The New York Shipping Exchange informed that German Hapag-Lloyd and French CMA-CGM joined the investment round, and announced additional investments from GE Ventures and Goldman Sachs, marking the completion of Exchange's Series A round of funding, totaling $13 million.
Read moreThe One Sea – Autonomous Maritime Ecosystem announced the opening of the Jaakonmeri autonomous maritime test area, the first to be globally open to anyone wishing to test autonomous maritime traffic, vessels, or technologies related to it.
Read moreDNV GL announced that it has cooperated with Lundin Norway, to develop the first step in a solution for predicting unplanned shutdowns of Lundin Norway’s Edvard Grieg production platform.
Read morePacific International Lines, PSA International and IBM Singapore have announced their collaboration on providing blockchain-based supply chain technologies with the aim to explore blockchain innovations and enhance security, efficiency and transparency on the supply chain. Earlier this year, Maersk and IBM were the first companies in the sector to sign an agreement regarding ''blockchain technology'
Read moreHyundai Heavy Industries announced that it developed Integrated Smart Ship Solution, its proprietary ICT technology capable of realizing economical and reliable navigation and management of ships. ISSS is the first of its kind in the global industry.
Read moreRoyal Caribbean has established a new Innovation Lab that engages virtual reality rooms to collaborative work spaces and helps accelerate innovation by giving experts the ability to tangibly play and push the envelope before construction even begins.
Read moreGE and Maersk Drilling have extended the scope of their digital partnership, to enhance drilling productivity. During the extended partnership, the two companies will expand the scope of the 2016 pilot project—one vessel, one asset, one year—to nine subsequent vessels
Read moreBIMCO and Shipdex have signed an agreement to support the development and exchange of technical and logistic data across the shipping community, and to include BIMCO as an executive member of Shipdex steering committee.
Read moreBOURBON has entered MoU with Automated Ships Ltd to support the building of the world’s first autonomous, fully-automated and cost-efficient prototype vessel for offshore operations, in collaboration with the project’s primary technology partner, KONGSBERG.
Read moreRolls-Royce, the Norwegian University of Technology Science, research organisation SINTEF Ocean, and classification society DNV GL have signed a memorandum of understanding, with the aim of creating an open source digital platform for use in the development of new ships.
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