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Ship industry companies are increasingly innovating in robotics

Research and innovation in robotics in the ship equipment supply, product and services sector is on the rise.

The most recent figures show that the number of robotics related patent applications in the industry stood at 19 in the three months ending January – up from 12 over the same period in 2021.

Figures for patent grants related to robotics followed a similar pattern to filings – growing from six in the three months ending January 2021 to seven in the same period in 2022.

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Filings buzz in the maritime industry: 23% increase in internet of things mentions in Q3 of 2021

Mentions of the internet of things within the filings of companies in the maritime industry rose 23% between the second and third quarters of 2021.

In total, the frequency of sentences related to the internet of things between October 2020 and September 2021 was 64% higher than in 2016 when GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, first began to track the key issues referred to in company filings.

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Deals relating to China’s socioeconomic impact decreased significantly in the ship industry in H2 2021

In the second half of 2021 the number of deals relating to China’s socioeconomic impact decreased significantly by 25% from the same period in 2020.

This marks a deceleration in growth from the 150% increase in deals that occurred in H1 2021 relative to the same period a year earlier.

GlobalData’s deals database looks at mergers, acquisitions and venture capital and private equity investments taking place daily between thousands of companies across the world.

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Data analytics hiring levels in the ship industry rose in February 2022

The proportion of ship equipment supply, product and services companies hiring for data analytics related positions rose significantly in February 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 60% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.

This latest figure was higher than the 49.2% of companies who were hiring for data analytics related jobs a year ago but a decrease compared to the figure of 60.7% in January 2022.

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Filings buzz in the maritime industry: 21% decrease in the future of work mentions in Q3 of 2021

Mentions of the future of work within the filings of companies in the maritime industry fell 21% between the second and third quarters of 2021.

In total, the frequency of sentences related to the future of work between October 2020 and September 2021 was 700% higher than in 2016 when GlobalData, from whom our data for this article is taken, first began to track the key issues referred to in company filings.

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Artificial intelligence hiring levels in the ship industry rose to a year-high in January 2022

The proportion of ship equipment supply, product and services companies hiring for artificial intelligence related positions rose significantly in January 2022 compared with the equivalent month last year, with 41.7% of the companies included in our analysis recruiting for at least one such position.

This latest figure was higher than the 29.2% of companies who were hiring for artificial intelligence related jobs a year ago and an increase compared to the figure of 34.4% in December 2021.

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Asia-Pacific is seeing a hiring boom in ship industry fintech roles

Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region for fintech hiring among ship industry companies in the three months ending December.

The number of roles in Asia-Pacific made up 39.3 per cent of total fintech jobs – up from 17 per cent in the same quarter in 2020.

That was followed by North America, which saw a 4.6 year-on-year percentage point change in fintech roles.

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