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

Highlights

PBO Marine starts building solar and wind powered Sail Machines USV

ACUA Ocean’s PIONEER USV gets Lloyd’s Register Workboat Code 3 certification

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s NOMARS USV navigation system enhanced by FarSounder’s Argos 3D FLS.

News

Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

Speed Meets Intelligence: The Next Leap in Maritime Autonomy

Accurate Industrial Controls Pvt. Ltd. takes a bold approach through NeuBodhi autonomous platform.

Zeabuz and Future Marine partner for autonomous ferries in Canada

Ocean Industries Concept Lab partners with Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering

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USV

PBO Marine starts building solar and wind powered Sail Machines USV

Saronic and American Bureau of Shipping announce partnership

Project ORACLES starts in UK

US No Manning Required Ship program's USX-1 Defiant christened

Smart Ships

Yinson GreenTech successfully tests Zeabuz's ZeaMate in Singapore

Research Vessel "NOVA" deploys Torqeedo’s Electric System for Inland Shipping Advancement

Kongsberg Maritime and Partners launch Remote DP Operations Pilot

Eastern Pacific Shipping and Avikus Sign Retrofit Deal for AI-Based Autonomous Navigation

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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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