launched in Australia

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Connectivity

🛰 USV Drix is getting ready for the next generation over the operations with Starlink

🛰 Inmarsat enables over-the-horizon USV operations in Tonga

Avikus to partner with OneWeb in Low Earth Orbit connectivity for marine autonomy

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Situational awareness and control

Seasats partnered with MAHI for US Navy trials

🆕 Maritime Robotics unveiled SeaSight, the Situational Awareness and Collision Avoidance system

Cambridge Pixel supports BAE Systems’ USV P24 project

🤝 Lidar developers Ouster and Velodyne plan to merge

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Cyber Security

🤝 ACUA Ocean and Microsec announce partnership to advance maritime cyber security

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