Science & Technology

Swiss marine power company WinGD has secured yet another order for its X‑DF‑A ammonia-fueled engines in what will be the world’s first ammonia dual-fuel Aframax tankers. Two vessels ordered by Singapore based ship owner and operator AET, will be built at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd (DSIC) with six-cylinder X62DF‑A engines, the newest addition to WinGD’s clean-fuel engine portfolio.

Global subsea engineering and technology company, SMD, is excited to announce the successful full-power testing of its electric work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the Quantum EV.

Discharge from ships with so-called scrubbers cause great damage to the Baltic Sea. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that these emissions caused pollution corresponding to socio-economic costs of more than EUR 680 million between 2014 and 2022. At the same time, the researchers note that the shipping companies' investments in the much-discussed technology, where exhaust gases are "washed" and discharged into the sea, have already been recouped for most of the ships. This means that the industry is now making billions of euros by running its ships on cheap heavy fuel oil instead of cleaner fuel.

ABS awarded approval in principle (AiP) to two critical autonomous functions on a proposed offshore platform in the latest phase of its pioneering collaboration with HD Hyundai Group.

Fugro is the proud winner of two Spotlight on New Technology Awards, which were being presented at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston on May 6. This double win underscores Fugro's commitment to innovation by delivering solutions that enable safer, more efficient and more sustainable energy development. The award-winning technologies were evaluated for their product uniqueness, ingenuity, demonstrated success, commercial viability and potential for industry-wide impact.

BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense, and Kraken Technology Group, a maritime technology leader specializing in disruptive high-performance platforms, announced a strategic partnership to integrate BlueHalo’s cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)-backed autonomous mission systems into Kraken’s littoral security platforms to develop next-generation uncrewed surface vehicles (USV) and uncrewed surface/sub-surface vehicles (USSV) along with multi-domain, ‘marsupial’ capabilities.

The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is home to over 20 million people and is a globally important agricultural area. The health and longevity of this important ecosystem are being threatened by rising sea levels and coastal erosion.

Kongsberg Maritime will supply a comprehensive range of integrated technologies to optimize energy use and reduce emissions for three new 3600 TEU LNG-powered container ships being built at Philly Shipyard for Matson Navigation Company. They are the largest Jones Act containerships ever built, at 260-meters long, and represent a new era in container shipping.

DeepSea Technologies, the award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) led maritime technology company and energy efficiency experts, announced the completion of a project supported by the EEA Grants under the Business Innovation Greece Program to develop an accessible AI solution for vessel performance routing. Working with G2 Ocean, the leading bulk shipping operator, and SINTEF, an independent research organization, DeepSea has run trials to develop a novel AI software solution that uses AIS and noon report data, together with high-frequency data from other vessels, to unlock voyage optimization.

On April 12, Damen Shipyards Group launched the second of its fully electric RSD-E Tugs 2513 at Damen Song Cam Shipyard. The tug is being built for the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, together with five conventional RSD Tugs 2513. When delivered later this year, it will be the first fully electric tug to operate in European waters.

Unseenlabs, a pioneer and global leader in radio frequency (RF) intelligence from space, is set to redefine global surveillance standards once again with the scheduled launch of a new satellite constellation in 2026. Founded in 2015 by a group of visionary entrepreneurs and headquartered in Europe (France), Unseenlabs has consistently led the way in technological innovation in spacebased RF detection.

Neil Brown Ocean Sensors (NBOSI), a leading provider of cutting-edge sensor technologies, is thrilled to announce groundbreaking contracts with two pioneering companies. These engagements mark exciting milestones for both NBOSI and the industry as they demonstrate novel applications of NBOSI’s new 500 Series Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensors and highlight the utility of these sensors to ocean technology partners across multiple sectors.