E-navigation

Sperry Marine launches integrated e-navigation solution

Sperry Marine has partnered with Egersund, Norway-headquartered NAVTOR to launch Sperry Marine Navigation Charts and Voyage Planning.

Designed to optimize vessel safety and efficiency, the service provides an integrated e-navigation solution that reduces administration associated with chart updates and route planning and improves cyber security.

The service—the latest addition to the SperrySphere platform—leverages NAVTOR’s award-winning service, designed to reduce fuel costs, support compliance...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/sperry-marine-launches-integrated-e-navigation-solution/

Wärtsilä partners with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to co-develop next-generation safer and greener smart port solutions

Wärtsilä partners with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to co-develop next-generation safer and greener smart port solutions

Antti Vänskä, Ambassador of Finland to Singapore; Quah Ley Hoon, Chief Executive, MPA; David Foo, Assistant Chief Executive (Ops-Tech), MPA; Sean Fernback, President, Wärtsilä Voyage. From the virtual signing ceremony at the Smart Port Challenge 2021. © Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä Corporation, 23 November 2021 at 12 pm EET

  • Wärtsilä Voyage has signed a strategic...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/23/wartsila-partners-with-the-maritime-and-port-authority-of-singapore-to-co-develop-next-generation-safer-and-greener-smart-port-solutions/

NAVTOR acquires vessel analytics and performance specialist Tres Solutions

NAVTOR acquires vessel analytics and performance specialist Tres Solutions

Tor Svanes

NAVTOR looks to extend its success in e-Navigation into leadership in vessel analytics and performance optimisation with the acquisition of Tres Solutions. The purchase follows on the heels of NAVTOR’s launch of NavFleet, a breakthrough fleet management application delivering real-time operational insight, performance optimisation and enhanced business decision making. Tres Solutions’ core expertise and digital...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/02/19/navtor-acquires-vessel-analytics-and-performance-specialist-tres-solutions/

NAVTOR cements e-Navigation lead with German growth

NAVTOR targets German expansion – from Left to Right CEO Tor A Svanes, Bjørn Dickehut and CCO Børge Hetland

NAVTOR cements e-Navigation lead with German growth

NAVTOR, the number one global provider of maritime e-Navigation solutions, is looking to consolidate its market leadership with a new office in Germany. The Hamburg-based division will allow NAVTOR to work closely with key local shipowners; building relationships, understanding needs and delivering products and services that enhance...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/09/17/navtor-cements-e-navigation-lead-with-german-growth/

MASS concept: A first step toward autonomous operations in shipping 

In the ongoing battle of improving, the shipping industry has made the greatest ally; Digitalization. The smart era has already been useful for the sector, while the advancement in the maritime industry has called for the development of autonomous ships, presenting the motion of Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS).

The Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) Concept has a long way to go, beginning from the finalization of its regulatory framework, to the challenges the industry has to deal...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-mass-concept-a-first-step-toward-autonomous-operations-in-shipping/

Wartsila delivers new simulation technology for autonomous vessels

In the last quarter of 2019, Wärtsilä signed a contract with Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK) in Finland for the delivery of navigation simulator and specific mathematical models, what are called to be used as an ”essential enabler” for testing  autonomous vessels.

Namely, Wärtsilä  announced that the technology will be used in the Intelligent Shipping Technology Test Laboratory (ISTLAB) project, which aims at creating a technically precise testing environment for remotely...

https://safety4sea.com/wartsila-delivers-new-simulation-technology-for-autonomous-vessels/

NAVTOR: Too much information on ECDIS can jeopardize navigational safety

Mr. Tor A. Svanes, Managing Director, NAVTOR AS –who recently received the 2020 SMART4SEA Leadership award for his valuable contribution in the e-navigation field – shares his perspective on the the future of navigation. Among many important things to consider in the digital era, Mr. Svanes highlights that one platform for the exchange of all navigational information is vital as well as a new approach on ECDIS. In addition, COLREGS need update to start featuring requirements for autonomous...

https://safety4sea.com/cm-navtor-too-much-information-on-ecdis-can-jeopardize-navigational-safety/

UK to invest £2.5-million in extra large autonomous submarine development

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded an initial £1-million (=USD 1.236.305) contract to Plymouth-based innovation firm MSubs Ltd to build a test extra-large autonomous submarine. The move seeks to explore the potential capabilities of larger unmanned underwater vehicles in the future.

Measuring about 30 feet in length, this vessel is significantly larger than autonomous submarines used for beach reconnaissance, allowing it to operate at a range of 3000 nautical miles.

This forms part of the...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-to-invest-2-5-million-in-extra-large-autonomous-submarine-development/

IntelliTug autonomous project completes its sea trials

The technology group Wärtsilä in collaboration with PSA Marine successfully completed IntelliTug project’s sea trials. In fact, through their initiative both sides aim to further enable autonomous navigation.

Specifically, IntelliTug was carried out in Singapore, while the trials first started back in September 2019.

These trials are Singapore’s first for commercial Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) with the use of the MPA MASS regulatory sandbox, which has been established to facilitate...

https://safety4sea.com/intellitug-autonomous-project-completes-its-sea-trials/

Royal Navy conducts autonomous control trials for unmanned assets

The UK Royal Navy conducted a four-day exercise as they put a full range of remotely-operated devices under autonomous control for a trial off the coast of Norway.

Specifically, the exercise placed the unmanned boat Mast 13, a heavy lift drone from Malloy, the remotely-piloted air system Puma and the Remus unmanned sub-surface drone through their paces in rough Arctic conditions.

The Royal Navy installed an artificial intelligence system, to control the technologies, in amphibious ship Albion,...

https://safety4sea.com/royal-navy-conducts-autonomous-control-trials-for-unmanned-assets/

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