The largest container vessel ever built in the United States, the Daniel K. Inouye, designed to deliver cargo between Hawaii and west coast continental US ports for ocean cargo transportation firm Matson Inc, has been delivered with a range of navigation and communication systems supplied by Furuno.
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Wärtsilä Introduces Smart Lock Entry System
Wärtsilä, a technological solutions provider, has developed a lock entry assistance system that will ease the approach and entrance of vessels into waterway locks
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/waertsilae_introduces_smart_lock_entry_system
Kongsberg simulator upgrades for Australian Navy
Kongsberg Digital reports that it has been selected to deliver and support a package of ship’s bridge simulators for the Royal Australian Navy, to be used to reduce the costs associated with qualifying bridge watch keepers and other staff before going to sea.
Wilhelmsen Ship Management signs autonomous shipping agreements
Wilhelmsen Ship Management (WSM) has announced that it has entered into new agreements with DNV GL, the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) and the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) to work on the development of autonomous shipping technologies and new regulatory frameworks.
‘Smart Charts’ under development by UKHO
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has confirmed that it has made a contribution to a new UK government-funded study on navigational requirements for autonomous maritime vessels, working on development of a prototype ‘Smart Chart’ navigational data system.
CIRM publishes ECDIS test procedures
Comité International Radio-Maritime (CIRM), the association of marine electronics companies, has published its Guideline on Performance Test Procedure for ECDIS, outlining tests to be carried out on a ship’s ECDIS installation to determine if it meets the operational requirements defined by the...
Kalmar Projects the Future of Megaships
Hannu Karp, Senior Manager of Digital Services at Kalmar, has analysed whether digitalised supply chains and e-commerce threaten the rise of megaships in the company’s latest blog post
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/kalmar_projects_the_future_of_megaships
GNS in SIRM partnership
Maritime technology company GNS has announced a new strategic partnership with SIRM, a supplier of navigation and telecommunications equipment, that will see the companies combine GNS’s software and navigation technologies with SIRM’s Cloud-based services and telecommunications capabilities.
https://thedigitalship.com/news/electronics-navigation/item/5734-gns-in-sirm-partnership
Airbus announces ocean monitoring service
Airbus Defence and Space has launched a new service called Ocean Finder, offering satellite-based detection and identification reports for assets at sea.
exactEarth gets $5.5m in government funding
Satellite-AIS data provider exactEarth is to gain CAD$7.2 million (approx. US$5.5m) in investment over three years from the Government of Canada, to support the development, management and expansion of exactView RT, the company’s real-time Satellite-AIS service.