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Offshore Monitoring announced that a light-based laser technology, anti-collision system was put to test on a Color Line ferry in the seas around Scandinavia, in an effort to identify floating objects on or under the surface of the water.

Offshore Monitoring announced that a light-based laser technology, anti-collision system was put to test on a Color Line ferry in the seas around Scandinavia, in an effort to identify floating objects on or under the surface of the water.

South Korean shipping company HMM unveiled its land-based ‘Fleet Control Centre’ located at its R&D centre in Busan. This centre has been newly designed to monitor and control the operation of the company's fleet, including twelve 24,000 TEU and eight 16,000 TEU container vessels.

Maritime cyber technology company METIS introduced an online monitoring and performance evaluation tool for scrubbers, BWTS, M/E and DGs, to address the need of a live overview for the operational status of the critical machinery equipment onboard.

An Athenian-based software platform which focuses on the monitoring and optimization of vessels secured €3 million from London’s ETF Partners, representing the place digitalization has in the shipping industry.

ICEYE recently announced the launch of its global Dark Vessel Detection solution for governmental maritime security authorities globally.

ABS along with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced that completed a landmark joint development project (JDP) upon HHI's Integrated Smart-ship solution (ISS) system. Namely, ABS identified the smart functions of the project and published the first Product Design Assessment (PDA), concerning project's data infra-structure.

During a world leaders meeting in Oslo, Panama revealed its vessel tracking data through the Global Fishing Watch (GFW), highlighting the importance of vessel monitoring in the fishing sector, boosting transparency on enhancing fisheries management.

Blockchain-based logistics ShipChain and GTX Corp, a provider of GPS and NFC tracking location-based services, announced a new partnership for a new global NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution, using energy-efficient NFC smart tags. The encrypted data collected from the tags will be uploaded to the ShipChain blockchain backend providing authentication and chain of custody.

Alpha Ori's SMARTShip received Type Approval from Class NK. A mid size gas carrier 'Hourai Maru', delivered on 11th March, 2019 was the first ship certified with a ClassNK approved SMARTShip. This Internet of Things platform aims to enable the on board operation of various systems with different degrees of autonomy. It is already installed on over 30 ships, while another 60 vessels are at various stages of the set-up process.