Feedback on the Society for Underwater Technology’s (SUT) Virtual Subsea Awareness Course and their Virtual Offshore Wind Renewable Energy Course proved so positive that third iterations of both are to be held in March 2022.

Until now, most devices and machines on board vessels are monitored via analog cables and wires. They often only indicate whether they work or not and whether there is a failure. By connecting all devices and machines to the vessels’ network, much more information becomes available.


Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the Ocean Transport Barge Holland to General Dynamics-Electric Boat’s Groton Shipyard.

Chevron Shipping Company has joined the Sea Cargo Charter, a benchmark initiative for responsible shipping activities, transparent greenhouse gas reporting, and improved decision making in line with United Nations decarbonization targets.

A dedicated Kongsberg Maritime project team has successfully carried out a major upgrade of the Safety and Automation Systems on a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel belonging to the Norwegian oil exploration and development company Aker BP.

Miros AS has signed an agreement with Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, for the installation of their IoT dry-sensor WaveSystem including Miros Cloud Services, delivering real-time wave and current data onboard the MV Leonardo Da Vinci.

Users of the GTReplicate data replication solution for ships can now make use of SharePoint functionality, after GTMaritime rolled out further product enhancements to improve ship-to-shore communications and fleet wide data management. This is the first step in providing full cloud storage integration, providing customers with connections where they need them.

SEA-KIT International, an award-winning pioneer in the Uncrewed Surface Vessel sector, has announced plans to build another of its Xclass, 12m USVs as a fleet vessel for launch in 2022.

Oceanology International (Oi) is just three months away, starting on March 15th at Excel in London. Exhibitors are already keen to take part in this world leading event where industry, academia and government share knowledge and connect with the world’s marine science and ocean technology communities.

On Tuesday, December 14^th, the FASTWATER Consortium and the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) successfully demonstrated a pilot boat which has been converted to operate on Methanol fuel.



The Fugro-led consortium MENENS (Methanol as Energy Step Towards Emission-free Dutch Shipping) has been awarded a grant from Dutch Government’s Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) for the development of methanol as a low-carbon shipping fuel. The 22 partners in the consortium represent the complete Dutch maritime sector, from equipment suppliers, designers, shipbuilders and ship owners to Geo-data and survey specialist Fugro.

The International Marine Contractors Association has published on its web site a new Information Note that should be of interest to the offshore oil and gas and renewable energy industries based on a new development related to enforcement of the Jones Act and Vessel Crewing.

Siemens Gamesa is deeply committed to sustainability and has set the ambitious target of reaching net-zero emissions by 2040. This includes emissions produced by the company’s entire value chain.

Damen’s ASD 2312 Tug is now available at simulator centers globally, as well as in the SimFlex Cloud, following an agreement with FORCE Technology, a leading maritime research and development company and frontrunner in developing simulators for the maritime industry.

CVTelecom (Cabo Verde Telecom) and Angola Cables have signed a joint cooperation agreement to identify synergies to expand connectivity and network capabilities.

Originally planned for Singapore but due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, it has been decided to move the next live Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation to Dubai, UAE from March 20–24, 2022.