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A new project comprising Japanese and Australian stakeholders could see the first liquefied hydrogen carrier become a reality within three years.

A Finnish collaborative consortium has been set up to advance digitalisation of the country’s marine industry with a specific focus on energy efficiency improvement and emissions reduction of ship energy systems.

DNV GL says its big data management platform, Veracity, is closing in on a million service subscriptions indicative of a hunger in many industries which want to explore and create value from…

Wärtsilä’s acquisition of Transas, the global marine navigation solutions company, has been finalised in a deal worth around €210 million.

Ship management firm OSM is in the final stages of completing a Singapore-based Maritime Operations Centre that it says will transform decision-making, efficiency and performance for its customers.

The Finnish Shipowners’ Association (FSA) has started an intensive cooperation with One Sea Ecosystem to enable commercial autonomous maritime traffic and create more energy-efficient and safer shipping by 2025.

Wärtsilä has developed a new white metal laser technology that it says can enhance the performance and lifetime of marine products including bearings, thrust pads, and gearboxes.

Cavotec is continuing to revolutionise the operation of e-vessels by delivering and maintaining its automated, unmanned, mooring system across Norwegian ferry ports.

Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) wants to expand its innovative low emission ship design project to open it up to more technologies and companies in future.

Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a deal to supply its innovative autocrossing system to a total of 13 new environmentally friendly ferries for Norwegian company Fjord1.

A leading international supplier of cylinder lubrication systems for two-stroke marine and power plant applications has acquired a majority stake in a lubrication research and development firm.

Plan B Energy Storage (PBES) and a Norwegian battery manufacturer have entered into a manufacturing agreement for PBES battery systems to maintain quality standards and keep up with demand in the future.

Woodward Inc is to acquire fuel injection specialist L’Orange and its related operations located in Germany, the US and China from Rolls-Royce.

Two industry partners have come together to set up a marine blockchain lab to explore the technology’s use for the safety of critical infrastructure and drive new business models for the global…

Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg are joining forces to take the next step in autonomous shipping by creating a new company which specialises in bringing the technology to the market.

A new remote and autonomous operations research hub in Turku reinforces the investments that Rolls-Royce Marine is making in these areas of emerging technology. Gavin Lipsith reports.

A European research project is to tackle the challenges of offshore windfarm O&M through a new service operation vessel (SOV) concept with the aim of making wind energy more cost-effective.

WIlhelmsen Group still wants to ‘the everything store for the maritime industry’, chief digital officer Inge André Sandvik tells Stevie Knight, but the way customers are served - and the way companies…

A £1.3m MAXCMAS (MAchine eXecutable Collision regulations for Marine Autonomous Systems) project has found that the operation of autonomous vessels can meet, if not exceed, current collision avoidance (COLREG) rules.

A project which aims to create an open source platform for the development of ship digital twins has been launched at the Norwegian Maritime Competence Centre in Ålesund.

Stricter environmental regulations on ballast water and sulphur emissions are forcing the shipping industry to take action and this year’s SMM 2018 will showcase future-proof technologies to help operators meet tighter targets.

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is to acquire UK navigation solutions provider Transas as it seeks to fulfil its vision of a marine industry connected by smart technology.